La Junta tribune., 1908-11-28
MLLvcIxaTioMs.
ssnne Singular io.sanees ef This FORM
OF Mental Disease.


IN -'Th" HidGi. "f Personality" the
author. II Addipsrai Erine- a,li szins
thu hypnotic ir-ii.-.n, Of irsll'irIma
iiou~ or Irrational fears tbsi osIea snd
la madness or sui,-I,!.'. says:
Few I--oi,lr an. saar- of the ..rieu;
sad VARSITY OF tht. form of useiiiai dis
ease There l.. iu truth. M pr.-Iiri.rg
the strange oi,S.sosiors ih5r may 10
wade the human mind. haunting It with
vanpir--iIk- insl-ienc-. One mnu. ter
rit,-ei hy b.. kuuws not what. mss find
himself unabi tc cn,ss 40 open stace.
another be afraid To venture ouiacor,
ciu,,.d doors: another may f.el that
every nu" he n,'-ct< i svi1- srJ rriti
,isins hi'D: snpihrr a-Srrt- 'iIs'i ll' Is
made Of glass sud tnisst exrr,.i>,. he
greatest cafe Ia prevent himself t.ing
smashed 10 fragments Such fear~
would te lrdicruis were they not 80
tragic
Particularly pathegis' s. cas.- That
came To- Professor Iauei's nofl-e some
yrars ago Nine r. dy-ps-r,ic bad
been pui on diet ~ tossi and 8fer
and r.telIing was wont To i;siill-,. in
secret IN coffee ard rolls. Th,->,. she
found did her little harm. and gradual
ly the habi, grew upon her until nualiy
she passed her entire time wandering
from one fari-inn restaurant o. an
other. drinking from twenty Ia thirty
ruTr> nf coffee day and consuming
Incredible quantities OF rolls At ni-ht
II she chHneeJ 10 wake and couid fnd
no coffee and rolls In the house she
would pace her room Ia feveri.h an1-
ie't until the restaurants Opened IN the
ms ming
Somewhat similar Il another cas-. re-
ported bs the same authority:
Herr il Young woman. Que. TWEEN
ty-slx years % age In coming to see
Us she brings With her IarS~ bag.
and her pockets nre fiIied to overflow
In: What Is she bringing Will her
In conii,i. To us for consultation 1t
IL simply provisions for the jonrnry
She has In her lag and In her pocsets
several pieces of bread. few slices OF
ham. scpe chocolate tablets and some
sugar. one would say that she was
going to cross desert when II Is
q
streets The provisions are indisp-usa-
BILE &" her. for. especially In the open
air ani IN squares. IL i absolutely
necessary that she should take some
thing To strengthen her At the end
of several steps she feels iaze,i. i.~
comes dizzy. choke> aud Il covered
With cold sweafs. The danger would
bc great II she did not know the ram
edy. All she needs Is to strengthen
herself She eat, a piece OF ham. puts
piece OF sugar In her mouth and Is
thus able :" take few morr steps
But very soon II all begins again. and
II il only with the ali, ~ rolls and
chocolates that she Il si,ie to c-srs .
square. One cNn therefore uES3er-
stand her miserable plight when her
provisions run short. She Is Obliged
at al, costs. with unh.rri OF Efforts.
to cross the desert 10 reach an osxls--
that Is. Il bakery. During this terrible
journey she gets along n ip'st she
can. She may pIck up raw potato.
capture an onion or u few green
leaves. This hardly sustainS her. hut
gives her enough strength 10 reach a
bakery In general she prefers TO re
main At home. That Il less danger
ouS. and :" she does nothing else but
prepare and Eat fssi all .isy ion:-
For such unfor,uuat.-s there Is little
h"r~ unless they place them selves m
der the care 81 the skilled i,>Ncl,of'a-
biologist. the sarauf accustomed 10 ex,
pi"rc the ragarics Of the mind and
gl,,,. 10 touch the hidden Spriu-a OF
th"pght and feeling a,,l action Then
and only then viii the eyil spirits OF
ohss.ssion be exercised and the strick-
en- mind hnd itself once more In har-
mouy with Its environment