The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-01-28

Der of epileptic patients under his charge,
| and was asked to state the result Of his
! examinations Of Smell at various times.
The witness then related his visits to
| Snen. when he told him that he need not
I answer any questions or submit to any ex-
I animation unless he desired.
/ His answers were mostly monosyllabic.
/ His memory seemed TO be .oor, and his
4 manner seemed rather indoleDt and his
strength below the Normal. / noticed a
scar near the right eye. felt HIS head all
! over. and he made no remark or objection
He said that he had received the mark
over the eye from Kick by a mule,
ard the other fracture in a brawl in which
! he hal been beaten. He said he knew that
he was charged with a crime. but that he
had absolutely no recollection of II. On
he third visit he complained that he did
not get enough sleep and that he thought
they ought to give him mere whisky. On
Jlls occasion he said that he heard music
in his imagination heard cars running and
saw a man in a white robe. He also said
he had spells. / than had him walked
along up aud and down the corridor. and
watched him very carefully. There was
no halling e. either the arm or the body
hut there was a slight limp. / concluded
that lac was suffering from remorse and
the physical depression resulting from
anything abnormal in him other than what
have mentioned"
The witness dilated upon the various
forms of feigned insanity, and said that IL
was very easy for n man to say he did
not remember which was the very best
reason 10 assume that he did remember.
The Hypothetical Question.
The long. hypothetical question was tlen
Tut to the witness, who replied;
The man described in this case was not
insane. l usc-ati imPersonal expression"
The witness lien said that the conyuI-
sions could NOT, in, his opinion be charged
to the hypothesis OF epilepsy alone. but
that they were more probably the result CT
alcoholic or Other excuses.
Il believe that when the man feigned to
have heard music and seen the man in the
white robe he wasl stating to me what he
never experienced for since he said they
had come to him during enc Of his spells,
this was the natural conclusion. Epileptics
lave no power ts recall what they have ex-
perienced. and they may he only deter
mined as his actions during the trance may
manifest them"
The witness said that the shriukage of
the leg OF Smell was no evidence or indica-
thought the small side was normal and the
large side swollen
Mr.. Turner eudeavored TO show that the
witness had not always been correct in his
opinions in testimony in capital cases be
fore in this city, and asked the witness il
he had heard Of the post mortem on the
brain OF Schneider al whose trial he had
testified. The witness had read OF it. but
had not attended. Mr.. Turner read from
book by Dr. Chaplin, The Compendium
Of Epilepsy in which the author said tina
some patients suffered from nocturnal at
tacks Of epilepsy only. The witness had
testified that there no such namencla-
tuTe of insanity known or recognized rs
nocturnal epilepsy. The witness said thai
the book was written some time ago. and
his views may have differed
Then you admit that that is one error
you have made
Experts ut Odds. |
Yes | admit that. Dr. Rose says that |