The Wreck of the South Pole and Other Strange Tales — page 62: what you’re looking at

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The Wreck of the South Pole. 55 upon yours. It is very seldom that this course does not succeed in reclaiming the suspect.” “But if it should not?” “This is seldom the case. But when it does fail, if the man grows worse, he is committed to the mental hospital and there given a course of treatment.” ‘“T am curious to hear more.” “He is committed to the hospital for a certain length of time which the judge determines upon, according to the violence of his disease. But he is not punished. On the contrary, his surroundings are the most pleasant. He has pure companions, and is treated according to his dis- ease.” “His disease? May I ask what you mean?” “Suppose his disease is drunkenness. The disgrace of it is placed before him by one physician for an hour. Then succeeds another who impresses upon his mind the re- spectability of sobriety. Other physicians give him gen- eral moral tone.” “QO, you mean he must spend his time listening to lec- tures. I shouldn’t think that would be a very good way of reforming a criminal.”’ “No. no. Lectures would be the last thing we would think of. The patient knows nothing of his treatment except that it is going on. He seldom, if ever, sees his physicians. They, as the judges in the first case, work upon his mind entirely and try to drive out the evil and All it with good thoughts.” “And do they always succeed ?” CORNICE OOOLKS (EO)