Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-11-26

III llfIle OI NURSES, llbili U " - W v w T.
The attendants now get a whole day
how often? Since DIR. Miller came,
she said, the nurses get good many
hours off. amounting roughly to
about Il hours.
Under the former administration,
one undertaken was given all the
work. but now it is divided. Since Mr..
Smith began to agitate his charges
has the change in hours been made?
questioned Mr.. Cleayes. Witness as
serted this was true.
Mary \. Feloney of Detroit, Me-,
| the next witness, an attendant at the
| insane hospital said, she had worked
| in Massachusetts.
Calling attention to Mrs. Andrews
case, Judge Cleaves questioned the
/ witness, at length. The witness as
serted in feeding Mrs. Andrews. Miss
| McGraw, the attendant and another
| woman, who was insane, also assisted.
| Witness described the feeding as
| follows: One held head. another hama
and knee, and another tine other SIDE
! DR.. Wilson then tried to see IL the
patient would take nourishment. Mrs.
kAndrews refused to take food ana the
feeding tube was inserted, by Whlch
food was forced through. Mrs. An
drews frequently struggled loosenlns
the tube Finally the tube disappear
ed. and egg and milk were fed the
patient Soon afterward Mrs. Andrews
; showed symptoms of illness, being
nauseated and expelled the egg I'M
mediately after She complained Of
, being faint The witness called ply
sicians. nr. True and Or. Nosbierge'
! they gave her stimHlants. Up to >
: O'Clock. that was all that was DONE
land when witness vert of. duty, doc
tor was sitting beside her. Witness
/ had seen similar treatment in other
hospitals.
Attorney Williamson asked as to
length of tube, the illness represent.
ing the part in the mouth as about
two feet She described the feeolns'
as pouring in food very slowly. NO
4 signs of distress We're found aItei
feeding.
Annie NJ Quinn supervisor on the
receiving ward of the Augusta state
hospital was the next witness. oHe
told of the case of Rose Small, pa
tent who arrived while she was OIL
duty. The patient resisted, and she
I sent for physicians.
: The patient died, at 11.55 SUNDAY
: after arriving. Saturday. She was CIV
en- a hot pack just before her death
The cause of death was given as pneu-
monia.
/ The hot pack was given to the pa
Il tent at Ga degrees. She explained the
4 method of determining the tempera
ture of the pack. a physician order
ed this treatment.
i Has the number o. packs given
i been increasing and amount of medi-
I cine decreasing?'' q estioned Judge
| Cleaves. Miss Faloney did not know
! this and had made no observance OF
! this fact Effects of packs on hot
] day were quoting, said Miss Faloney'
/ Witness never saw pack so hot that
a broomstick had to be used to wiring
out packs
/ Maria MacPhee. the next witness,
i SUPERVISOR for "a years, continuous
~, testified:
DO you know how many warm
packs were given in July to Helen
i Hayward? Was the number 39?'' i
couldn't say for sure but | think 1t
was"
DO YOU remember patient given
40 packs during that month";" Il
don't know, / can't remember
Another that was given 42?' Yes.
What do you call a warm sheet?''
y sheet rung out with water, but
not so hot as but what you can wiring
them out with hands"
She called the 5degree packs pre-
i viously testified to. cold packs. She
didn't know about the packs mention
ed, whether they were warm or hot.
What is the effect of these hot
packs on patients?" She answered
evasively,
Which is the most humane?" Wit
ness observed suffering of patients in
hot packs and had seen patients per-
| spire in the packs.
| What effect did you notice So far
as being weak" L have seen them
| weak"
How weak" 7 never saw them so
they couldn't walk"
| Witness told of keeping packs on
patients for three hours.
| DO the patients like to work" ques-
| toned Mr.. Wilson Some of them do
and some don't" declared the witness.
! Patients such as are able, work at
| laundry and in mending rooms. said
| the witness.
Witness declared she thought work
was good for patients. Miss McPhee
said there We're no restraints at pres
ent time, with the exception of one
Mrs. Fred Booker of Augusta testi-
| fed that her husband is at the hos
pital. It was in July of this year when
he was put in. Mrs. Booker said she
had given him all of his clothing. when
he entered. \ short time ago, when he
came home, she applied for his clothes
and got part of them. a while later
Booker was obliged to go back, when
she visited her husband, she found
her husband devoid of sufficient under
wear, with his own underclothes gone
She now carries back and forth the
washing.
Witness told of paying DR. Miller
charges for visiting her and determin-
ing the sanity of her husband. The
doctor asked IS for this visit and said
he usually asked $40.
Attorney Williamson cross examined
as to the missing underwear. One suit
is and other clothes are now missing.