Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1889-05-17

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confluence OF urine at night. lie
said Il will be around tomorrow
morning, and if she has been Sc
troubled during the night. let mt
know He came around the next
morning about the same time, and
asked me If Mary bad her trouble
last night. told him she had
lie said bring her into the water
closet. He directed me to draw
some warm water In a bucket fOl
her to battle in. went to the
water faucet to draw the water
bat as there had been no water
drawn for some time, it ian cold at
first. | told the DIR. the water was
not warm but it would be if il wal
allowed to run awhile He said
Il have not time to wait. Take
your bucket and 60 over on ward
ID, l've Just come from there and
the water is hot tried to ex
plain that by the time | could &C
over to ID and back the water
would be warm here. He told me
never mind, to go on and do as he
told me. As went Ont Of the
water closet door he told me to
lock the door. | went over on
ward ID and found the water ex.
actly as it was on our own ward
| waited until the water ran warm,
and went back to the water closet,
found the DR.. and Mary there as
| had lett them, locked IN. lie
made Mary battle herself. When
she was done the DR.. took her by
the arm, pulled her to the door
leading from the water closet to
the clothes room. lie unlocked
the door, pushed her in, and went
IN and locked the door after him.
| heard a struggle. | heard Mary
says ooh DR.. don't, please DON'T
l heard him say hush Heard
her fall on the floor. The DR.. re.
NAMED In there about - minutes,
came out by me, did not stop; said
abruptly in passing, ! don't know
what is the matter with her. When
Mary came ont / asked her what
the DR.. did to her. She did not
reply, but hung her head and cried.
The CROSS examination brought out
the fact from the witness, that
Mary is very good looking, 'well
nourlshed' girl. There are other
patients on my ward similarly
affected. The DR.. never examined
or enquired about them. They
we're all homely and emaciated.-
DR.. Fisher had no knowledge of
this, although he is the physician
in charge of this ward, and did not
know of 1t until a short time before
the charges and specifications
we're made. Witness when asked
why she had not said something
about this before, said she did not
know who to complain to, as he
was the superintendent, and she
was afraid to say anything, for fear
she would lose her place.
"Mrs. S. "a witness, and attendant
on ward b, testified as follows: In
the summer of 1886, had a patient
on my ward, a young married lady.
One evening about So'clock, after
the gas had been lighted, DR.. Con.
rad came into my ward, and told
me he wanted 10 examine Mrs. -.
Mrs. Us room was on the upper
hall. ! went with DR.. Conrad,
and Ms. - TO the door of her
room. When we reached the door,
DR.. G. told me not to come in. He
and Mrs. - went in and closed
the door, closed the small transom
in the upper part of the door.
Heard him draw the bed from the
wall so as it would come against
the door. There are no lights in
the room, no way OF making one.
He staid in about 10 minutes and
came out. He told me to leave her
door unlocked at night, that the
night nurses could lock 1t when
they came around, which was about
IL O'clock, as he would visit her at
night to see how she was getting
along. Another night | heard him
come through the door which leads
from the centre hall way to the
upper hall way Of OR ward, on
which Mrs. - room opens. lie
called down the stairway to me
that | need not come up, that it
Was he, and went on to Mrs. -
room, went in and remained some
time and went away. On another
occasion l heard him come in and
90 to her room without notifying
anybody. ] never heard Mrs. -
complain of any female trouble.
She seemed active and strong,
young, healthy, and good looking,
| never saw any evidence of in.
sanity about her. Mrs. - came to
the Asylum under peculiar clrcum.
stances, and staid q short time and
was discharged. DR.. Fisher, in
charge OF the female ward, said he
never knew that Mrs. - had any
uterine trouble; she was not in
sane, so far as he could see, and
never treated her for any womb
trouble. The attendant never re-
ported her having any trouble, and
never knew of her having any, and
did not know that DIR. g. treated
her for any until this examination"
In order that it may not be said
that | am doing DR.. Conrad an in
Justice by publishing part of the
evidence, without any explanation
from him, will say that he did
not undertake to deny the truth of
these witnesses statements, but
tried to explain the suspicious
situations in which he had placed
himself by his privileges as a
physician. But in order that no
Injustice may be done him, the
records OF the case when made up
will be in the Asylum archives,
and he, as a party TO the suit, will
be entitled to a copy, which be can
spread before the public in his
vindication if he wishes.
AS for myself, | do not publish
these statements with the malicious
intention of injury to DIR. Conrad,
for nothing iS more repugnant to
me than the publication of things
OF this character.
But In order that the public
may know what kind of iniOrma.
ton was coming to our ears from
creditable witnesses, and to ask ii
| would not have been deaf to
every sense Of duty and humanity
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