n said she could not explain why she
tried to injure herself, claimed she did not feel it, and
even claimed she did not remember doing it in the Institute
but only in the second ward.

The defect in thinking which still remained is very
difficult to formulate. She was now entirely oriented, no
longer with any hesitation about the correctness of her
information. She subtracted 7 from 100 very quickly and
could from memory write a long poem, but there was a
certain vagueness about her which partly may have been due
to a still existing indifference. This vagueness consisted
chiefly in a difficulty of attention or in her capacity to
grasp fully what was wanted. It is best illustrated by a
few examples: After she had been asked about the _onset_ of
her sickness and she had said that what was on her mind
then were prayers for the salvation of her relatives, she
was asked exactly when it was that she thought of this; she
answered "Now?" (What period were we talking of, the
present or past?) "The present." (What did I ask you?)
"About this period of my sickness." (Which one?) "What
sickness?" She said herself at this point, "I am rather
stupid" (quite placidly). Or again she said she did not
know why she pounded her head, but finally said, "To get
better and go home." (Do you think if you pounded your head
against the wall you would go home sooner?) "I don't
know--maybe." (How would it help you?) "You mean to go to
the city?" (Yes.) "I don't know." Again when asked how her
mind worked, she said, "Pretty quickly sometimes--I don't
know." (As good as it used to?) "No, I don't think so."
(What is the difference?) This had to be repeated several
times, at which she said, "There is no difference." (What
did I ask you?) "The difference." (The difference between
what?) "You did not say." Equally striking was the fact
that when she was jokingly told "If it snows to-night, we
shall have a black Christmas," she did not grasp the
absurdity at once, but in a rather puzzled way asked,
"Why?"

She was then discharged on parole, two years and one month
after admission. Soon after discharge her menstruation,
which had been absent throughout her psychosis, returned.
On her discharge she had regained her