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[page 682] time he spends in amusing and entertaining his patients. Ques. Does he spend an hour a day. Ans. I should think he would. Ques. Does he spend two hours. Ans. Yes. They are in the wards with them, sitting down, playing checkers with them or something of the kind. Ques. Talking about the susceptibility of insane people to blows, leaving out of consideration the demented, is the sense of feeling as delicate as it would be in men if they were sane. Ans. I do not think it is as a rule. A man will take hold of a steampipe with his hand and hold on until blisters come without blanching. I have known a man to stand before an open fire till the cloth of his pants burned and blistered his leg without blanching. Ques. Take the average insane person, leaving out the demented, if I slap his face does he feel it as much as he would if he were sane. Ans. I am not able to say, I should doubt whether he would quite as much. Some of them are very nervous, very sensitive and they might feel it equally as much, but there are certain classes who would not. Ques. On the average there would not be much difference. Ans. I think there would be a little, I cannot tell how much.