The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-01-17
COL. LANE CALLS
Or, FOSTER LIAR
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ply the deficiency. Witness thought
the quality OF the food was good SO
far as lie knew. DR.. Foster had made
a faithful and efficient officer.
| (, Mr.. Hunton briefly cross examined
| the Witness but he did not succeed in
shaking his testimony to any CONSIDER
Mr.. ]. L. Mercer, the clerk Of the
hospital. was sworn. and he could not
| say that he had ever observed any
| iack OF harmony between the superin.
tendent and the assistant. physicians.
| lhoush he had reason to believe that
! several years ago there was not that
nrair,t .l which should have prevailed.
rms, however, lasted only few
months. and was all over now.
Mr.. G. G. Hall is the druggist and
| stenosrapher for the hospital. He aaid
me correspondence WAS quite heavy. DR.
Foster attended to the bulk OF the cor
| respondence and signed all the letters,
| though some OF them were written bv
| the assistant physicians. Witness said
DR. Fosters duties kept him almost con-
stan ssanuy at work during the day, and
| Office at night looking after official mat
| ters.
Miss Armentrout. an: attendant, had
been engaged at the hospital for eleven
years. She had never seen a patient
"ducked." though she had used strait
Jacket but not for punishment. This
| was Zone for the benefit of the patient.
| She always reported such cases to the
Superintendent before using the strait
jacket' Witness thought the condition
| OF the institutionswas good. She thought
Dr. Foster had improved the institution
during his ncumbency OF the Office.
Speaking for her own ward, witness said
Dr. Foster made regular and frequent
visits there She could not say as to
others. so far as she was able to Judge
Break Up Furniture.
Mr.. Hunton cross-examlned witness.
but she stuck pretty closely to her text
She had stopped the use OF strait
jackets, when Or. Foster and DR.. Hem
had sent out some furniture this morn
ing that had been broken up by an ex-
cited patient.
Miss Lucas. another attendant. had
| been at the hospital for twelve years
She had never seen patient "duoked."
Witness corroborated the testimony OF
Miss Armentrout and made a very clear
statement.
said they were very treacherops. and
| had to be closely watched. though she
got along With them all right Dr..
Foster had visited her ward frequently.
s whether Dr Foster had uG neglected a bs
duties. witness said: "He keeps me me
pretty straight as to my duties"
DR.. W. r. Aylett, of Newport News.
that in in his opinion rhe strait. jacket"
was the most humane method of re-
straint for patients where restraint was
necessary. He would not hesitate to use
It in his private practice II he thought
1t necessary, and IL he had friend
here who needed restraint he would be
glad to see the "strait-jacket" used on
him.
Colonel Lawless changed the form of
ms question. 80 as to apply only to i'm
OF the institution. and Dr.. Aylett said
he had been through all the depart
ments last summer. and he had noticed
married. improvements in them all
less. that caustic has been used here
| as means OF punishment in certain
cases WIN you please say whether
the medical profession?'
1T is recognized treatment in GER
| tain cases" he answered
| IT is also charged that an electric
| battery was used on the spine of a
patient. How about THAR"
That is proper treatment in GER
every day. and 1 use a much stronger
battery than the enc in use at this
| hospital"
Mr.. Hunton examined the wit
ness as to the use Of "straight-Jackets.''
and the latter said while their use was
| generally decrfed yet 1t was recog-
nized that it was necessary in extreme
| cases He admitted that he had not
kept up with expert methods for tbs
treatment of the insane, and that his
only experience In shis line was as
| an inferno in the Eastern State Hos
pital for about twelve months
Answering Mr. Hunton further, wit
I ess said 1t would never occur to him
TENTS spine in order to make him eat
but that he would use 1t as sort of
| a tonic, for the purpose OF toning up
| the system. It will be recalled that 1t
is in evidence that DR.. Hunter Mo
CURE Williams while an assistant ply
sician here, had applied an electric
battery to a patients spine because tha
| latter refused to eat
DR.. Brunk on Stand.
DR.. o. c. Br,ink. who was recently
chosen superintendent of the hospital BY
the general board, was next sworn.
Colonel Lawless asked witness IL he
had made application for the place.
II made no formal application he
replied. ..
Lawless:
II object to this line OF inquiry. in
terposed Mr.. Hunton.
Colonel Lawless rose to argue for the
admission of tho testimony. 81 pro-
pose,' he said, ITO show by this wit
ness that he had been approached in
reference to accepting this position by
members OF this court before the board
had the evidence upon which DR.. Fos-
ter was removed"
Mr.. Hunton briefly argued against the