by the examiner
to put out her tongue so that he could stick a pin in it
she blushed and hid her face. When asked whether she
worried about anything, she denied this. When questions
were asked, she sometimes answered promptly and in normal
voice, again simply remained silent in spite of repeated
urging. On the whole, it seemed that simple impersonal
questions were answered promptly; whereas difficult
impersonal questions or questions which referred to her
condition were not answered at all. She proved to be
oriented. Thus she gave the day of the week, month, year,
the name of the hospital, names of the doctors and nurses
promptly. She also counted quickly and did a few simple
multiplications quickly. But she was silent when asked
where the hospital was located, how long she had been here,
whether she was here one or six months, how she felt.
Questions in regard to the condition she had passed
through, or involving difficult calculations, she did not
answer. However, some questions regarding her condition
asked in such a way that they could be answered by "yes" or
"no" were again answered quite promptly. Thus when asked
whether her head felt all right she said, "Yes, sir." (Is
your memory good?) "Yes." (Have you been sick?) "No, sir."
(Are you worried?) "No."

4. This apathy cleared up too, so that by the middle of
March she was bright, active and smiled freely. With the
nurses she was rather talkative and pleased, though this
was not marked. Towards the physician only was she natural
and free. She then gave the _retrospective account_ of the
onset detailed above. When questioned about her condition
she claimed not to remember the Observation Pavilion,
although recalling vaguely going there in a carriage. She
was almost completely amnesic for a considerable part of
her stay in the Institute. She claimed it was only in
November or December that she began to know where she was
(five months after admission). In harmony with this is the
fact that she did not recall the tube- and spoon-feeding
which had to be resorted to for about four months of this
period. No ideas or visions were remembered. As to her
mutism she said, "I don't think I could speak," "I made no
effort," again "I did n