The evening times., 1896-08-15

his couch. To get loose would have Deem
physical inpossIhillty for even giant.
.sThe male attendants retired and the
patient lay powerless to do anything but
moan and give vent TO inhuman utterances-
An hour or two passed and Iretired to the
floor below on some trivial errand. Scarcely
had reached the bottom Of the stairs WHEN
heard . terrific nolse In the ward had
Just left. feared the worst. was right,
too.
Midway the stairs. as started back. I
met the wretch. He came on with his
nianiacal eyes glowing like halls of fire.
With phenomenal strength, such as q man
III his condition alone is capable OF ex-
ercsins. he had severed every binding cord
AMI the ropes and straps still hung in pieces
to his body.
THE rnaii's arms swung in the air with
the rapidity of the wings of Quixote' wind
mill was surely warranted in fear
that the next instant would be hurled
To the foot of the stairs.
WILL LISTEN TO REASON
There was but one thing to do, thing
that Is resorted to in almost every case
where ID. T. patient becomes unman-
ageable. l had to reason with him. 1t
may sound absurd, but that is the only
manner in which they may be brought to
time, and even that Is not an infallible
remedy.
u talked to him, for he was good enough
to listen explained to him that he was
large and strong man and that it would
be rather ungallant of him to take such
advantage over a Small, weak girl like
nyesif by casting me aside and making
his escape. .s..s -. .,.s, -.a.,
Following up the argument closely l
requested him to go back to his cot and
calm himself for while As with every
other similar patient, the young man was
merely inibued with the desire to make his
escape A patient suffering from the tre-
mems seldom has any objective point in
view: he merely desires to get way from a
confinement, imaginary or other wise
s.But the argument was success The
young man at first listened, then looked a
trifle sheepisk and al last turned silently
on his heel and made his way back to the
ward or course, I was taking no chances
on his repetition Of the exercise and Inn
mediately called the attendants to again
strap him to his bod. It was done in q
manner this time that barred any posi-
bility of his escape. And well 1t was fol
| in less than a quarter of an hour he was
again raving manisc.
There are characteristics that run
| trough every d. T. case. AS said be-
| fore. the desire to make an escape is up
| per.nost in the mind of everyone. have
| never seen one escape from the building.
| but II he did 1t is probable that he would
| keep on running until thoroughly exhaust
ed or until he was captured.
..The reasoning, or possibly better said
| shameing, tactics. are almost always re-
sorted to. and in the majority OF cases
prove successful. The gailantry of the
| average man is likely to crop onteven when
| lie has become an insane brute.
| Another favorite occupation OF d. t.
| patients and the thing that seized my very
| next patient on that particular month, =
| climbing the chimney of the ward in which
they are pInced. AS soon as this man
| was left alone in the ward he tried to get
| up the chimney The results OF such a
| Kriss Kringle attempt were ludicrous in the
| extreme. When the patient happened to
| look at his blackened face IN the glass it
| seemed to bring him to his senses for an
| instant. and he was forced TO smile.
TRY To CLIMB CHIMNEYS.
s.The following case had attempted Il
do the same thing. He managed TO ge
half way up the chimney, where he stucl
and had to be helped down by the attend
ants" ,.s..--.---
1t seldom happens. another of the nurse
went on to explain. that delirium tremenl
patients lapse into intervals OF comparative
inactivity and rest. semi-occasionaii
one will be found who is content TO lie fo
hours watching spidercra wi up and dow
the wall. OF course, he is the only one il
the room who is privileged to see the in
sect.
The typical I'D. t." however, is he whit
understands thoroughly how to make lif
unbearable for few hours at time. a
least. and who is pursued by an army
hideous monsters that make him want 3
keep changing his location. He is dan
gerous patient. fearful Of harming himself
but not mindful of infhcting injury on thos
about him.
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