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[page 728] Ques. State the specific things that you thought out to be done and that you could not do. Ans. I thought that the attendants ought to give more care to the patients. Ques. Your attendants. Ans. All attendants. Ques. Why could you not have your attendants give more care to them. Ans. I could not enforce it. They would not do it to suit me. I was not superintendent, I was merely there to do things to suit him, not to suit myself. Ques. Did an attendant over disobey your orders. Ans. No sir. Ques. Could you not without any great risk have ordered them to do what you wanted. Ans. I would not carry out anything that suited myself, if I knew it was not the wishes of the superintendent. Ques. You were placed there in an official position under personal responsibility. Ans. Yes sir. Ques. Would you allow the interests of that institution to suffer because the attendants whom you had a right to command did not do their duty. Ans. Dr. Harlow thought the attendants did. Ques. Will you answer the question directly. Ans. I will answer the truth. Ques. Did you treat the patients under your charge