n well with her husband. The
latter stated, however, that she masturbated during the
first year of her married life. The first child was born
without trouble.

_First Attack at 25:_ Two or three days after giving birth
to a second child, her mother burst into the room
intoxicated. The patient immediately became much
frightened, nervous, and developed a depressive condition
with crying, slowness and inability to do things. During
this state she spoke of being bad and told her husband
that a man had tried to have intercourse with her before
marriage. This attack lasted six months and ended with
recovery.

When 29, a year before her admission, she had an abortion
performed, and four months later another. Her husband was
against this, but she persisted in her intention. Seven
months before admission she went to the priest, confessed
and was reproved. It is not clear how she took this
reproof, but at any rate no symptoms appeared until three
weeks later, after burglars had broken into a nearby
church. Then she became unduly frightened, would not stay
at home, said she was afraid the burglars would come again
and kill "some one in the house." The patient herself
stated later, during a faultfinding period, that at that
time she was afraid somebody would take her honor away, and
that she thought burglars had taken her "wedding dress."
"Then," she added, "I thought I would run away and lead a
bad life, but I did not want to bring disgrace to the
family."

The general condition which she presented at this time is
described as one of apprehensiveness when at home. For this
reason she was for five weeks (it is not clear exactly at
what period) sent to her sister, where she was better.
About a month before the patient was admitted, the husband
moved, whereupon she got depressed, complained of inability
to apply herself to work, became slow and inactive, and
blamed herself for having had the abortion performed. She
began to speak of suicide and was committed because she
bought carbolic acid. She later said that while in the
_Observation Pavilion_ she imagined her children were cut
up.

_Under Observation_ the condition was as follows:

1. For the first three days the patient,