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DR. BABCOCK'S TESTIMONY. Tells About The Conditions in The State Hospital For The In sane. Dr. J. W. Babcock, superintendent .of the State hospital for the insane testified before the legislative investi gating committee in Columbia on Thursday. The following report of his testimony is taken from the Co lumbia State: Dr. Babcock's Testimony. Dr. J. W. Babcock, the superinten dent, was next called. There was con siderable interest manifested by the, members in his testimony and every word was listened to with closest at tention. He was questioned by Mr. Carey. He swas born in Chester county in 1856. He had worked his way through school and Harvard college, graduated there in 1882. He after wards worked in an asylum in Mass .achusetts. He worked there from 1885 to 1891. About July 1, 1891, .Gov. Tillman wrote him and after consultation lie was offered the su perintendency. He had experience in the Massachusetts asylum where he was second assistant physician. He had been superintendent ever since. Receiving the Patients. Dr. Babcock then explained the re ceiving of patients. The papers came from tahe probate judge. There was a vaccination requirement in case of a smallpox epidemic. Last year the -commitment except in emer gency physicians' certificates attach -ed ,o the commitment except in emer gency cases. Up to 1896 or 1897 the rule was that pay -,atients could be committed on the request of a relative or friend. A law was then passed, at his request, putting all patients on the same basis and making the requirements more igid. Questioned by Mr. Carey, Dr. Bab cock then explained the form of com mitment. No patient was received except under these conditions, said Dr. Babcock, for the last 15 years. The probate judges were instructed to be particular and were particular. The form was prepared by 'himself and Mr. A. W. Ray. at that time judge of probate of Richland county. It was taken from the New York law. There were cases when a patient vickntly insane was brought here without the papers. In these Dr. Babcock always wrote back calling at.ten.tion to the law. A Peenliar Case. . ~Dr. Babcock told of a girl 18 years ~of age whose father was about to -die. She lost her mind and was or dered here by one physician. The .authorities protested. The brother promised to get the necessary papers .later. The girl refused to eat and she was fed with a tube for five months. In the meanwhile Dr. Babcock could not get the papers. Finally the probate judge of that county got on ly one signature to the papers. They were sent back -as illegal, and he shad :never been able to get them signed The girl was now recovering. He could not turn her out after being sent to 'him and would not have done1 so. As to Inebriates. This rule applied to inebriates and none were taken unless the law was I carried out. The law,. required that I they be received as pay patients. He would like to receive orders to refuse a patient when the asylum was' crowded as in other States. In jus tice to the probate judges and the physicians 'he believed that in every case careful and conscientious exam inations were made. He would accept the commitment as prima facie cvi- i dence that the patient was insane. In very rare cases he went behind the official papers, but as a rule these pa pers were correct. Of course the physicians examinedt the patients when they were received and .observattions were taken from time to time.< 2The law required that the inebri ates be pay patients. This was more often 'honored in the breach than ob servance. Very often the counties re fused to pay as required. He had never sued a county. A bond of $41.60 was required from The county from 1 which the inebriate .vas sent but of ten they paid no attention to request of >asylum authorities to settle up. 1 One ease he recalled, in which, in] h'is opinion, the man was an inebirate was placed in the asylum as an insane pa.tient. . Questioned as to receiving patients, Mr. Carey aske4: "Do you mean to say you have not the heart to refuse a patient sent Dr. Babcok-'"I do. I can not punish the helpless patient who 'hav ing been sent perhaps 100 miles is brought without the papers and is suffering because of aleoholism." The average number of these pati .ents sent was about 25 a year. The ~whole qnestion was a very serious ildfin - waS frved t, work: in fact. t was a rule of the institution not to tllow an attendant to force a patient o work. There was a large number hat wanied to do so. however, and hese were oneouraged. Here an adjournment was taken un il the afternoon. The Afternoon Session. At the afternoon session Dr. Bab ,ock resumed his testimony. He recalled the release of a patient vho has testified before t1he commit ee. This patient had employed Mr. EIunter A. Gibbes of tihis city for P habeas corpus proceedings and went ut over the protest of the authorities on account of the methods employed. He told of a case of a negro man and his wife, who, after going crazy over religion. cut their child's throat under the idea that it would come back to life in a few days. This cou ple was now much better, almost cur ed. He would recommend that cases of this kind be commuted by order of the circuit judge and released only on or der of the general assembly. He thought the couple might be .released. They have not .had another attack and might be given a -trial on the out ide. Tihis was about the only case he knew of where a release might be beneficial. He referred to a case w'here a oung woman was released on fur lough against the advice of 'the au thorities of the institution and af terwards drowned herself. . No Discriminations. So far as possible there was no dis erimination as to patients on the basis of pay. There had been no reports of this kind made to him. Of course 'a physician in making the rounds might display an interest in iertain cases sand often some of these vere of a pathetic nature that called Eorth special notice. He thought that with more physi sians more attention might be given inieal work. This of course would acilitate the efficiency of the institu ion. In his opinion when a person ost his mind even after the brain vas restored the person should -not be .xposed to the wear and tear of the world until there was complete rest. Ull asylums made the mistake of ending out patients too soon. Of .ourse the furlough system relieved ressure on the institution but it ~ould not be called an ideal one. The .percentage of recovery here was 20 to 23 per cent. The Annual Report. The report of the institution was2 delayed on his own account. There vere a number of special matters he wished .to bring out in this report. It would be out very soon now. He had asked for $180,000 for ( naintenanee, .