The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-12-27
A TRIPLE PERSONALITY.
The Remarkable Physiological Distn-
teEraffou OF n Boston Woman.
(Boston Dailx Advertiser.

Ab0SkOaE Lzlli&
DR.. Morton Prince. physician for ner-
vous diseases at the city hospital. has
patient under his observation who
outdoes the famous dual creation Of r
l. Stevenson's genius. His DIR. JekyD
lad dual personality. but DR.. Princes
pstieut enjoys the distinction OF being
the possessor OF n triple self. The
doctor is now writing a monograph or
ine case for the London Society for
Physical Research
The patient. n young woman krowa
as Miss Beauchamp.' is quiet. re-
~ rved studious and with \ strong
Faning toward the religious: reader
Q. French. lover or music and a per-
son OF high idealism. She can recall
none Of her other personalities
Inc second self has been called
Saily. and the disposition and the
@Ianks OF this personality At the nam.
aohliraoiy Sally" hates the proper.
tircumspect Miss Beauchamp." and
tbrmenss her to : degree well nigh
incredible" While Miss Beauchamp'-
Goes not know OF her existence. she.
On tie other hand. knows the most se-
cTet thoughts Of Miss Beauchamn..
An absolute antithesis to the other.
Sally detests books study and
:hurch-eoing and delights in practical
!okes. She is vindictiye. too especially
'egarding Miss Beiuchamp." and
some OF the annoyances TO which sho
has subjected the latter show fiendish
Ingenuity.
DR.. Prince says that Miss Beau
champ also has three hypnotic states.
ana that he has analyzed her contInu.
:csiy for three years. his investiga.
tlons occupying hundI eds OF hours at a
tune. During this reriod the three
personalities have been coming and go.
ne apparently without any consist.
.Ecv- Each OF the three claims To be
Ire real Miss Beauchamp" and TO
nave the sole right to occupy her body.
When Miss Beauchamp'' first came
under DR.. Princes observation. shs
was neuresthenic cf a very severe
wye. A student in New England
| colleSe, she was diligent and quick
"ltted, but had TO abandon the course
| ewing TO her excessive nervousness
physically she was quite n wreck. Her
| innate temperament Is one of extreme
idealism. Consulting DR.. Prince re-
Parding her neurastenia. the usual
| treatment was applied. with no effec.
I've results. however. Finally DR.
| tiince tried hypnotic suggestion.
| One day." says DR.. Prince. when
hypnotized her and referred to some
thing tht she had done I'm a previous
| hypnotic state, she denied II knowl.
eose or 1t and said II was not so. This
| trprised me and I attributed the de.
plal at first TO an attempt to deception.
| awakened her. put her to sleep again
aad this time she admitted what She
had previously denied. This rather
| puzzled me. and I made various tests
| 70 determine her honesty in the mat
| ter.
| The next time : hypnotized her she
cenled what she had previously ad-
mitted, until 1t dawned on me that
| aaS dealing with an entirely different
| personlity. and this proved to be tna
case. 1t turned out that when she went
| INTO the state of which she later deniesr
| the facts she was an entirely distinct
and separate person"
| Sally often carries on correspond-
cree with Miss Beauchamp,' pointing
cut all the weak points in the Iatter's
'haracter. dwelling on all her little slips
ma reibles, telling her all her reckless
&cts and secret thoughts. When "Miss
Seauchamp' wakes In the morning she
tnds pinned up on the wall OF the room
verses containing all sorts OF personal
sIlusions. letters calling her names, tell
ing hctitious things persons have said
ebout her: in short. doing everything
Gnaginable to make her life misera BILE,
The third personality later developed
IN which Miss Beauchamp" did not
hhoW Dr. Prince at ALL and had wholly
,ost the taste for music. literature and
Kindred things. In this personality tbs
woman has no emouonal ability ex-
| cepting bad temper
| What Is the key to the enigma7 DIR
rince thinks he has found It.
| in 1888 Miss Beauchamp," az sbs
originally was constituted, was a nut 81
In hospital One night. while eit. .ir,
III her room, the face Of a man sudde,
~ appeared at her window. IL was !,
iriend who had known her since ch,Id
hood ana who had been a sort Of pro
moter to her. She beckoned him 10 &c
) oownstains and met him or The door
; ftep. He was on his way TO New Yorp
end had wandered TO the hospita
grounds. In q spirit OF fun he had
Climbed the fire escape and found him.
self looking into Miss Beauchamp'e'
! room. The impropriety and dramatis
Lture OF the proceeding acting upoa
Miss eBauchamp's" fine nervous or.
ganization. gave her 4 shock from
: which she never recovered
Inis incident says DR. Prince, dis.
lntegrated her. Certain components OF
/. her personality became d!sinteg-ated
irom the rest. Certain local areas ol
ner brain have gore 20 sleep. Her
orlg1naI self became modified .
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