Mr.  Hay.  You  think,  then,  that  a  nurse  should  have  been  assigned
to  her  at  the  hospital  ?

Doctor  Emmons.  A  special  nurse,  yes;  because  the  case  was  not
only  a  case  of  insanity,  but  an  operative  case.
Mr.  Hay.  Suppose  they  did  not  have  a  nurse  to  assign?

Doctor  Emmons.  Then  the  treatment  was  proper,  if  they  had  no
nurse.  It  would  never  have  done  to  have  allowed  the  woman  to  get
np  and  walk  around.
Mr.  Hay.  Do  you  think  she  was  cruelly  treated  by  being  so
restrained?

Doctor  Emmons.  I  say  that  any  restraint,  unnecessary  restraint,
which  can  be  avoided  is  cruel.
Mr.  Hay.  But  I  understood. you  to  say  this  would  be  necessary
restraint  unless  they  could  have  assigned  to  her  a  special  nurse.
Doctor  Emmons.  Lacking  the  nurse,  I  say  it  was  not  cruel.
Mr.  Hay.  Did  you  inquire  about  that?

Doctor  Emmons.  No;  I  did  not.
Mr.  Hay.  Did  you  complain  to  the  physician  in  charge?


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Doctor  Emmons.  When  I  came  out,  had  I  seen  Doctor  Clark
1  intended  to  have  spoken  to  him  of  it.  I  saw  Doctor  Clark  when  I
went  in,  and  I  waited  some  time  before  I  could  get  him  to  the  ward.
After  some  little  time  a  nurse  came  and  took  me  into  the  ward  and
I  spent  a  few  moments  there,  and,  as  I  say,  it  was  quite  noisy.  I
attempted  to  converse  with  her,  but  I  could  only  get  one  or  two  words
out  or  her.
