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3907. Just tell us shortly the history of her case.—She was treated in No. 7 for a week or ten days, and then operated on for ovariotomy. She was then treated in No. 5 for a week or eight days. 2908. The operation was on the 6th June ? —Yes. 5909. And she was in No. 5 from the 7th June to the 14th June ? —Yes, and then she was taken back to No. 7. She was in No. 12 bed, next to the one occupied by Mrs. . Mrs. B and Mrs. A simply changed places. 3910. I see that Mrs. A was twenty-nine days in the Hospital, and for three weeks after the operation ? —Yes. 3911. Is that fair time ? —I think it is very good time. 3912. Do you know anything about Mary J ? —Yes. She was in No. 14, on the other side of Mrs. A . She was admitted on the Bth May, and discharged on the 28th May. 3913. What was her case ?— Retro version. There was no operation—nothing beyond several examinations. 3914. And Mrs. V ?—She occupied No. 14 after Miss J . 3915. And what was her case ? —Cancer of the cervix of the uterus. 3916. Is that a kind of case liable to infection ?—lt is liable to a certain amount. It was a very stinking kind of case to begin with. Afterwards she was operated on, and had the growth scraped away. 3917. She was in from the 28th May to the 19th June, twenty-two days altogether?— Yes. 3918. What was the ease of Margaret Ml ? —She was admitted on the 20th June and discharged on the Bth July, nineteen days altogether. 3919. Do you remember the case of Mrs. T ?—Yes. 3920. She was admitted on the 14th July, suffering from a labial cyst, and was operated on when ?— On the 19th July. 3921. By whom? —By Mr. Hogg, under Dr. Batchelor's supervision. He used the Hospital instruments. 3922. What happened in this case? How did her temperature go?—On the night she was operated on her temperature went up. 3923. I see it rose to 102°?— Yes. 3924. The Chairman.) I", was not up after the operation?— No. 3925. Mr. Chapman.] Where about was she put?—ln the corner, No. 9 on the left, two beds from Mrs. S . 3926. On the morning of the 20th I see her temperature was 101°, and on the 21st 99°?— Yes; on the morning of the 21st I gave her chloroform and Dr. Batchelor opened up the wound again. On the morning of the 21st when the second operation was done it was 99°, and at night it reached 101°. 3927. The Chairman.] The stitches were taken out and her temperature rose to 101° ?—Yes. It came down after that and remained perfectly normal. 3628. Mr. Chapman.] In how many days was she practically well—that is, able to sit up?— She was sitting up in bed in a few clays; but her wound has not completely healed yet, it is granulating very slowly. 3929. The Chairman.] It is healing then ? —Yes ; it has only got to get the skin over it now. 3930. Do you consider it was a septic case ? —At any rate there was suppuration—the result of inoculation of sonic kind. There was pus there the morning that the wound was opened up again. 3931. Why had it refused to heal? —There was a large cavity left by the cyst, about the size of a walnut, and this cavity was slowly filling up with granulations. 3932. Mr. Chapman.] Looking at the original chart of Mrs. S , you will see that the first one has been carried to a certain point and then abandoned, and that the figures are rewritten on this paper (chart No. 2). Can you explain why that was done?— There seems to have been some bungling here, some mistake. They have attempted to take the temperatures at several periods of the day and putting them all down into the one space. 3933. It appears to have been bungled then, through attempting to take in too much on the same day ? —Yes. 3934. This one (No. 1) was re-copied from a certain point on to this one (No. 2), and then carried out ?—Yes. 3935. Whose work was it; the nurse in charge?— Yes; Nurse Weymoutb. 3936. How long has she been in the Hospital?— About eighteen months. 3937. Is her chart work generally correct ?—lt is generally correct. 3938. Do you watch these temperature charts yourself?—l do not always. I saw this one the day before, I think, and, noticing it was normal, I did not look at it again. 3939. As to the temperature immediately before operation, I suppose you cannot speak excepting from the chart ?—I cannot speak from my own knowledge, but I have no reason to doubt its correctness. The night before operation I was not in the ward at all; it was Mr. Roberts who went round then. 3940. When was your attention directed to it ? —Do you mean to this chart ? 3941. Yes.—Well, my attention was directed to it quite accidentally. When Dr. Batchelor told me he had written to the Trustees about it, I took possession of the chart at once. They had been taken down to the front door and left with the porter —a course that is always followed ;he collects them. , 3942. They were taken to him in the usual course?— Yes. 3943. I suppose they are taken to him when the patient dies, or is discharged?— Yes ; shortly after death or discharge.