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[page 701] Ques. If you had had a night engineer, Palmer if he did suffer, would not have suffered from cold. Ans. No; I do not know as he would have suffered from cold, if the coils had been in at that time. Ques. The fires now must be banked up and kept through the night in that way. Ans. I believe they are. I think there may have been some change lately about that, I should have to appeal to my associates in regard to that. Ques. Do you think the hospital would be improved if a board of visiting physicians, men of experience and standing in the State 5 or 7, were appointed with free access to the asylum, and to have the privileges which consulting physicians have, as assistants to the trustees and to the officers of the hospital. Ans. I think it might be an improvement. Ques. It has appeared here that the custom is to put patients, men and women into the lodges uncovered, is it possible to prevent that. Ans. I think I might devise some way. Ques. With proper attendants could not a person be put in there with clothing on, some outside garment sewed up so that it could not be torn. Ans. It might be. Ques. Do you not think there could be better discipline