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Investigation of the Committee of the Legislature of 1881 Concerning the Management of the Maine Insane Hospital Part 2

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there was no foetus [?] A. I didn't look to see; I was not looking for ang [?], I simply thought it was excessive flowing. I saw the excessive flowing at a glance and knew that she needed extra attention. Q. Wouldn't [?] a physician be very likely to detect a foetus if it had been delivered A. It probably was not delivered then; probably some [?] little time after. It may have been; I didn't examine very fully. Q. It might have been A. She had only been in bed a few moments. Q. How long should you think A. Not long. I think the nurse had taken her up [?] and had her go to bed. She was suffering from drainage [?]. Q. You say you have had considerable experience in cases of that kind A. Not considerable; I have had some, as much as any physician who lives in a hospital for the insane; perhaps a dozen cases. Q. Did the attendant come after you the second time A. No sir. Miss Ham [?] came out for me the second time