uctive to furniture,
etc., was neat in person, but would frequently dress rather
'gorgeously,' wearing feathers and the like in his hat, etc. He was not
often noisy and sleepless at night, and then only for a short time. His
physical health was good. This 'mental intoxication,' as it were,
lasted nearly a year. After this long exacerbation of excitement there
was a short remission and then depression again set in, which lasted
about fifteen months. At this time this patient is in the depressed
stage or period of the third circle. So, thus the cycles have
continuously repeated their weary rounds, and in all probability they
will keep this up 'until the final capitation in the battle of life has
taken place.'"

Katatonia, according to Gray, is a cerebral disease of cyclic symptoms,
ranging in succession from primary melancholia to mania, confusion, and
dementia, one or more of these stages being occasionally absent, while
convulsive and epileptoid symptoms accompany the mental changes.

It is manifestly impossible to enter into the manifold forms and
instances of insanity in this volume, but there is one case, seldom
quoted, which may be of interest. It appeared under the title, "A
Modern Pygmalion." It recorded a history of a man named Justin, who
died in the Bicetre Insane Asylum. He had been an exhibitor of wax
works at Montrouge, and became deeply impressed with the beautiful
proportions of the statue of a girl in his collection, and ultimately
became intensely enamored with her. He would spend hours in
contemplation of the inanimate object of his affections, and finally
had the illusion that the figure, by movements of features, actually
responded to his devotions. Nemesis as usual at last arrived, and the
wife of Justin, irritated by his long neglect, in a fit of jealousy
destroyed the wax figure, and this resulted in a murderous attack on
his wife by Justin who resented the demolition of his love. He was
finally secured and lodged in Bicetre, where he lived for five years
under the influence of his lost love.

An interesting condition, which has been studied more in France than
elsewhere, is double consciousness, dual personality, or, as it is
called by the Germans, Doppelwahrnehmungen. In these peculiar cases an
individual at different times seems to lead absolutely different
existences. The idea from a moralist's view is inculcated in
Stevenson's "Dr. Jekyl and Mr. Hyde." In an article on this subject
Weir M