$30,000 for improve ?ents and repairs, $2.500 for the equipment of a building atnd other .tems. The $30,000 was .eut down to1 F5.000, the house cutting out the item ltogether and the money being in-c ~erted by the finanee committee ofr he senate and given.t Brecting the Build.ings. Dr. Babcock told of the efforts to ' ~ret new buildings. The brick *at irst was made on the place, after vrds the convicts at the penitentiary ~ >eing used in .the work. Finally, in 897, the legislature gave . $7,500 to ret the Parker building. It was bout half completed w'hen the mon y gave out. Gov. Ellerbe being told f the emergency .arranged to have ~13000 -additonal advanced and iromised to aid him in getting this epair by -the general assembly, which ~ ras done. He also planned the Taylor, Talley d t'he north buildings. The Taylor d uilding cost $25,000, ,the Talley a uilding cost $40,000, the new north iuilding about $60,000. There will p e accommodations for about 100 pa- E ients in the new building. It was a wo-story structure on account of the I ire risk. The asylum had employed n s far as possible the labor of pa- S ients, thus saving the institution con iderable money. The buildings were d corked from the "inside'' standpoint a hat 'is from the view of a physician ( Sch.ared more for convenience of urses and patients than for architee ural beauty The main building was planned by man who designed the asylum of 'renton, N. J. As a result the condi-r ions were entirely different and the milding er:ected might have suited few Jersey but not South Carclina. He thought the Taylor building -ould be completed on the original 1 lesign at a cost of about $25,000. It f ow accommodates about 65 patients. )r. Babcock described the work in the ~ )ix cottage. which is the home for F envalescents and those almost ready ~ o go home. As to Appropriations. He did not conisider it right to go ' Io"n to the general assembly and obby for money, he sai-d, in reply to question by Mr. Carey. t D)r. Babeock recalled the fact that he previous administration had been t Leused of extravagance. He went in one. The general assembly should . )rovide some place where they would i ,)e treated, but until then the asylum 0 lad to take them. t As to -hildren. Referring to chlldren, there were zome from 3 to 5 years of age that no Ather asylum in the country would. take. T&ese were received under the regular form. As -to the charge that the patients were not released. Dr. Babcock ex plained t1hat as soon as possible a pa tient was discharged. In his depart ment, for instance, there was not a single case that 'h-e would recommend be discharged. Dr. Babcock then ex plained the forms used for furloughs and releases. Very often a patient feeling resentful had a lawyer to threaten habeas corpus proceedings to secure release. He did not like to fight a proceeding of this kind, it meant an expense to the family and was generally suocessful. Therefore a furlough was granted, the patient assuming the liability. He. knew of no case where a patient was unreason ably kept here. The furlough. form was used by other States. It was the form adopt ed by the New York Lunacy commis sion which he considered the best in the country. Mr. Carey then questioned Dr. Bab cock as to the charge that he domi nated the board. Dr. Babcock explained that often the board differed from him and his opinions. He did not attempt to dic tate to the board, the relations being entirely harmonious. The idea of domination was absurd. If he had ever attempted to force his opinions upon the members( it was unconscious and fhe believed the board did not think there was dietation on his part. Empoying the Nnr-e-. Referring to the white male de partment, Dr. Babcock explained the method of employing the attendants. He did not know until Dr. Thomp -on testified that the latter wished to employ these nurses. It was not a pleasant duty. When an incompetent aurse was discovered he was discharg ad. Referring to a charge of cruelty, a aurse discovere-d guilty was discharg ed at once. He never made an excep tion unless by oversight. He could not tolerate it. TDhere was one case when 'he had to cane a nurse who mistreated a patient. As to the case which it had been testified was reported to him as cruel, and he had failed to act, Dr. Bab eoek said it must have been an over sight. At that 'time (he wa.s doing the work of three people and it might have es eaped his attention. He was now investigating one or wo parties, and if his idea as to their fitness was coreet they would be dis sharged. Dr. Thompson 's report was always ~ final and accepted without question. [le had never declined to confer with my assistants and so far as employ-|1 ng nurses was concerned he would ave been glad to let Dr. Thompson 1 this. It was a common thing for a youngf nan just as he was getting to be useful o the institution to leave and go else- I vere on account of more pay. ] He had never received any coin laint as to filth of the wards. -He a cne'v of the existence of bugs. They e iad always been there and there was e constant fight to keep them down. Getting Maie INIurses. There had always been a difficulty r n getting proper male nurses. It v s-as a problem faced by all asylums Lnd experiments were being made by a ome to employ female nurses f)r the ale wards. The female nurses were 1 ar superior. As to bathing two patients in thet ame water, he 'had not heard of it, t Lnd the nurse would have been dis- t harged should he do this sort of f hing. Regarding unclean patients, there t ras a constant struggle to keep some s >f them elean, but the nurses were y nstructed to do everything possiblet tlong this line. On the preparation of food the ar-r -angements were, of course, inade-t iuate. The complaints did not come from buildings he 'had constructed >lt from the old building.1 Plans had been discussed fort ~hanges and enlargements in the i1 dtehen and dining room. As to clean iess, there had been discussion of' ~mploying a sanitary policeman. The resent employees were the best that ~ould be obtained but an expert could11 erhaps get better- results. 1 Dr. Babcock explained the difficul- 1 :ies in getting proper labor for the lairy. He had personally watchedt :he work there and the milk was of musually good quality. 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