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[page 689] By Dr. Butler. Ques. So the care that is bestowed upon the patients there, simply a care to keep them from hurting themselves and hurting others, warm, comfortable, well fed and amusing them in the ways you have described; that is about all is it not. Ans. They have more or less intercourse with them, they have a good deal to do in dressing them, preparing their clothing, batheing them and all those little things. Ques. You know there is a theory that looks to the personal attention of an insane person to amusing, and to bestowing a good deal of attention morally; do these attendants do much of that. Ans. They do not have a great deal of time. Ques. I do not mean to pout an objectionable or offensive comparison, but is it much more care than a man who prizes very highly a flock of sheep, who wants to take care of them that they do not suffer and are comfortable, do his duty fully to them would give; is not that about the theory of most hospitals, not yours alone. Ans. I think there is more to it than that. Ques. You think there is more moral treatment. Ans. Yes. Ques. Your theory is generally the theory of most all the