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[[underline]] mending [[/underline]] & hesitated from giving his consent to the proposed alteration-- Another bulletin was in consequence prepared & Doctor Willis carried it up himself to the Queen. While this was going on, I was in the Library by myself waiting there to receive the Bulletin as usual & I now heard Doctor Willis & the Physicians in animated conversation in the next room, & during which time, Lady Charlotte Finch & Lady Harcourt were there. I heard part of the conversation as it was loud-- Doctor Willis seemed very angry & He told Doctor Warren, [[underline]] that He did not allow his good sense to direct his Judgement. [[/underline]] Doctor Warren remained (as I was afterwards informed by a Person present) very collected & calm, but could not alter his Opinion for that of Doctor Willis-- Doctor Willis in the course of this dispute said to Dr. Warren [[/underline]] "Why You will not allow Him to be mended until He is well" "Yes replied Doctor Warren whenever I see Him one hour "under the direction of his reason & judgement, I will say that He is well." [[/underline]] On being pressed further Doctor Warren said He had often in such cases heard many sensible remarks made by a Patient, but these did not prove that the Person was well; but improper remarks always were decisive & proved that the Person was still deranged. After a long discussion & altercation the Bulletin of the day, [[underline]] after three Alterations, [[/underline]] stood thus--