The Wreck of the South Pole and Other Strange Tales — page 63: what you’re looking at

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56 The Wreck of the South Pole. “Tf a man sets his will against them he can combat the wills of his physicians and receive no benefit from their treatment—if his will is stronger than theirs. We have had a few such instances.” | “And then?” “They redouble the corps of physicians.” “You spoke of his pleasant surroundings.” “Yes. That is under the supervision of his nurses. Each nurse has one or more patients under his or her care. They look after the surroundings, the environments, see that they are proper and conducive to his reform. And to them a great deal is due. They become his friends, and attempt to lead him by moral suasion away from evil. They look after his books. They see to it that time does not drag or the life in the hospital prove irksome. They look after his amusement and see that his mind is kept in a healthy condition, so as to be receptive of good thoughts from his physicians.” “Tt all seems very strange to me.” “Yes, no doubt it must to one who has never been taught that all crime and all evil is a disease which must be treated as such as much as any ailment of the body.” During this conversation we had been preparing to leave the house, and at the conclusion of my host’s last re- mark were walking down the broad path to the gate. As we pursued our way along the street my mind was busy revolving the things he had told me. One point seemed a little incongruous, where so much pains was taken to re- form a criminal before he had committed a crime, it did Gomicbook (E(o)