The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-09-15

Edo kee stated that he did not consul
er Young, who had been a former pa
tient at the Hospital, u reliable per-
son.
After concluding his testimony
Doctor Mckee made statement to
the effect that since he had been mis-
represented in some quarters by the
press, he desired to say that as soon
as the matter was ventilated by the
publication of the Massey charges he
had written the Governor and the
Coroner and Solicitor before the Gov
ernor's letter suggesting an investiga-
ton had been received by him, him.
self demanding q thorough inVeSuga
ton of the whole matter on behalf
of the Hospital authorities.
No Evidence of Abuse.
Before commencing the examination
of DIR. Taylor and the expert witnesses
the Board examined separately each
and every nurse and attendant at the
Hospital. including the Steward and
the house-keeper as we'll as Doe
tors Jenkins and Ferebee in re-
Spect to the care and treatment of
patients. This testimony, without eX
ception, showed that there was spirit
of uniform kidness in the treatment
of PATIENTS; that there was no system
of punishment; no water cure as
meaning u practice to secure control;
and that there was no physical re-
strain imposed upon patients other
than sleeves and cuffs designed to pre-
vent the violently insane from doing
damage TO themselves or others or
from denuding themselves OF their
clothes.
It was also in testimony in this
connection that the nurses were cho-
sen on recommendation of physicians
i'm their home towns and miisters of
the gospel with special referece to
their qualities of Selt-contrOl, patience
and kindness and that a violation of
the rule Of the hospital as TO kind
treatment was followed by summary
dismissal of the offender from the
service of the hospital; that there were
many complaints from patients which
We're usually hallucinations but that
these We're in every instance investgat-
ed and that in several instances spe-
cificaly mentioned there had been
dismissals and requests for reSigna-
tionS in cases Of improper language
used by employees to patients, in
some instances where there was q de-
Mai by the accused employee and only
the word of the patient as proof. The
testimony of Mr.. Lindsay, of Snow
Hill. who was a p2tient at the hospital
! for three weeks was denied in toto by
dence that he had told DR.. Jenkins,
Miss Lacy the house-keeper. Miss
Whitaker. and others upon the occa-
sion of leaving the hospital that he
had been treated so kindly that he
was sorry to have to go away The
testimony of Mr.. Lindsay was attrib-
uted by DR.. Jenkins to phenomenon
which he stated to be not uncommon
of man who had recovered his SAN
;,,;,, l1nl lI11n nitoot 4 IN,
formed during the time his mind had
been unbalanced.
The statement was also made by
DIR. Mckee in reference to the charge
of exorbitant charges for the ship
ping of Nails remains that the prac-
tice was that when patient was ad-
mitted there was placed after his
name the address of the person to be
communicated within case of death:
that in pursuance of that entry he
! had at once telegraphed Nails father
and that the latter had ordered the
! remains sent The hospital has moth
| ing to do with payment for preparing
remains for burial when they are or
! dered sent home and he had under
stood in addition that the MeSSrS.
Brown had remitted thirty dollars of
| the G.. O. ID. charges, agreeing to wait
thirty days for the balance so that
| the body might be taken from the eX-
press office and buried.
Reaching the investigation of the
Nall matter Doctor Mckee was first
examined, relating the circumstances
of the escape and subsequent capture
of the patient, his. return to the hos
pital, the examination made, the treat
ment followed and his death a short
while after being brought in from the
Phosphate Mills
! Describing the symptoms of the pa
/ tient when he was called in by Doc
/ tor Jenkins. DR.. Mckee stated that he
! found him lying on bed, having been
stripped of his clothing. His counten-
ance was livid, his lips cyanose, his
ears nails both fingers and toes blue:
| the body was Very warm and the ex-
trenities cold. His pulse was feeble.
frequent and at times intermittent.
| The pupils of his eyes We're much di-
/ lated. Respiration was varied and
| difficult, signing and shallow and not
stortorous. In the case of man ex-
| hibiting 50 many signs of dissolution,
his one effort said DR.. Mckee was to
/ do what he could to keen him alive.
To this end he had administered
restoratives in the shave of whiskey
and water. strychnine and nitro
glycerine. During the treatment the
| patient moved his arms and legs, at
times so strongly as to require an
/ effort to keep him on the bed.
/ During the period of treatment the
! man had not talked. although he had
! once told the nurse that he was burn
/ ing up and had stated to DR.. Jenkins
| that he was going die, He swal-
| lowed some of the whiskey and water
and afterwards vomited a liquid that
! was the color of watermelon Juice
+ but which bore no indication of in