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1255 A. (cont.) Haskell is dead Q. Is that the worst thing you ever heard of in the hospital? A. Yes under the circumstances I thought it was a very hard case. Q. Would you have reported this case if you had not stopped it in the way you have described to the committee? A. I should Q. Suppose you had reported to the officers any case of abuse of a patient, what would have been the result? A. There is one positive rule, and that is that they were to be discharged Q. From your knowledge of Dr. Harlow have you the least doubt he would have put the rule into instant execution and discharged the man? A. I have not the least doubt of it, I have seen it done. Q. Did you ever know a case of the least abuse of a patient brought to the attention of Dr. Harlow but what the man was at once dealt with? A. I never did Q. Have you seen patients where they were exceedingly aggravating in their conduct? A. Yes sir, their whole aim would be to do something to annoy. Q. As a general rule how did the attendants behave