Norwich bulletin., 1916-11-10
WILLIMANTIC.

1 the Staff of that institution and had been since it was started in 1908. ] The witness had treated Mrs. Page since 1897 and knew of the accident which she had had. In regard to the l latter, the doctor stated that the first taccident was due to the woman fall ing down stairs as the result Of which she received @ compound fracture -of the leg. Upon this occasion which was I in April 1910. she was taken to St Joseph's hospital where she remained until June of the same year. He was | of the opinion that Mrs. Page had been drinking liquor on this occasion as no anaeSthetics were used when the bone was set. The patient show that she was suffering great pain in the opin- her home she was attended by the witness about three or four tonnes a week until the death of her husband who was also under the care of the witness.
 The witness was certain that he had seen Mrs. Page go without crutches after her first fall. The sec
 ond fall of the woman resulted in a broken leg and the doctor was of the opinion that she was not under the in
 iuence of liquor at the time. The
 witness stated that the woman was ae times inclined to take too much li- quor, although he had only seen her
 
 two or three times a month. She was able to carry on a conversation as well as anybody except the times she was under the influence of liquor. She did not take as much liquor after the death >of her husband as she did before he died was the opinion of the doctor. He had prescribed the use of liquor to her to a certain extent. She did not have any symptoms of dementia at any time the witness was sure.
 Mrs. Page had talked about the will and told the witness that she wanted him to be witness to it. Two or three days after this she had him read the will and asked him what he thought of it. Mrs. Page told him at this time that she did not think that her relatives had taken the interest in her that they should and that the money which was to go to them was to go to Mary Day as she had taken food care of her. The doctor told her he thought this good idea. She did not speak of the bequest to the hospi- tai at this time or afterwards. He was of the opinion that she was a woman of sound mind and not easily influenced.
 sion the witness was cross examined by Attorney Danahey. During this examination the witness stated that he called at the Page home a number of times to treat the woman for ner- vousness and these times she was not under the influence of liquor. He told Of ordering the nurse to allow Mrs. Page to have a certain amount of whiskey day which was very small amount. This he did as the woman had been in the habit of taking it ev- cry day and if she did not have it she might become effected physically. He did not know how much she took, how ever, as he was not there to see for himself. He attended her at her home after her first accident but he did not remember about the plaster cast. He admitted that liquor might affect people in getting about but this was not so in her case. The doctor told of the symptoms of the woman but did not think that she had demen- tia or symptoms of it. He did not dis pute an authority on the matter when it was pointed out that these symp- toms which Mrs. Page had were symp- toms of dementia. He thought that Mrs. Page had a weak will as far as liquor was concerned and admitted that this and uncleanliness were symp- toms of dementia.rr- ,.,e-- -s--
 The witness stated that the woman never talked strange to him and he did not remember if she had told him of things being stolen from her. His visits were professional most of the time but he did admit that he had done other things for her. There were other nurses at the house beside Miss Driscoll, who was formerly of St. Jo-