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[page 685] kind of attendants. Ans. No sir. I would get the best I could. Ques. You would have a little more room, and you would have a few extra attendants if needed; beyond that you could not suggest any improvement. Ans. I would employ perhaps a physician who could be a pathologist, if you had a mind to go to the expense of it. There might be a good many things that might be introduced. I regard that the Maine Insane Hospital is up to the other State hospitals in New England, not in architectural arrangements, but in comforts. Ques. Have you any other suggestions to make. Ans. I do not think of any now. Ques. Could you improve the discipline of the hospital. Ans. I do not think I would do any more than I am doing now. What do you mean by discipline? Ques. Can you keep the attendants from abusing the patients. Ans. I cannot prevent collisions between attendants and patients, nobody can. Ques. Can you improve in discipline. Ans. Prevent an insane person from attacking an attendants; No one could prevent that from the nature of the case. Ques. By increasing the number of attendants. Ans. That would not prevent it. It cannot be prevented unless you keep them solitary and alone and I do