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arrangement was alleged. and also IN
many cases in this State.
Q.-Do you know of an institution
called the New Jersey Medical Society?
Ayes. I am an active member OF it.
Q.-The Maryland Medical, the Morris
town Medical Club, and the Norris
Plains Medical CLUB
Al belong 10 all OF them. The Nor
ristOwn Club is made up of all the best.
If L may say it, physicians in that sec
ton.
Q.-Are you also member Of the
medical society Of the State Of New
Al am
Q--Have YOU over represented bv Off
Cial appointment q prosecution in muir
der trials?
.A.-Yes- In two cases and several
In'es The defense. by appointment of
q Have you ever held Federal
position?
.A.-yes. was called upon to INSPECT
IRE workings OF hospitals for the insane
and 20 report 10 a Congressional com
mittCc.
His Visits TO Harry Thaw.
Q.-Do YOU know the defendant, Harry
X. Thaw?
Ayes. I do. L saw him first on
August last.
,Q.m.-How often did you visit him in
time.
Q.-On these occasions were YOU alone?
Al was alone August Z and October
J. On all tho other occasions ] YVES az
cOmpanicd by Or. Wagner.
Q-What was the object or your
visits?
objection by Jerome sustained.
R-What did you observe beginning
with the first visit?
objection by jerome sustained.
" nat. during these eight visits,
. G.a you observe as to tho mental con
1 dition Of Harry X Thaw?
objection sustained.
R.-Ihcn doctor. you may begin with
LnC irSt visit and proceed in chronoloEi-
- order through the other visits?
PeculiaTities of Thaw.
Al observed on August 4. that Harry
IA. Thaw showed Il peculiar facial ex-
preston, a glazing Of the eye-a rest
icsSneSs OF the eye-watching every
movement Of mine. l saw a nervous
agitation such as comes from a severe
brain strain, and in common with per-
sons VINO nave gone through a recent
explosive or Illuminating condition of
mental unSoundness- 1 observed in him
the peculiar condition: he exhibited de-
4N'l'AlN bl oll tNhSBtIdle0 ego. Also de-
iusionS OF a pcrSecutory character He
exhibited the fact that he felt himself
of exaggerated Importance. and was
subjected 20 persecution by numerous
persons.
Q.-You have used a number of terms
which we would like explained. What
Is an exaggerated ego2
Alt is an exhibition OF an exae-
gerated value put upon ones self. out of
proportion 20 what can be given on the
actual facts OF the human being in cues
ton.
Q.-May I ask IL that condition results
at times in permanent mental diseases?
At was quite characteristic of men
tai disease.
, Q.-What is the designation OF that
peculiar form which consists IN an ex-
aggeTated Importance OF ones own self?
A.-Ihe par3Onic form OF adolescence
in which hereditary finds its best evan
mel for manifesting its characteristics
Is called psycopathic faint. II is a
condition in which the emotions are
elevated above the normal.
Q.-is there a specific name for that
ueluSlOn consisting of an exaggerated
opinion Of ones self-as when one con-
slderS himself omnipOtent or the ruler
Of the world?
A.-Ges, there are three classes. par
anoia, eNaltatiOn, and simple paranoia.
u am requested to ask you. doctor,
u. oy the nrst form, you mean dementia
lraecox2
Ayes and no. They both come under
the form OF dementia. English and
American writer's treat dementia prae-
cox as the clhnatsteric period, branch