The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1914-03-04

paper. I was very glad to help out,
so sent over the things to him and
I returned the things that had.
OF course I had to get up some
thing else. which I did. because / did
not discontinue, because I did not
know that there was any objection to
my doing it. l thought there was
objection on the part that l had TAX
en- the things.
@. You were doing all Of this for
what object, doctor? A. Because last
year I went to New York city and I
saw the work that they were doing in
| mental medicine and according to the
present day work considering
the present day work as basis. |
| found out that they were considering
three main causes of insanity, hered-
ity, alcohol and syphilis. OF course
could not do ~thing-we have no
outside field or welfare work
after our patien, leave the hospital;
I could do but little there, and alco-
hol plays such small part in my de-
partment, because 1 have had only
three cases in seven years and l de-
termined to find out what per cent
of my cases were syphiletics. I did
| it for various reasons. Because I had
some epileptics that developed in
adult life. wanted to do some work
| in a certain form of mental trouble
to see what percentage they showed
of syphilis and determined to do
the work. l asked Dr.. Babcock. He
said he had no objection il wanted
to do it.
Got Up at 5 a. m.
@. How did you manage to run
your department. A. Oh, / got
up early and I began work about )
O'Clock ard I would work until time
to 20 around and l would work a
night. | did that over time. / did
not fail to keep up my own work and
the girls. the office girls were good
took care Of the girls. And the
nurses came to the rescue and did a
lot Of work that they would not have
otherwise done. They all helped me
keep it up.
@. How much of the 1905" did
YOU use in your department? A
Well. Of the patients that I tested
had only 43 positive. Ten Of them
was willing to try the 1905" on. The
others had organic brain LESSONS an
was afraid to try it. So l did MOI
give it to but about g dozen Of NJ!
| people.
Mr.. Stevenson: Are there cases o.
hat where it is not judicious TO u.s.
he "606"? A. Yes. sir: Mr.. Steven
son. I was afraid to use 1t in organic
,rain LESSONS. There is certain re
action that is likely to occur in any
If those cases that | wanted to avoid
@. How do you determine tina
hey have the organic brain LESSONS
\. Your physical examination befor'
hat has told me.
0. Without the physical eXamina
ion you are likely TO give the ZOOS
and have disaster? A. I was care
eul. because | did not want any &C.
cidents to happen. ard rather erred
on the other side and gave the treat
ment Of life the first consideration.
| @. Would it be iudicious. in Won
| opinion. to enter upon one OF th'
retainer IS of those cases with "606"
without a physical examination ''
determine whether there were lesion
or not? A. would not do it.
Took Special Course.
Mr.. Hunter: Doctor. here is a
tatement with reference TO an ex
,ense that occurred there in the hos
ital. Will you please tell what i:
has reference to? A. Why. yes. IL
l9l0. The Asylum World. nigh
say. began to take notice Of the fac:
that mechanical Gale
chanotherapy-was useful in the
..ure of the insane. and the methods
usually applied to the State hospita'
work we're those Of electric NASSAU
and hydrotherapy i wanted to learn
how to do Is so l could apply it to my
department. So asked Dr.. BabcocE
if might go away. using my vaca-
ton to study. He said yes. so went
70 the Orthopedic institute of Phila-
1elphia to study. And ! have GER
rificate now that got. if you care to
see it, showing that I applied my
time and / was given certificate for
this course. and I came back and DR..
Babcock very kindly said he would
ask the regents to pay for it. And Of
course it was an advanta?e to me and
accepted it. Since then have been
doing this work regularly.
@. You got permission from the
superintendent to take this course?
A. Yes: he rather suggested it to me.
@. And your return A. He
asked me to present an ltemlzed Dill,
which I did.
@. Did the board of regents au-
thorize this paid? A. I do not know.
Dr.. Babcock said he would take care
of it. DR.. Babcock got the itemized
list from me. l do not know who
paid it. ! have tried to apply the
work to the hospital since.
@. You were looking forward to
the necessity of the hospital? A. Yes.
wanted to apply it to my patients
.. You feel that this course has
been helpful to you, doctor? A. Yes,
but it has been very much more help
| ful to the patients, because they have
| received the benefit of it.
As to Meals.
@. Doctor, did you ever give
meals to any one else besides Dr.