The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1889-07-12

substantially correct. There was no VIC
lence OF any kind toward him. l wa q
mild as possible with him.
With regard to the next specification il
which several patients are included tn
charge that some of them were restrained
is true, but that il was harshlv or cruelI
done or that cursed them is untrue
may have used under excitement a littI
profanity, but ] have never been Il COM
mon SWearer.
Zeb Williams is here a a patient. II,
is cNctabe He has never been mistreat
ed hy me
Miss X. Davis has been here since Is. /
Here is oase of moral insanity 81,
abuses the other patients and crea.cs dis
turbance among the wards and annoy:
the attendants and officers She is the
most mlschleyous female patient in the
institution. After long study of her case
| aScertaned that the only way TO control
her III one Of her parOXyms was to restrain
her to the bed till she should ask to be
unloosened. When released she would
behave with great proprioty TIL another
paroXysm- When anything was attempt
ed with her it was absolutely necessary
that she should be restrained to the bed
II she was locked in room she was eX-
ceedingly noisy all night long She had
to be restrained either mechanically or by
a narcotic. Ny experience with her vas
that the least injury was effected by re
strainlng her to the bedstead No IN tlry
was ever inflicted upon her by the re-
straint.
Mrs. Lou Gaskill was admitted in June.
| 1882, died OF chronic mania in June. 1889.
| She was noisy and vulgar patient. She
was an Irish woman. She produced much
annoyance in the wards. She had a lame
| fa(rr r1SI Itlt Irf,
| improve under treatment She was re
strained to the bed only once. for not
more than an hour, and that was done as
an experiment, all other remedies having
! failed. She was kept in Jacket to keep
her from tearing off her clothes.
Mrs. Whaley came here in July. 1885.
and is still here. She was q continual
fighter. She fought patients and attend
| ants. She was never mistreated by me,
| although she was sometimes restrained
Mrs Oglesby came in December, 1855.
and died III March, 1889 of exhaustion
| She had the habit of chewing and swal-
/ lowing everything she could get hold OF
She had not intelligence enough to answer
questions or to understand ANYTHING SAID
to her She was kept in d straight Jacket
to keep her from her unnatural habits
| Mrs ierdue was q patient here since. So
She Is delusional but harmless. She has
| been treated with remarkable TENDERNESS,
and Kindness by myself and all Others
After trying all other means of restoring z
her mind, ! once tried the experiment oi
:. very short restraint. Finding it did no
good dId not resort to it again. his
treatment was known TO her daughters
Mrs. LOWther came here in June. 1851,
and died in March, $50. She had chronic
mania and delusiOns. She would not Al
| low herself to be controlled In every
thing she had to be managed by force and
would fight the attendants. | restrained
her to the bedstead with the I,sV Of try
ing to impress her Of the. imf ftOy7fiety Of
her conduct. She was restrained one
| night till the next morning and wa re
leased frequently. The next morning she
took her meals in her room, seemed quite
as we'll as usual and died in about two
hours She was restrained onlv that one
night. | do not think the restraint had
anything to do with her death. Perry
Boyd came here in January 1877. He Was
transferred to Morganton May 7th 1888.
He was crimnaly insane He was on
trial for an assault with intent 20 kill
He belonged to the class of moral insani-
ty. l have no recollection of the abuse
toward him as testified here. He was
never kicked or punished by me. Robert
Barnard was admitted in December, 1871,
| and was transferred to MOrgantOn in 1888.
| He BELONGED to the class of criminally in
| sane He had been tried on a serious
criminal charge. He was restrained; it
was not done as punishment. Mt 10 try
to impress upon him the propriety Of bet
ter conduct Mike Cosgrove came here in
March. 1851 He was "a native Of ireland
| Before admitted here he was d hard Grink-
er He was restless, excitable and vio-
lent. He would sometimes knock his
head against the wall and floor. One
evening about $ o'clock he was strapped
to the bed Within an hour he was quiet
and remained so. Restraint was the only
way by which he could be made to rest
and sleep.
Gov. Jarvis asked Dr. Grissom what
| had been the methods of restraint used
here He said: Three mechanical, man
ual and medicinal restraint. The first is
by mechanical appliances, the second by
holding with the hands, the third by ad-
ministering narcotics or anHsthetics.
| They are used in most of the other inst IL
| tutiOnS of the United States and one or
| two of the methods are used in all. They
have been thoroughly discussed and
!! adopted by superintendents. ! have par
ticipated in these discussions and have ad
vocated mechanical restraint. My views
| have been endorsed. lie then llleQ 4 pa
per read by him before the National As
sociation Of Superintendents.) | was at
| one time President Of the Association.
The apparatus used here are the same as
those Of other institutions. found them
here when | came. I nave copy of a re-
port made By Dr.. Rogers upon the use of
the strapping apparatus on Mike Cosgroye,
| w L. Upchurch and others, which W;.s
prepared by him to be read by me before
the Association. ODr. Griasom read this
report which was substantially as bis Dr.
Grissom'sl testimony with respect to me
chanical restraint and its effects. 1t was
written by DR.. Rogers Or. Grissom
| said: The use of restraints were always in
tended for their own safety, the safety OF
others or to make a mental impression.
1t was for their good. In majority Of
| cases it has been beneficial.
Gov. Jarvis asked Dr.. Grssom to re-
peat what he had said with regard tC
swearing. DR.. Grissom said: / see that
some of the newspapers state that ! said
i am in the habit of swearing. | said
that ! was in the habit of swearing Nc
human being has ever heard me swear
since | have been a church member. II
regard to my testimony on restraining
wish to emphasize what / have said by
saying that when it has been used it ha.
been done within the limits of necessI it \
and for the patients good. 1t may have
been that in the excitement Of the mOmen
and il, tho e violent iar