The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-03-07
trustees ignored and then discouraged this

There was one year. perhaps two, that
none was purchased. The last two years
was there probably twenty-five gallons a
year was bought"
do you regard that as suficientp
1.-The institution formerly. when there
were a thousand patients, bought two bar
rels a month. / regard twenty-five gallons
a year as more than necessary, with LOCO
patients.n
rs there any special necessity for that
muchs"
None whatever. We use wine and beer
with some patients"
From your knowledge of the institution
with LOCO patients, do You think twenty
gallons of whisky a month, at $3.50 and 81
a gallon, is necessary"
Il do not think any is necessary. Disease
yields as readily to treatment without
You think. then, that 24o gallons of
whisky a year Is excessive"
II think SOB
Questioned further regarding supplies,
the Doctor said that he would consider
LOO dozen eggs a month sufficient for u
Institution IL they were good, and that the
purchase of $50 dozen In January, 1889.
was excessive. Exactly 1000 pounds of
butter a month was sufficient for 1,600
patients and 500 employees, and he consid-
cred the issue of 5,07S pounds to the
kitchens in January, 1889, as just LOIS
pounds more thar could possibly be used.
The witness testified concerning the case of
"A pdDltut udllcu AlDeIG NCSOudud, WuO II
October, 1887, was so badly scalded in a
bathroom that he died six days later. DIR.
Fletcher said such an accident was inn
possible without the direct violation of
rules by the attendant, and sueh an attend
ant was criminally negligent; there was no
excuse whatever for such an accident. Per-
sons nave been scalded at the hospital be-
fore, but never to occasion death. Witness
had an attendant discharged for scalding a
patient only the day before he (witness)
left the hOSnIfal He nndarSt006 that
this attendant had been retained afterward.
Witness replied, in answer to questions,
that he considered DR.. Thomas good as an
executive officer and as a man. As a physi
clan, IN mis- intercourse with patients he
did not regard him at all. The only fault
witness found with him was ~discourtesy to
visitors and sometimes rough treatment to
annoying patients. He had never seen DR..
Thomas Tn Pss;s1 intoxicated * atS o at any " time imm and did
against him. AT this point DR.. Fletcher
was told to stand aside but hold himself in
readiness to be recalled.
DR.. Z. M. Howard then took the witness
chair. He testified that he was a practi-
cling physician at st. Paul, this State, and
had been a physician in the department for
wOmen in the Hospital for the Insane from
October, 1887, until in July, 1888. He had a
number of complaints to make of the laxity
of discipline under superintendent Gal
braith. Among these were the visits of Mr..
Kyle, time-keeper. to a fair female attend
ant. not that Mr.. Kyle meant anything
wrong he was paying attention to the young
LADY,, but that Kyle had no business In
among. the female patients, Witness
had informed DIR. Galbraith and the latter
had paid no attention to the matter. He
had afterward carried his complaint to the
board and Kyle was discharged six or seven
Month after the time he first brought the
facts to DIR. Galbraith's notice. Witness
said there is a regulation In the hospital
that no one discharged for cruelty to a pa
tient shall ever again be employed at the
hospital. A female attendant had been
discharged for cruelty and again employed.
He said Mr.. Jameson, the druggist. got
drunk on chloroform, and DR.. Wiles was
addicted to drink.
The most important part of Dr.. Towards
Sullivan by Superintendent Galbraith out
of the emergency fund. He first heard a
talk about the matter over the telephone
between Sullivan and DR.. Galbraith. The
superintendent was trying to get Sullivan
told witness that he had snubbed the su-
perintendent about that thousand dollars,
and that he had given DIR.
Galbraith to understand that he
had made his arrangements with
DR.. Harrison about it, and was rather
hilarious over the discontinue of the super
intendent. Witness thought Dr.. Galbraith
lacking in executive ability to manage such
an institution. Returning to the subject of
tuc tuOucdLu-QOlldI lOdu, WltucSc sdlQ blldb
DR.. Galbraith was ratified, about. the
money, and wanted it back, while Sullivan,
who said he had made an arrangement with
DR.. Harrison, was defiant"
DR.. Fletcher then resumed his testimony.
He was asked as to the number of persons
who ate from the superintendents Kitchen
when he was at the hospital. This is fireplace
now called Mrs. Galbraith's Kitchen" He
said about thirty persons, and that there
was an occasional visitor, but this would
4 mt amount fn ON avQrq Oa nf fhraQ narSnna
a day. There are thirty-five persons now
| fed from this kitchen, to which something
may be added for occasional visitors. The
committee was disposed to be liberal, and
the present number furnished
DR.. Fletcher said, with this kitchen as
with all others when he was superintend-
ent, a special book was kept showing the
amount of supplies issued each day to the
cook. The estimate for sugar was two
ounces and a fraction for each person a
day; and then sugar was likely to accumu-
late. If not there, it would accumulate in
the wards, afterwards to beused in the Off
GERS kitchen.
what do you think of 500 pounds of SUI
gar this from a recent reportl per month in
that kitchenf" he was asked.
IL think it excessive; greatly So"
what ia the coffee ration per month";"
Five pounds for one hundred persons"
"What do you think of 200 pounds pei
month for thirty-five persons in the month
of June, 1883; of 160 pounds in july 1874 III
August, $50 in October, 1S0in November, 19(
in December, ITO in January and ITO in Feb
ruary, 1897"
Il think it a great excess.n
"How much butter to thirty-fve persons
per day?"
about thirty-five ounces; one ounce tt
each. This includes cooking. Many per
sons do not use butter"
What do you think of 22S pounds of but
ter a month for thirty-five personsf'
should say it was a great excess of but
teri
Witness was Intercepted as to what ht
thought of 1913 dozen eggs per month fol
thirty-tive persons, and then varyinl
mounts of this Sullivan product, ranginl
from 120 dozen to 1913 dozen, from June t,
January. He thought the amount ex
cessive, but sometimes not more thar 81,
good eggs would be got out of a dozen, ant
other times not more than three. Witnes,
said the tea ration was six ounces a month
tO.the individual. This, like all the rations
was very full. He was of opinion tina
with proper economy the maintenance funt
of the institution wOuld not need be NOR,
than $4,000.
II understand You to saw" said Mr.
Fields, that the bookkeeping during you,
administration was in such shape that tn,
boOk-keeper was able to give an account o.
anything at any timef"
"Yes, sir; the system was introduced by
DR.. Rodgers, and was perfect. That sys
tenn would tell at any time, to a pound CT pro
duce or to a yard of calico, what was il
stock and what had been issued. / do no