The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-09-01
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A PSYCHOLOGICAL
CASE OF 1899.


Il understand that you have been
for Iona while close student OF the
brain and baye made some remargaDie
discoycriek" Ar'
/, egf,haye SamfHiAetp gniidlng dnths.
schni khowledee held by ouP grand.
parcntt. N lnh been reserved for ps
Gin de slecle people 20 point out the
rxiict spot On the brain that directs
any rpecial condition"
"yoir modesty Is wasted on me, pro-
fessor. II is you who have made this
last discovery How did you do III"
"Nlvlsection. Our ancestors found
difficulty In getting consent to expert
ment On animals Now. with some
400O00Co0 OF people. life Is so cheap
that We can operate on human beings.
] lam indebted to nalefactors for my
discoveries And malefactors are In
debted to me as well, for can now
make an honest man of a rogue"
by what meansf"
"Trepanning. For instance l know
the exact spot In the brain that pro-
duces kleptomania. l cut away BIT
OF the skull and find an abnormal
development OF the brain directly un-
der Il This cut away, and the pa.
tient has no more desire 10 steal"
"Can yon turn hate TO love, or vice
versag"
"No, but l can destroy either the ora
or the other"
Now we are getting down to the
/ object OF my visit Nv son Is fD love
with a glri whom do not wish him
20 marry Can you destroy his love
for hcrfr
Eyes
"How?"
"Rcccnt development IN microscopy
has shown us that each scnsntion has
a minute corrugatlon on the brain. On
q certain point In your sons brain win
bc found little protubcrance com.
posed of these minute corrrgatioiis.
II this protubcrancc is removed the
lovc.I5 Killed.
"Fogcycrf
mot necessarily Anotber operation
s rcqulrnd 10 prevent its return.
must cut away ccrtnin tiny particle
In Che bump of memory for that par
tieuar GIRL
fNcry we'l. professor. ] win bring
my son To you ut once. He Is waiting
| without
| Professor Fulcrum consented only on
| tho Payment of an immense fee and
! guaranty OF indemnity III case the san
! clnimcd damages. Then the young
man was shown into a room. where
an anacsthetic gas was turned on
Whon he WAS unconscious he was
placed on table aud the operation
performed On coming to his seuscs
he found his head bandaged aud was
told that a burglar had shot him, max
ing two bullet holes IN the brain. lse
was 20 be kept quiet TIL the wounds
healed. He wns removed 10 his home.
'Who the dickens Is this Amanda
Brown who is sending mo fiowersf'
he asked one morning during conva-
lescence.
Ills father. who heard the remark
and hoped that be would marry the
donor was delighted. He rushed or
10 Professor Fulcrum tD tell liim that
the operation had been emlnently sue
cessful.
"Now. professor" he said there ir
glrl wish lny son to marry. Can
you make him love herY
''ccsiaiuly not
Are sou sure? She loves him, and
she Is Immensely rich"
Il am perfectly sure. cannot Gre
ate can only destroy"
Jennie Carr. who had been removed
from walter Higgins memory, insisted
upon seeing him MS soon az II was safe
for him 10 undergo the excitement OF
the meeting Mr. Higgins senior. curl
ous 20 know II his son would remem-
Der her on seeing her. granted permis-
sion at once.
"oh. Walter" she said plaintiyeiy.
I'm so sorry!"
let me see" said Walter, looking at
her scrutlnIzingly. $50 many people
have called to see me. Where have
met youT
This was enough for Mr.. Higgins
senior iic took the eirl away and
told her Tint the shooting had affected
his son's memory.
| 'Ff4N Hhf 80 ht'iiAIo AtAtN MI A1lN-
gins rushed into Professor Fulcrums
worlroom Ia rage
"iuu have swindlcd mel" lac cried.
"lIow sos'
MY SON has married the girl. after
an"
"Wcllg"
you said that you could guard
/ aginst bis love FOR her returning By
destroying his lucmory of her. His
iofc has returned lie has married
Lr.."
~ hls not returned II he loves
her Il is rcw love. not The ola one"
"it Is certainly nnt new one, FOR
i uy son has hid nothing "a do with
hcr fitlce you operated 90 him"
- dGIt believe Il Ny knowledge is
based on long experiment aud Is exact.
Il tlnd cut what has taken place be.
tween the couple since your sons re-
cofery aud you VIII prove my posi-.
ton"
Il Mr. Higgins departed aud Ia a few
days sent Professor lfnicruIn the fol-
Il lowing confession signed by his son's