The treatment of the insane without isolation in side rooms has received much attention in Germany (Kalmus, Zellenlose Behandlung; Halle, Marhold, Psychiat. Wochensch., No. 49, 1900; Bresler, ibid., No. 10, 1901; Hoppe, ibid., No. 30, 1901). The general conclusion is that such confinement is to be avoided as much as possible, but that it is quite the right treatment in some cases.