SATURDAY EARLY AFTERNOON

What We Thought We Knew:

The use of wet packs has been continued with excellent results. Many of the recent cases have had them daily, for periods varying from one to several weeks. Fifty-eight cases have been treated, with favorable results in all except two, who could not bear them well. . . . The effect is quieting, so that very often the patient goes to sleep while in the pack.

—John A Houston,

Northampton State Hospital Annual Report, 1900