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[page 599] mistaken when he testified? Witness: He spoke of the lodge hall. Dr. Butler: I think we have it clear now- that the testimony referred to the lodge hall as being up to 80 or 85. Q. Is it your opinion that diseases peculiar to women are the frequent causes of insanity? A. Not alone. They contribute their part perhaps. Q. How large a part? A. So far as the irritation of the system goes they help. Q. Dont you think that that irritation might exist to such an extent as to produce mania? A. Not of itself alone. Q. We often hear them stated as diseases and read of them in medical books? A. Yes, they may be a consequence of the irritation in the brain. Q. But isn't it a settled question with a good many systems of practice that they of themselves are the causes of insanity? A. Yes, sir, they are so attributed by some in certain cases. Q. And by a great many? A. Yes, sir. Q. In the practice of medicine is it