The  Chairman.  And  you  did  that-; —

Doctor  Simpson.  That  was  a  part  of  the  treatment  of  those  cases.^

The  Chairman  (continuing).  In  connection  with  what  you  consid'
ered  to  be  the  best  treatment  for  cases  of  that  character.
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Doctor  Simpson.  Yes,  sir.
The  Chairman.  And  yoa  think  that  is  good  treatment  yet,  do  yoo
not?

Doctor  Simpson.  1  do;  yee,  sir.
The  Chairman.  In  other  words,  it  is  generally  conceded  by  the
medical  fraternity  that  the  best  treatment  for  tubercular  cases  ia  to
give  them  all  the  fresh  air  they  can  possibiy  get?

Doctor  Simpson.  Yes.
Mr.  Hay.  You  were  there  twenty-one  years,  you  say?

Doctor  Simpson.  Yes;  a  little  more  than  twenty -one  years.
Mr  Hay.  What  do  vou  think  about  the  food  out  there?

Doctor  Simpson.  What  do  I  think  about  the  food?

Mr.  Hay.  Yes,  sir;  as  to  whether  it  was  good  or  bad,  and  whether
it  was  properly  cooked.     1  mean  the  food  you  served  to  the  patients.
Doctor  biMPSON.  Well,  I  had  charge  of  a  group  of  detached  build-
ings, and  during  the  last  years  that  I  was  there  I  was  able,  in  a  larg^e
measure,  to  control  the  character  of  the  food  and  the  character  of  the
cooking  in  my  department.  I  induced  Doctor  Richardson  to  build  a
building,  a  kitchen,  in  connection  with  this  group  of  detached  build-
ings where  we  prepared  the  food  for  a  general  dining  hall  that  I  had
charge  of,  and  where  a  large  number  of  the  patients  were  served.
