I think there is another reason for that. The medical examination has undoubtedly been more directed to the physical condition than to the mental condition of the immigrants. The examinations have been conducted by a very competent board of surgeons. I have no doubt. but the proposition at the present time is to have added to that force men who are skilled in mentl diseases and who will be more able to detect them. Then. too. there is another fact that should be borne in mind. if the Senator from North Carolina will permit me. and that is that insanity does not always develop at an early age and it is not always discernible to the ordinary observer or even to the expert. .4914 Immigrants that come from the most highly civilized countries of Europe have in large proportion a tendency toward it. and many of them become insane soon after arriving here. They are under new conditions. under different environments. they are moved upon as they have not been moved upon at home. and therefore it may be that very many of them become insane after reaching the United States.
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Generalization about immigrants from civilized countries of Europe having a tendency toward insanity.