Excerpt from Hospitals and the Law The author acknowledges with appreciation the courtesy of Karl H. Van Norman, M.D., assistant superintendent of the Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore; E. E. Southard, M.D., director of the psychopathic Hospital, Boston, and George M. Kline, M.D., superintendent of the Danvers Mass.) State Hospital, in sending copies of their record systems, which are models for hospitals of their type. On account of their comprehensive character it is impracticable to reproduce fac similes in a book of this size. Thanks are also due to John Sweet, M.D., of Hartford, Conn., for helpful suggestions. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.