Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1893-07-28

RESIDUAL PHENOMENA or TIE lalNu
~ SANE PEOPLE.


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what we cali personality 4 ~ er4r.r,sls, Z
complex thing. tile sum * ~ bsidisrv 49,.
ronalities which now shift ARA cI. -.
like the figures IN Z kaIeidoecone ~
again becoming sharply defined nnde, 3
some abnormal condition crystaJliza into I
two or more distinct crouus n elements
which aIternately sieep and .vaLs S,
even coexist. These comnler elemert.
may be so unstable. the rronne CONN.,.
ing them constantly breaking M ~
forming new combinations. that the aee
Of multiple personality does not natnrnl-
ly attach itself to them; II Il only WHEN
they become stable, and especiaIiv wfen
each exhibits d wen defined conscions-
ness that we begin to think Of inch Z
thing But besides the abnormal and
diseased conditions which cause such Z
separation or capitalization there ars
other conditions in which IN anreazr
somewhat less distinctly. To one cIaaa
Of these desire to call attention yerv
briefly to that embracing what NAV II
called cases Of residual personality.
Residual phenomena or all kinds ara
particularly interesting and instructive.
especially those where the few fhinrx ~
naming in group after MANY have been
removed differ widely In their collective
properties from those that have hem
taken away, while these latter are nok
in any way distinguishable from thosa
Of Che snm Of both before the division.
This is the case often with residual uer-
sonality Nothing is more common than
for gronp Of elements in what we call
a person to be differentiated in one Of
various ways, leaving behind residual
gronp differing altogether in it, charac-
teristics, though the differentiated proun
represents to NJ and is considered to
be identical with the original person.
The rommonest method of such diner
entiat1on il sleep. The elements OF
sleep are. as it were, substracted from
the normal personality but there il
usually left behind very curious some
thing illogical. credulous. fantastic
whose nightly experiences the whole re-
united person recoliects in the morning
az dreams The next commonest case j
that of the absentminded person. The
malnr part of the person being absorbed
in mental processes Of some sort. the re-
sidual person lives its own separate mem
tai llfe thinks. feels and wills by itself.
and perhaps carries on train OF proc
esses which is continuous with proceed
ing tram carried on under similar cir
cunlsrances the day before
| This residual person may act very
mechanically The reunited person NAV
| fail to recollect what its acts or thoughts
were and be surprised to find how it has
been making use of his limbs while he
what he vainly regards as the one I'M
alterable ego-has been absorbed in
thought. But. on the other hand. it NAV
be perfectly conscious and NAV carry
on an entirely different train of thought
of its own. Almost always. however. il
is eccentric and betrays weakness at
one point or another
| For instance. a suburban resident.
whom we will call A. is accustomed on
| landing at the New York side of the
! ferry to abandon the mechanical task OF
walking to his office entirely to his resid-
ual personality and to give up the major
part of himself to Thought The two per-
sonalities act often with perfect-always
with practical -separateness theresidual
person being quite equal to the low task
of evading vehicles, steering clear of pass
ersby and turning the proper corners.
| When the Office is reached and the two
persons again become one. it is often q
difficult task to remember any circum-
stances of the walk.
On one occasion, however, A left the
Astor library ON LAFAYETTE place. as he
supposed. intending to walk down Gin
ton place. To do this he must turn first
to the left, then to the right and then
again to the left He turned once to the
! left, and after some time became dimly
conscious that he had walked for long
time, and that the place for the second
turn had not been reached.
Coming to himself, he found himself
/ far down Broadway Tracing back his
course mentally, he discovered that he
/ had been in the Mercantile library in
stead of the Aston His first turn there
| fore had taken him down Broadway, and
he OF course did not reach the place for
the second Mark now the peculiarities
of his residual person. 1t knew Just
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