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unimpaired.

Mentally the patient was clear. He comprehended readily what was said
to him, and his replies were prompt and relevant. He was disoriented
for time. He stated that he knew the nature of this place; that he was
told it the day before by a patient. Claimed to have total or almost
total amnesia for several months past during the year he was confined
in the dungeon of the Concord Penitentiary. He had no idea of the trip
from there down to this hospital. He did not remember his arrival, nor
how he acted the first two days here. Stated that on June 17 he first
began to notice things about him and to realize faintly where he was.
Delusions or hallucinations could not be elicited as having existed at
that time. He spoke of having been bothered at the penitentiary; of
having been chloroformed; that they put stuff in his food, tried hard
to get him out of the way, and because they could not do it sent him
down here. Said the doctor poured ether down his neck. He does not
know the doctor's name, but he knew it was ether, he smelt it, and
that is the reason he could not use his legs on arrival. He had no
idea why he should have been treated thus, but thought perhaps they
had it in for him. Auditory hallucinations could not be elicited. When
asked if he ever saw anything, he said it was pitch dark in the
dungeon and no one could see anything. Said the food tasted bad all
the time, and sometimes made him vomit. On one occasion he noticed
some powder in the beans. No electricity, no shocks, no outside
influence was used on him. He did not know how long he was tied down
in the dungeon, as half the time he did not know anything at all. Said
they put needles in him, and pointed to some marks on his arm as a
result of hypodermics. Facial expression denoted perfect satisfaction;
said he felt fine and did not worry about anything, as he is not of
the worrying kind. Said he had been treated well here. Insight was
imperfect. When asked directly if he had been insane, he replied
"No." When the various symptoms which he manifested on admission were
described to him he was inclined to agree that if he did show these
symptoms he must have been out of his head. Remote memory was not
impaired, so far as could be determined. There was an ill-defined
amnesia extending over several months past, and up to June 17, when he
claimed to have first realized his whereabou