The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-10-02
M Al PERSONALITIES.
some Historic Eases Results Of Injuries
TO tho IsrnIn Lost Memory.

! at memory ~ a real thing. ana tna' uolote
personality In a real thing.
OF the los Of memory many cases are
familiar One of the most curious was
that OF a man who had been n cork cutter
| in England. says the London DdiiyGrd phic
and went out To America leaving a family
behind him. He was wrecked and lost
all memory Of his former life. He became
we'll To do and prosperous and IL was only
by the accident Of going over a cork
cutting factory that he recovered the
clue Co his former personality. His
thinking brain was unstirred. hut that
part Of the brain which directs muscular
action enabled him by an act of uncon-
scious memory tn cut a cork an act
which no Impractical person could do. IL
was clear then that he had once been a
cork cutter. and thu institution Of further
inquiries finally identified him.
! To return, however. to the cases Of
duplex personality The first one re
corded historically ~ that Of youth
named SoTgel in Bavaria. who was an
epileptic. and IN one ~ the rclapses into
criminal frame of mind which followed
on his splleptic seizures killed a wood
cutter lie made no attempt to defend
or hide his art. but childshly explained
IL. He continued thus for week after
the crime. when his first personality was
restored to him. He then completely
forgot all the occurrences that had pre-
coded or followed the murder. Although
this case took place nearly 100 years ago
his Judges were convinced of his inno-
cenos. Sorgel afterward died in a
llnAtic asylum.
The larger number 81 these instances
OF dual personality follow un epilepsy.
but one is recorded by DIR. Dr-wry IF
Virginia. 1890. Of Mir X Mr. X. while
Apparently IN perfect health. went 10 =
northern town 10 transact some business.
which he did quite ably and nationally
He then disappeared. He was gwen up
for dead. Then, six months atterward.
he was found, brought home again, -
changed man IN mind and body. ne
six months interval was a blank 10 HIM
and always remained so. Tie had spent
them as an odd job man IN = southern
state His recovery dated from the
breaking down 81 a growth IN his auditory
canal which had undoubtedly affected
his brain IN physical sense.
BuI OF the more curious osi-eS Of double
perzonality. which did not begin and leave
IA suddenly. hut which endured for
number Of years. there are a number OF
instances One was Miss Mary Reynolds.
who Tar fifteen or sixteen years had two
states az existence. IN one Of which she
was a melancholy. morbid young woman
and in the other "A gay hyStsrical. mis-
ch. Fous child
Inc attentions in which the child
state lasted from live To sIN weeks. CON
fintl,-d AT intervals II varying length for
fifteen or sixteen years. but finally c,%lsel
when -no attained IN. age II - or 80
leaving her perna nently in her secondary
or acquired state. The emotional op-
position 81 the two states had, however,
, become gradually reduced. and The third
state AZ which she eventually arrived was
rational state. removed from both ~
them
/ There are cases 81 multi pleN personality
- which the b.'-t known ~ that Of the
cpileptIC Luiso NN". whose different
states were Distinguished 10y different
forms 81 paralysis, A. well ~ hy entirely
different moral pToClivlIIes. and there -
tn" curious cas-. nf Miss Bcauchamp. d
patient ~ pr. Morton Prince. a full aC-
count o.: which was given 20 the Inter
national Congress - Psychology Pari-
IN lAn
Miss B"a uchamp was neurasf henIr
bat clever Young woman, who over
worked a. college. she was 81 q mo-bidly
conscientious and rather reserved dispo-
sition. She was hvpnotized IN order 90
: Try ~" power ~ suggestion, and out ~
one % these hypnotic frances emerged "A
new Miss Be1uchamp a person entirely
different from tn" original Mi-- Beau
champ ~ manners, ideIl- education and
temperament. This new Miss Beau
champ was called sally Beauchamp
and on" 90 the peculiaritie- If her mis-
chleyous .efnper was u profound dislike
81 th" other Miss Beduchsmp.- The
case - too complex and too curious for
complete summary here. hut n presents
the amazing fact that IN one hrtln NAV
rssid" the possibility 81 the existence II
two entirely different beings. different in
mind. thought, disposition. health and
temper
last week a magistrate was called on
to deal with the case OF young man who
was normally sober. industrious and
honest. but who IN an interval Of relapse
from his normal self and ConsciousneS-
committed "A theft The young man
had been an epileptc and IL Was sug-
gested IN his defence that he had been
and still was subject TO states 81 mind
in which his usual. normal honest self
had no existence for him. Hr forgot
u He was m fact another p"rson. he
had anot her brain, another mind The
magistrate vas hroadmiE"ed enough
To accept his explanation. which to
psychologists and TO specialists IN diseases
Of the brain - a perfectly Just and reason
able one or double personality. one
that IL familiar and quite credible TO
people who have never studied the par
ticular aspect Of brain abnOrmality
known a. duplex or multiplex p..rson-
atty IL that Of person who loses his
memory through shock or sudden
Of the brain often produces complete
forgetfulne-- Of incidents which took
place during a number Of hours before
the conclusion occurred: and u ~ fol-
lowed by similar forgetfulness and often
Ivy an inability to distinguish let ween the
real and the unreal
Quite apart from any attempt to deceive
/ on the part Of such abnormal cases,
one 81 the symptoms Of brain injury or
incipient brain affection IN the real in
ability TO distinguish bet the real
and the unreal One Of the authorize,
In London on brain recently asked a
young girl who had been deceivinG her
parents for Soune years with fables as 10
imagined incidents and imagined Ac-
quaintaDces what was tho difference
to her between these ina ginary things
and the real existence. for example. %
himself and Of the room where they wera
standing None az ALL she replied
Ones Just a. real a. the other She
was no doubt speaking the truth People
do have Authorizations
The authority % whom We have spoken
has had patients az the London hospitals
Who have Sen ghosts He does not
question their good faith in the least
The ghnsts are quite real 20 them They
do not like TO talk about them They
are OF course poor people and are . little
ashamed Of bsing different from their
netghbofB-qu0sF. a. thsy would aay