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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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1259 Q. ( cont.) great number or at the small number of things that have occurred out of the way? A. It is rather a surprise to me that more do not occur. Q. What is the feeling among the attendants, that Dr. Harlow is a lax man, that they can do about as they have a mind to, or that he is looking after them pretty sharp? A. I have heard considerable complaint that he was looking after them pretty sharp. Q. State as to the particular instances where Dr. Harlow saw thing s that the attendants did not expect him to see. A. One morning I was in the hall on the female side, and in sweeping out a room the girl swept what there was in the room under the bed instead of sweeping it out; the other attendant attendant standing by says Dr. Harlow will catch you and you will have to go up the lane, meaning she would be discharged. The reply was that he did not see very readily, and that she would own the risk and it was not two minutes before Dr. Harlow came into the hall and as was his custom looked into each room , he looked into this room and said to the girl you better look after that room a little closer and passed right on. The girl says What did I tell you, you cant cheat him