Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1913-06-04

his mouth did he know how to mas,,...
and swallow It,"
Mr.. Hanns's education had to h.v,, -.
over again. II was more dif,,cp,, a. ~
teaching an infant, because while an ~
FAINT acquires speech, Mr.. Hanna b.d :.
be taught how TO speak, how to propon,o.
and next, the meaning Of every word
ALTHOUGH Mr.. Hanna was msn,.n-
blind, says Or. sidis, s.ana had Io., ~,
relation to the external and ip,..r',
world. strange to say his in,el,,,sno'
seemed intact.
Among his earliest experience MA.
that of noting means OF commupics,io''
between persons. He was greatly int.
esied in the fact that In Response >
uttered sounds certain actions vYer. -
formed by others. He attempted to ohisI,
similar results by altering meaninv,a.-
sounds and gibberish. His knowtedg.
was gained by the endeavors Of thos.
about him. who constantly tried bv al
jective demonstration and explanation a,
words TO assist him in bis eager efforts "a
learn"
AIR. Hanna learned how to use Nj.
muscles, Just -s be hsd learned how to
speak, by being taught and through oh.
sesvation. He learned to walk he,o,n
walking became involuntary. He lsarnao
to comprehen distance and proportion in
the same way. The whole process wa.
mental. His aptitude for learning wa.
phenomenal and seemed almost supe,.
natural. Injured In April, by the summer
enough advanced ito have knowledge
and practice In science and music and N
know and love flowers, though he did No,
know the difference between man and a
woman and could not understand thu
creation. Before being hurt he could
not play any instrument, but now he
learned to play banjo well In two hours.
and this Ia cited as an example Of how
quickly he learned everything.
When they began to work upon his
mind to restore bis lost memory by sug.
gcstion and association with familiar
scenes, the first thing be recalled was the
accident, and he described how he fell in
getting out of bis carriage. This was also
the last thing he remembered He
thought no had fallen the night before.
and was wondering how they got him
home and how he happened to be IN New
York then, when he awakened.
# again became evident that he bad re-
turned TO himself, and with this return
ing consciousness the life he had lived for
several months out ON Long Island, the
education he had passed through, the
doctors who attended him, and the people
be had known he had forgotten entirely,
and when they had told him about il.
and that 1t was midsummer and noi April.
he though, they were perpetnuns
monumental joke on him,
In his second state he had learned to
write poorly. When be returned to his
first state he wrote his old hand which
was good. y
One morning Mr.. Hanna woke up and
conyersed In familiar way with one OF
the physicians, whom he never had been
able to recall after his return TO his phi
mary state. A little conversation devel-
oped The fact that Mr.. Hanna had again
returned TO his second state, and knew
only those belonging to it, his original
self being entirely obliterated once more.
These alterations continued for several
weeks, and then the dual personality
slowly melted into one and Mr.. Hanna re-
membered both his states, ''the tao IN
dividual lives forming the completely
healthy life OF the one individual, the
present Mr.. Hanna.