New-York tribune., 1911-01-29

closes his eyes and reaxes all his
muscles. The doctor lays his hands on
the patient's forehead at times to aid
him in concentrating his mind, and
leads hin, to tell all the floating ..
thouahts that come to him.
"There was a young woman who was
suhiect TO periods of unconsciousness, in
which she did things automatically as II
she were walking in her sleep. She had
horrible dreams Of being chased by black
Ielenhants. by black horses and by thunder
storms. A sister had died several years be-
fore. and both the girl and her friends laid
her troubles to GRIEF Psychahaiyss
showed that they had been mistaken
"Roth her dreams and her word associa-
tIons suggested a particular KIND OF snocK.
nv careful questioning, first about ner re-
cent wears, then about times further and
further removed, 1t was learned al last
that once. as a child. she had been scared
bv a mana dark man. she said-who ran
ont Of some bushes on dark road ana
chased her. At the time It made ue-
mendous impression on her, though as she
grew older she overcame her conscious
fears and forgot the event But II was
really down in her sub-consciousness, pre-
naring to make trouble. when all this had
! heen explained to her and she could see
inst how her dreams and fears had come
about. she was quieter. 1 do not recall
| the later Developments, put my hhpteSSs'l
is that she recovered.
"Now. cases of dual personality 50
called. in which a person forgets who hs
is believes he is some one else, acts as
he were some one else, often becoming iost
10 his friends for a considerable period, anu
then returns to his old self again, perhaps
10 repeat the whole process-all that IS
only one of the manifestations OF me
double mind conscious and sub-consclous,
I'm each of us ore Of the most remarkable
cases of that sort that has been recorded
was not only studied but cured by Dr'
Mortimer Prince. OF Boston. The GIRL MISS
Christine Beauchamp, was OF good FANNY
and highly educated. One day a series OF
nervous attacks eliminated in a lapse OK
tWenty-four hours, during which she ac'ea
so that her family said half in earnest
that she had turned into a little devil
When she lad regained her mind the gil
could not remember what she had SAID OF
done.
I, The attacks grew more frequent Ihe
little devil asserted that she was real
person. that her name was Sally and that
she could remember everything that inc
real Miss Beauchamp had done. but vowed
loudly that she was not at all the same
person. To prove this last she would pay
all sorts Of tricks that she knew Woud
embarrass Miss Beauchamp when she re-
gained control. Sally declared that she
had been snubbed and suppressed by MISS
Deauchamp and that she wanted 10 rnaAe
her smart in return. Miss Beauchamp haa
broken her engagement TO a young man
With whom she had been in love. 'saIy
said she had fallen in love with him, saw
as much as she could Of him, and many
planned 10 elope with him % Europe
Miss Beauchamp regained the ascend'
ancy in time 70 prevent the match. AT last
Miss Beauchamp, horrihed at the Things
she had done in her other personality De-
termined to commit suicide. She rented
cheap furnished room in Boston. stopped
,up the chinks OF the door and windows ana
turned on the gas When she had thrown
herself on the bed Sally suddenly assurnea
tie ascendancy She realized that "nhe
Miss Beauchamp was hateful and II misn.
be well for her 10 die she, sally wouiu
Gie with her. She sprang up, turned OIL
tie gas and orened the windows.
DIR. Princes task was 10 recall 10 Miss
BeaCchamp the happenings Of her ire 80
Sally. The work was very slow. IN
hypnotic state she did have such fecone'-
tons BY patiently gathering up tneSe' re-
peating them 10 her in her watlns anu
normal state. and by a careful ana edrhes'
use of suggestion. he finally succeeoeu ~
restoring to her fairly complete memory
Of 'Sally's' sayings ana doings Nheh no
had finally fixed them in her memory 80
that they we're a part OF her normal HE
she recovered completely. unders'a"N
that she has not relapsed since
The Manhattan state Hospital, on Wards
Island. is almost the only insane asyiu''
In America In which the new metnous nS''
been used consistently. The pictures mus
trating this article were made In a warn
Of that hospital, and show the exact oo"o'
tons under which the tests OF psychdna'''
SIS are made For obvious reasons 'he Tvs
pltal authorities would not allow actual pa
tients to be photographed. The pc'u.es
were posed by hospital attendants III -
presence OF a physician OF the hospi'aI So.
who personally carries on the "o'N
psychanalysis.
DR.. William Mabon. superintendent "
the hospital. said Of the new methou'
"Of course. psychanalysis is not pa''@
cea. In great many disorders wnicn :,
on to mental dilapidation We hnd men'~.
mechanisms precisely the same as ~.
which produce the. impulsive IDEAS 'nsv
benefited by the method However p'' a. at
alysis is a distinct advance. because :" :.
Ii,ost gives a rational basis for treatment
THE number Of cases where the ne'"os
effects a cure are limited, even wheh - :.
the best OF hands. And the mere "''a',
is not. by itself, sufficient TO make 49, 49,
IN most instances 1t must be folo"eu ~
natlent educauon-Ie-ed -eduoation-to 'e'.
patient back to his former rational s'sse