Telegram-herald., 1890-06-10
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vaal oas pelsoa lives ~ Ives. d
sa-eA ,ndeea, taere seems - ue tgo
psrsoaal.t.es mzlfestns themselves
a. different t.mes, through the same
bo1y Dr II. e Wooa. n the Ca.t-rg
foF May relates so4e instances u p1s-
nomeoA u Ills z.n1. Re sa5s
stranger ta4n al tlese FAg4r.es q
eouselolsnes are those ~n-cn eluster
aro1nd TIE mental condition known a.
douo.e cousc.ousuess. Ia double con
sc.ou-1ess 8 person leads t"o livss.
Let Aie c.te an instance, one ot tie nrs,
oa recor1 A yolngg 81, quick, active,
Iul " .te aud 4l-nat-O1i sAddeHtF
coaar.a.ued one lay ot d feEy sever
headache. and -ay down ou tae bed. si.e
beo.4e UNCONSCIOUS. bugaN0kell q tts
moments conscious, although 40 longer
stranger il q stTal ~ land. The iainer,
mother. sisters and brothers were u.s.
known. Ine results or years ot educa-
ton had been anuIhilatod. Sne kneW
no more on her native tongue tAan does
tue chad J0sI born. n acre fiNac-Oos
before, sac Was uoW dull; where apt o.
learn. she was SOW, whore before slow
- learn, she was uoW apt. she had 90
Ia f.r.H
lie. learned leI lessons, until Size could
READ and Wute, and knew Atr friends
once more. Suddenly the headache
sEaiu came upon hcr, and a deep steep
tel over her. Sne again woke up 10 the
old lcing the language acquired .n lu-
fancy had returned % her, Tie facts
learned through long years were via
hers the acquantances OF tue
oa time we.c her inCnGs.
Iae acquaintances, the lessons
learned, the facts and events OF the
second period, however, she knew 40
more. 80 she went ON until again the
headache returned, the sleep Was again
or 1-r, and she awoSe again her second
self. Al the very page where her edu-
cation nad been interrupted III the
second state il was now taken up. Size
recognized the friends OF the second
/ state, but She knew none of the first
( state. So through years she lived on
hcf double life, now one person, now
/ another; each state being connected
with, OK rather n continuation OF, the
previous corresponding state. In such
( a case the lawyer and the theOiOglan
alike might argue . long time concern
iug personal responsibility, and the
nctapuys.cian Labor N VAIN 70 define
< the EgO.
the number OF cases Of double con
| sCloUSueSs on record IS not great, but
/ sufficient % establish their existence
/ beyond cavil. In one hfc woman has
/ been quiet, contcnted, domestic, VIZ
| tJOus, while during the other period
/ she has been full of wlckcdness ami
/ uuchastty. When IN tins case the CON
( scloUsncss of the good state was forced
/ 10 recognize the fruits OF the cyil-dOug
/ OF the bad state, the woman WAS dumb
/ founded with horror. These cases OF
/ double consciousness are iueKplicable.
/ There is, OF course, 4 sharp break in
I memory, but there - total change III
/ character, IN modes OF thought, in hab-
It's OF action; a new being seems TO have
/ sprung INTO existence.
! We see gimpses Of a SIMILAR violent,
! ABRUPT change OF character and of
thought IN otncr eases of insanity. I
| watched through long years Il wOmsn
! suffering with an apparently hopeless
mclanchOlIa, whose final recovery |
/ have seen resembled, but never com
I p.etciy paTaAelcd. She had been the
most refined and elegant of women.
/ Taken III middle life with insanity. for
fifteen long years her character was al
/ tered, her demeanOr was changed, her
personal being was something else than
II had been. she was bowed down al
wavs with the terrible woe Of a lost
soul. Suddenly one evening that wo-
man went down on her knees and
! prayed the lIye-long night. She had
an attendant, wise beyond women,
who let her alone. When morn
ing came the lady arose and said she
had found Christ. Her old character
had returned; the original elegance OF
manner was registered IN every act
the original dehcaCy OF thought came
out from the recent almost brutal
cTulCncss. Ike blossoms from q forest
of wood in the early spring. This
lasted for a few days then she said tic
cloud was coming, and rs the dark
thunder cloud drifts across the sunny
landscape, so there came over her the
shadow Of "a great Voc. After days o.
hours she would suddenly raise her
head and say. "The light IS cOming;'
and out of the darkness the old gentle,
persuasive being would come forth
with no traces OF insanity about her