, 1876-08-11
COUNTY HOSPITAL.
Another Day Spent in tho lnvoe-
tigation.
Witnesses Who Swear to tho Vcr-
n,itl, Unclea,itislcss, Etc.
Dr.. Powess Testiees that Nothing Of tho
Kind Esio!cd.

Dr. Powess TcstiGes that Nothing Of tho
Kind Esio!ed.
Tho investigation Ut ,hs management of Tho
County 1Iuap!taE WIS resumed yesterday morning.
tsy6 witnesses called by MTe. Edgar SSvc very
horrible peturc Of The treatment patients had fc-
cc!veA during thrlr eojunrn IN the institution
T3.c medical ern,1eInrn present. whnau testimony
mas ycry frank and straightforward. denied all
t!lcs statcmrnt~, hath general nrnl rartlcnItc col
Cleary, with hfa native Ealansry, allowed the fnly
| 10 conduct her case viii, the utmost frccaom,
bnt the ether Commissioners wcrc Il lit
! Tic impatient whcM Hhu Uscrstcpned
| The boti.s,ls of parliamentary practice.
1ttsprubable that The Inquiry will 10 wound np
! to-day. Mrs. Edgar ha1 cxllauAiGd her stock Ut
wisnctsra yesterday. but the Chairman nsatcd thnt
he would allow tic testimony OF further witnesses
| Il ahe procured theu. ....... .........
Commissioner McCnirrcy and Johnson camc IN
during The conrse af the Fcason. The rosin Waa
crowded With nolical lcn, nurues. anu the grnctal
pablo.
Edgar atatesI Tint witness on her side. anr Mr..
some pcraon3 helonsns ts ttn in.t.tnton arn,lIns
her nwny: 1his WA rnbrcGncnty satisfactorily
explained by thu witness hcrtclf.
| Mis-. FERGUSON.
The Arst witness CHILLED was Ars: r. a. Ferguson,
IiSspita, on tHe 2:;th of iebrnary, 1sii. and r..
iaai',sd ai,ia oetotrr. was il WaidG i. Mrz. fer.
sS,e ,s IL ret up an carc for n,y.cif hink tue pa.
aicnts Received proper attention. j l'd not have
| tlf lie wnr,l in whrk w!,s were icpt clean, In
the coI weather lad not s',fsicr ', hs,li9g, md
s wa ,,oi IL trnuGl' wiii. sstnn. The Hi.ysicans
wcro very attentive. Twas t7ansferrsa from Ward
| md the patients accortnrly suffered for wnnt OF
| cure.
Il aIs to S s sssay ss fpeas ae nsF
Vary often the patients got VI. and took their
H. ,hcf soep Il 'io room and
in.o another apartment i,irng The esn,inatio,..
wnsssss sEat WITT nps.'s' os. ' '' ''' '''a '''s
Tho Chairman refused to pn: ths motion. a. le
ee psoenens '0' ''s0 'h' p'0'Fc''
tlent in MrE: ilnrrtyr ward who suffered for want
of chanEo q clothing witness was afterwards re-.
moved tu Ward !. where latirn.s wcre aftcM lvo
ha,f ti,a patients wcre supplied viii wa~h. basins
md iomcs. which wn@ III tlirpct opposition 10 tho
rn1cr Thu nurse repeatedly aske, for thute
nns .asoy @ s s.pos asy Of s o fssf'ss nse.
"asne MT aende to- one a s
HELLO O'Btter, wrnl tlrcr weeks without Avin3
ier hair coisbcd. This patient was shnnesulIy
J abused by the nnrpr, AnuthcE patient In Lltlo
| Ward z NIB removed jfut the Hospital pY her
friends owing to tic nc.ectslil n1:lnfer In which
uie was treated. Ono lady, who wAs In thu uuilt!-
Ing iltrrc days. was gycn scarcely anything 10 At.
file water closets were kent In n thy cu,dttoll
Witness frequently lid Het meiIti,n pitup wsosg;
| eIIe remembered tircc times distinctly.
rho Ehurna,l-Ihat is yury dangerous! laugh
| tcFI
Witness also said there was no c!,ancc for s1ccp
or rept in Ward befurc IL or IL uclurk at nt.I,t
I Dwinr 10 ,,pIxe. In tTu hall, The ward fuiriy
awarled with yertnt and tic food ,SuH mt 1t IL
cal. This WIS in n great n,coaurc due to ibc cDok-
| Ing but thu buttuF uni tea and cpffce we're Of u
! very inferior qnn!ty. Si,a had knowu tho coup,
which waA nothin!, hut Ewil 10 lu thrown aw;lY
ccallKe tho pntIcntA could nut rat t. III ono plate
| <.fs ra1n hn nJI II .tf1In- Hf