The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-07-23
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cant stare, the difficulty of attracting
his attention. and, according to DR..
Randolph, his apparent inability to
feel the pricking of pin on his feet
and legs.
Q. What are other symptoms o:
| paresis?
A. Patients lose elasticity in their
walk; they are not at all graceful, in
| fact, when they attempt to walk
| They hold exalted idCls of their own
ability, and there is a slow action of
the mind.
Q. In your opinion, is his present
posture real or assumed?
A. / believe it 10 be studied.
O. Had you observed his eyes at
the asylum?
A | had. The test for reaction
in light was satisfactory. conditions
appearing to be normal
O. Had you known that a previous
examination had taken place, in
which three physicians and two lay
men had Found that the reflex action
of the pupil was sluggish, would thai
have Influenced your judgment of the
case?
A 1 would nave taken in consid-
Grafton the circumstances, and the
mental strain under which the pa
tient was suffering. Paresis, while
admitted to be incurable, is some
times characterized by periods of i'm
provement, making frequent exami1a-
ton necessary.
Q. Did you conduct these regular
examinations in the case of Mr.. Scuba
more9
A 1 did not, as the attending ply
sician made daily examination of the !
patient.
@. In paresis, what are the first
symptOms2
A. The lack OF ability to concen-
trate the mind.
Q. Is il possible for the patient 10 |
do good work along certain lines un-
der these cOnditions2
A 1t is.
Q. Was his articulation clear, and |
did he not sFur his words?
"A / did not observe that he ex- i
hibited these symptoms.
Q. Had YOU observed that ne rolled /
his tongue From side to side, and that /
the muscles of his face twitched,
would your opinion have then been
biased2
A. l would have considered the cir
cumstances-
Q. Had you known that he had
attempted suicide, that he had suffer
ed peculiar attacks, when he scrib-
bIed on paper, only to throw the
scraps away, would you have dag
Rosed paresis?
"A 1t might have had weight
Q. Had you known that the pa
tent had assaulted three men while
in the asylum, one being named FIem-
ing, until he was black in the face,
then giving him a shirt in order to
keep him from telling, and that, al
though financially a broken man, he
imagines he has large banking inter
estS both in this and in other states,
would you have diagnosed the case as
insanity?
A. Insaity would be indicated.
A And that a brother, VINO came |
Immediately from Illinois when the /
trouble developed, spending money |
and supporting himself entirely while /
here, that he assaulted this same
brother so that the iafler had to come |
between them; that when DR.. Blocker |
and Mr. Parker, a life long friend of
the prisoner, had paid him a visit in
the Jail, and the later had remained
for few moments conservation. the
prisoner had said, Il fooled that doc
tor; he wants to send me back to
but he won't" would
that have indicated insanity, in your
opinion?
A. 1t might have been natural for
him to have shown citation had he
succeeded in making an impression
on the physician
Q. Had you known that the "a
tient even now charges a prominent
local business man. DR.. Blocker. and I
his brother with being parties in a con-
spiracy to keep him in the iufirmary, has
tried to engage counsel in order to
sue for $4,000 damages, and to place
each of the three men in Chatta-
hoochee for the same time which he
has been there would you regard him
as sane man?
Q. If l had observed all these
symptoms. l would not
Cross Examination. |.
MI Doftln then took the witness.
Y. Did he tell you of his troubles
in Pensacola?
A He said that on Thanksgiving
day he was taken forcibly from the
bank, in an unconscious condition. |
and that ne did not know ANYTHING !
more until Sunday He said that later ,
during ais Illness he passed the time :
He declared that ne was :
not guilty of any crime which voeIIo \
warrant his removal from the bank. >
q. Did he not tell you that Dr. /,
Blocker was responsible for his hav- +
ng lost consciousness, that he had I!
given him a dOse2 !
A He did, but I regarded all such :
statements as made for effect, and | +
Tor the purpose of passing over that | =
part of his difficulties with as little
1etail as possible 7
q Did you know anything of the /