The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-21

 branches, an east and west section. Min isters. however. state that there is really nothing on which to base the talk and that the matter will not even be brought up before the meeting of the convention to be held in Savannah about two weeks from now.
 The southern convention is the largest delegative body in the world. about 5000 people being entitled to seats and to vote. ss-sS~~~~~~&-e-~-~-~ might see a butterfly and imagine 1t was a snake.
 ouestion-win you define also. doctor. hallucination?
 Answer-A haIlucination is a false im- pression. There Is no object, nothing to call this perception into operation.
 The term lesion Is used in medicine to define some structural alteration In the tissues. A lesion of the grain means change in the nerve tissues That change may be very gross lesion that can be seen with the natural eye. or 1t may be a microscopical change It is disease of the brain. There are a great many causes for lesion of the brain. Lesions of the brain are produced in the first place from poisons of various kinds, alco- hol, syphilis, diseases of other organs in other parts of the body, diseases about the head, and diseases of various kinds; in fact, the causes are so numerous that I could hardly go Into a detail of the causes One of the predisposing causes Is heredity. Then there are many ex- citing causes.
 How to Test Insanity.
 Question-How do you ascertain, doctor. whether or not man is insane7
 Answer-we ascertain the fact by an examination of the patient himself by the history obtained from his friends and by observation of the patient. Sometimes 1t requires several days to form an opin- ion. Of course. there are many cases of insanity which are very manifest.
 There are other cases, however, in which 1t would require an expert and in which the patient would have to be watched day and night to determine his mental condition. We form opinion from the conduct of the patient. We first ascertain whether or not there has been change in the mans ordinary habits and conduct, and in order to establish in- sanity 1t is necessary to show that there has been a prolonged departure from his regular habits.
 We all know that temporary insanity may be produced by the use of narcotics and a man may be totally irresponsible from the effects of a drug like cocaine, and after the patient passes out from un- der the influence of the drug he is in his normal condition In other words. inc sanity is not condition which develops in moment and disappears In a few minutes. There are certain forms of men, tai abberation in which the patient be- comes violently insane and remains so for weeks or months.
 As to Moral Insanity.
 SQuestion-Is there any such thing known to medical science as moral insanity7 Answer-That form is not recognized. think the law books speak of it. In other words, there is always some other de- terioration besides the moral diversion. Here a question, reviewing the evi- dench. was asked. If, in his opinion, de- fendant was insane or sane
 Chronic IntoxIcation.
 Answer-I have already explained what meant by the term insanity To my mind the facts, as stated in the hypothe- sis, indicate a man who had been in state of chronic intoxication, and while I do not believe any man in that condition is perfectly normal. still do not regard that as insanity. No man who has been on the verge of delirium tremens is per fectly normal. That may or may not lead to insanity. It sometimes does lead to insanity.
 Delirium tremens itself does not very frequently induce insanity, but the chronic use of alcohol with It may, and not infrequently does lead to insanity. The facts point to a case of chronic al- coholism rather than insanity.
 Question-You mean to say by that. doctor, that he was not insane?
 Answer-Not in the sense which un- derstand what insanity means. There are men who are not perfectly normal mentally; no man who is under the in- fiuence of whiskey Is in his normal con dition The facts in the hypothesis, with reference to the conduct of the defendant immediately preceding the shooting in- dicated knowledge of right and wrong. Asked if in his opinion defendant at the time the act was committed knew right from wrong. pr. Wyman said: I think so; I think he did at the time. There are other facts going to show that he did not at ceftain times; that he was delirious.
 By The Court-Is delirium always &C., companied by diseases of the brain or disturbance of the brain?
 Answer-It Is purely disturbance of the brain. A man may be delirious from typhoid fever and not have any disease of his brain.
 Upon being recalled he testified as follows:
 I have no reason to change my opinion. The hypothesis as stated does not indi- cate to my mind condition of insanity. Question-Is 1t your opinion that he was sane at the time of the commission of the act?
 Answer--I think my answer expresses what meant-whether he was sane or