ind."
Again she said she became sad at the anniversary mass of
the sister and had been sad ever since. On the other hand,
she also stated that when she came home from the mass she
first was silly and danced. Spontaneously she spoke of
having frequently had visions of her dead sister; once she
saw her with wings. In explanation of her singing "Rest for
the Weary," she said it was the hymn sung at her father's
funeral. An anomalous feature had to do with her
description of her feelings. She claimed to have no memory
of her stupor periods and yet said of them: "I feel
peaceful-like," or "I feel awfully happy and sad together,"
or "I am sad and contented--I like it that way."

A striking symptom was that, when a sensory examination was
made during the first few days during one of the periods
when she responded well, she showed glove and stocking
anesthesia, also anesthesia of neck and left breast.

But in addition to the above statements the patient also
began to make others of a definite dementia praecox type.
About ten days after admission she said, "What any one says
goes right through my brain," or she talked of being
hypnotized. "The typewriting machine turned my eyes--three
or four girls turned my eyes--they look at me and get their
chance, their left eye--turning me into images. I want to
be the way I was born--turn my body! look how their bodies
are turned before they die," or "Take it if you get it--he
got the name out--I was over there to death--himself to
death--of, you know--you played out--she is played out."
... This while she snickered between the sentences. As
early as four weeks after admission she had begun to giggle
or laugh, often in an empty fashion, and a transition from
the more constrained stuporous state, with interruptions of
laughter, to an indifferent silly, muttering to herself was
gradual.

In 1909 she was described as not talking, standing around,
showing no interest in anything, muttering. The only
response obtained was "I don't know." In December, 1911,
she was transferred to another hospital as a case of
deteriorated dementia praecox.

_To Recapitulate:_ We have here a young woman who for a year had
indefinite mental symptoms and suddenly developed a stupor. T