_ Information as to the family is confined to the two
parents. The mother, who was frequently seen, seemed to be
a natural, sensible woman. The father, on the other hand,
had been alcoholic all his life, had had two convulsions
while drinking, and had little respect from any member of
the family, including the patient.

_P. H._ The patient was said always to have been healthy,
from a physical standpoint, although never robust. She got
on well at school, and then worked first as a stock girl
and later as clerk in a department store, where her work
was efficient and she advanced steadily. As a child she
played freely with other girls but little with boys. As she
grew older she moved about socially a little more, made the
acquaintance of men as well as of girls, but never cared
much for the former and had no love affairs until she met
her husband. She was never demonstrative but always rather
quiet and modest. Occasionally she spoke of thinking that
people talked about her, but the informant doubted if she
brooded over this, because she was not of a worrying
disposition. Considering the ideas which appeared in her
psychosis, it is striking that in her normal life she was
rather antagonistic towards her father on account of his
alcoholism and the crudity of his speech and manners.

When she met her husband she liked him from the first,
although she at no time became really demonstrative. They
were engaged for a year, during which time she agreed to a
postponement of three months for the marriage, which was
suggested by her mother. For some time before this event
she was working harder than usual and seemed a bit worn
out. She ceased working a month before marriage and
improved physically, although she became rather nervous,
that is, she was more easily startled, an accentuation of
what had been a characteristic for some years. Her husband
stated that at this time she became fearful of the
approaching marriage relations and asked him to be kind to
her in this respect. She was married a year before
admission. For two and a half months she refused
intercourse and visited her mother's home a great deal. She
finally submitted. She was quite frigid but became pregnant
at once. Her abnormality the