. Though wide awake in such conditions he
could remember nothing of his past life, and when returned to his
original state he could remember nothing that occurred during his
secondary state, having virtually two distinct memories. On September
23, 1888, he quarreled with his stepfather in Paris and became his
second self for three weeks. He found himself in a village 100 miles
from Paris, remembering nothing about his journey thereto; but on
inquiry he found that he had paid a visit to the priest of the village
who thought his conduct odd, and he had previously stayed with an
uncle, a bishop, in whose house he had broken furniture, torn up
letters, and had even had sentence passed upon him by a police court
for misdemeanor. During these three weeks he had spent the equivalent
of $100, but he could not recall a single item of expenditure. Davies
cites a remarkable case of sudden loss of memory in a man who, while on
his way to Australia, was found by the police in an exhausted condition
and who was confined in the Kent County Insane Asylum. He suffered
absolute loss of all memory with the exception of the names of two men
not close acquaintances, both of whom failed to recognize him in his
changed condition in confinement. Four months later his memory returned
and his identity was established.

In the Revue Philosophique for 1885 there are the details of a case of
a young man who seemed able to assume six states of what might be
fairly called different personalities. The memories attached to each of
these states were very different, though only one was completely
exclusive of the others. The handwriting varied from complete
competence to complete incompetence. His character varied between
childish timidity, courteous reserve, and reckless arrogance; and to
four of his conditions there was a form of hysteric paralysis attached.
Mere suggestion would not only induce any one of these varied forms of
paralysis, but also the memories, capacities, and characters habitually
accompanying it.

A young man named Spencer, an inmate of the Philadelphia Hospital, was
exhibited before the American Neurological Society in June, 1896, as an
example of dual personality. At the time of writing he is and has been
in apparently perfect health, with no evidence of having been in any
other condition. His faculties seem perfect, his education manifests
itself in his intelligent performance of the cleric duties assigned to
him at the hospit