The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-03-13
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established.
DR.. Taylor said Mrs. Shattuck, super
visor, was competent, sympathetic and |
always on duty. She IS a trained nurse
When asked what form of punishment |
was used at the Retreat he said there |
was no such thing as punishment there
Coming down to the case of Mrs. Gull |
ford, DR.. Taylor asserted that She had a
mental disorder Of kind that causes
persons to remember as facts, after their
apparent recovery, certain hallucina
tions which make an impression upon
them before their recovery He had
charge Of her ease. She thought her
husband was in danger, was much agi
tated and couldn t sleep, was always on
the move, would 90 about looking for
| her children, whose flesh She could smell
| burning, could taste oil in the water.
was suspicious Of the food, etc One of
| her peculiar manperismS was to pick
with her tingernails the flesh on her face,
arms, chest aud sometimes her leqs. She
would keep it up until sometimes infee
ton would occur He remembered two
| bad places on her face, where She asserts
She had a scar as the result Of being
| burned with acid She would strike her
| head with her fist aud pull her hair,
but never complained Of being abused.
She was impulsive, he said, and once at
/ tackled parole patient and threw her ON
| the floor, bet was sorry afterwards She
4 was a strong woman weighing l6J or
| more.
She attacked her nurse in her room,
/ the witness said, tried to choke a WON
an in the hall and tried to throw a nurse
| down stairs. As to her Jaw being bro
/ ken by IN iron pine the witness said
there never was any such implement
available in any of the wards, and there
never was time during her stay there
that She could not maSticatc food. which
would have been impossible with a hro-
ken Jaw. She would have experienced
4 great pain and would have been wholly
unable 10 conceal the injury. vet he
never heard any such INJURY suggested
until about year after She was dis
charged.
Relating what took place at the time
of the alleged assault, Or. TAYLOR said
that Mrs. Morrill,. her nurse, went in 10
tidy up her room and Mrs Gui}ford
seized her by the throat. Mrs Morrill,
tried TO get away and in the scuiiie Mrs
Guilford hacked against the bed, which
bent her knees SO that she fell on the
bed, and Mrs. Morrill, escaped The lat
ter at once reported to the supervisor,
who notified DR.. Tavlor. He said j. gves
not over 20 on 80 minutes from the time
the scutiic began before he was in her
room to inquire abou. it, She said the
fault Was all hers aUd asked him not to
DO anything about it. She made no com
plant about her jaw After her d;s-
charge a nurse Went home with her and
medicine was sent her and foa loae
time che and her husband maintained
friendly relations with the Retreat. H.
thought she still had dalusious
Senator Fairchild. chairman. asked
DR.. Taylor n Hypothetical question. i'm
substance something like this: ,If a
former patient still insisted that while
patient her iaw was broken, tlat She
was confined ia g dungeon two DAYS and
nights and was otherwise abused and
Ven knew that none q TIL ESQ thing, were
trUc, you would consider either that She
had not vel recovered or was malicious
liar, would Won not TO this Br. Tas-
ior replied that zee would. but that ha
would prefer to consider that she had
. not recovered. The doctor said there
, never was any trap3oor in her room
ond that the floor mad not been
changed.
pr. Taylor brought out in his even
ing testimony that de aud nr. LaWton.
superintendent, frequently were In con
3 sultotiol oboat patients, always twice
f? day aud sometimes seEg8 OF eight
times. also that ~. Lawton frequently
j visited the wards. He brought out
also that the attendants 10 not know
S the state patients from private pa
tents
Another case on which special en-
= } 6azis has been la.d during the hear
inea is thar Of Mrs. i.jlliaa s. Clement,
wife &C Foster r. Clement. wealthy
resident o Darlington, an the tosti-
; mony OF pr Taylor il regard 10 her
is not all printable, IN Moltpclicr Mr.
Clement and his housekeeper, Miss
Margaret GuscttC, testified u visiting
Mrs Clement and finding her IN .
filthy condition, with evidences of VIC
lent treatment.
In REGARD to Mrs. Clement Or Tay-
Tor testified that she was in aa active
J " maniacal state On admission She
was extremely excited, noisy. profan
and unable to control hcr bodily move
t'nlthlS. rift MIS- III. #u3HJ bN III. IL I
= Of Burlington and Miss Guvettc The
e Physicians requested the privilege oi
IS making restraint, hut Mr.. Clement re
t fused. 9 lis whole attitude wa.
e wrong, t. my mind, asserted Or
7. Taylor tie was willing to pay au5
D. price to give her al Che attention sh
g needed.
e She was extremely destructive. tn
doctor said, and would tear her cloth
ing Oft, tear up The mattresses an
bedding kick the rancla out Of tn
doors. rip 10 the carpets, and smas
everything she could get hold af. Sh
G. was finally placed in Lawton hail. a
r. the request Of Mr.. Clement, Who va
kept informed OF her condition. Sh
was given two day nurses and two nigh
., nurses. and another nurse slept in 4
adjoining room. She bad a whole suit
ut her disposal, although it was nc
intended fer person in her condition