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Edwin lived in the baserace of Dr Smeeks, who had asked the sanitarium for an assistant These days, the old fellow could not reement and could scarcely confirm or deny it anymore, no matter how often Edwin reminded him

Therefore Edwin made a point to keep himself useful

The baseroup ward on the top floor, where the children of the patients were kept and raised; and the boy didn’tmental state, since as left of hi flash between moments of pitiful bewilderment, Edwin saw the doctor for who he once had been–a brilliant man with a mind that was honored and admired for its flexibility and prowess

In its way, the Waverly Hills Sanitariuination

The hospital had incorporated many of the physicians’ favorites into the daily routine of the patients, including a kerosene-powered bladed machine that whipped fresh air down the halls to offset the oppressive su Mechanical Doors that opened with the push of a switch; and Dr Se hit in the kitchen His Sheet-Sorting Slings made hi Manure Chutes had od to the stable-hands

But half-finished and barely finished inventions littered every corner and covered every table in the baseenius lived out the last of his years

So long as he did not reotten, he appeared content

Edwin approached the doctor’s side and peered dutifully at the stained sche along nicely, sir,” he said

For adown hard at the sheet, trying toit of secrets Then he said, “I’ree with you, lad Could you tellon? Suddenly…suddenly the nu, do you know?”

“These are the notes for your Therapeutic Bath Appliance Those nuuesses for the most healthful solution of water, salt, and lavender You were collecting lerass ”

“Le to put that in the water? Whatever would’ve possessed ?” he asked, baffled by his own processes He’d only drawn the notes a day or two before

Edas a good student, even when Dr Sently as he could “You’d been reading about Dr Kellog’s hydrotherapy treatments in Battle Creek, and you felt you could improve on them ”

“Battle Creek, yes The Sanitarium there Good Christian folks They keep a strict diet; it seems to ell for the patients, or so the literature on the subject tells ly “Yes, I remember There must be a more efficient way to war to the senses The soothing qualities of lavender have been documented for thousands of years, and its antiseptic properties should help keep the water fresh ” He turned to Edwin and asked, with the la in his lenses, “Doesn’t it sound nice?”

“I don’t really like to take baths,” the boy confessed “But if the water arm and it smelled real nice, I think I’d like it better ”

Dr S and said, “It’d be less for the purposes of cleanliness and more for the therapy of the inmates here Some of the more restless or violent ones, you understand ”