"'Doctor, to what do you attribute this condition of the plaintiff which you describe?'
"'Hysteria, sir; he is hysterical.'
"That waked me up. I said, 'Doctor, did I understand—I was not paying proper attention—to what did you attribute this nervous condition of my client?'
"'Hysteria, sir.'
"I subsided, and the examination went on until it came my turn to cross-examine.
"Mr. Butler. 'Do I understand that you think this condition of my client wholly hysterical?'
"Witness. 'Yes, sir; undoubtedly.'
"Mr. Butler. 'And therefore won't last long?'
"Witness. 'No, sir; not likely to.'