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[page 472] been bed-strap used there Q. Haven't been any since you have been there? A. Not since I have been there. I have never seen any there. Q. Give to, the Committee what in your own opinion, from your experience and as a medical man, the leading reasons are which influences you to prefer the lodge system, which leaves the patient unfettered, to the bed-strap system which fastens him in one position when he is violently insane: State why you prefer one to the other. A. I would not have a bed-strap at all. Q. Why not? A. Because there is too much mechanical restraint. Q. What effect does the mechanical restraint have upon the patient, in your medical experience and knowledge? A. Chafes them more or less. Q. Chafes the mind as well as the body? A. Yes sir Q. Tending to retard + [illegible] and to increase the insanity? A. The less you have of it the better Q. That is your medical experience in their treatment? A. Yes, sir; it would be my judgment. Q. Why do you adopt the lodge system? what is your view of that? A. It gives them