Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1897-05-08
DIR. JEKYLL AND Mr.. HYDE.
A London Doctors Strange Paticnt-Two
Girls In Ono.

A London Doctors Strange Paticnt-Two
Girls In Ono.
A young girl who is two different
persons i'll one body has just been ex-
hibited by DR.. Albert Wilson to the
members of tho Clinical society of Lon
don, and this most interesting case of
dual states of consciousness is exciting
much attention III the medical world
The girl is las years of age. and
there was nothing unusual about her
until in 1895. she was attacked by lnflu-
enza. 1t was very bad attack, accom-
panied by delusions and hallucinatlons,
and at such times she manifested great
strength.
As the mania passed off her mental
condition was found TO have changed,
and among other things she gave fresh
names to those around, calling her ia
ther Tom, her mother Mary Ann, ono
doctor Jim and another Sam. Physically
she improved. The sight got much bet
ter, but she remained puralyzed i'll the
legs. After the fifth week the curious
condition of dual personality began to
show itself While sitting i'll bed play
ing with her dolls she would say, cit is
coming" and push all the toys to ono
side. Then there would be shaking Of
the legs, then she would turn Il somer
sault and sit up in now personality,
generally calling out Hello" as if
she had just arrived In this abnormal
condition she called those around by tho
nicknames she had given them at the
time of the mania, which suggested
some connection between this abnormal
state and the mania which had preceded
it. During this abnormal, or B, stage
she talked baby talk, clipping words
and not recognizing tho names of things.
This stage lasted from 10 to 90 minutes,
and when she recovered she was daZed
for two OF three minutes when sho
would begin playing with her dolls at
the point where she had left off. Thus,
us DR.. Wilson said, "Tho A, or normal,
stage is continuous, and the B, OF alb
normal, stage is also continuous But a
knows nothing of b, and B knows moth
ing of a. -
After two or three months the girl
was almost rs frequently tho girl B as
she was the girl y. Up to tho present
time, when she is in her normal or y
state. she knows absolutely nothing of
what occurs in the abnormal conditions.
She is good and honest girl rs y,
while in her B condition she has stolen
things. One day, outside u shop, she took
an apple On seeing Il policeman she
put it back again Last January she be-
came quite blind and imbecile and had
to be guided by sound and touch. But
little later Oh she improved much III
health, so that she could walk and
could see things at distance of about
three inches. During the abnormal state
there was u certain protrusion of the
eyeballs, which, however, disappeared
when she returned to the normal mental
state. The hospital mentions Il particu
larly curious symptom of the case. AL
though III the normal she was not known
to have any knowledge of drawing, she
made some rather clever memory sketch
es while in the B state, clearly from re-
mem bered fashion plates, and some of
these she drew when stone blind and
when book was placed between her
eyes and the paper; so that the indu-
enza which treated her so wickedly
seems at least to have taught the poor
child to draw.-London Mail