esently take up. Several times it was possible
to make her write. On these occasions she wrote her name
promptly, or might write only after much delay or stopping
in the middle of a word.

This leads us to her capacity to think, the defect of which
was perhaps most clear in her writing. Thus, though having
been told to write her name, and having written it quickly
enough, when, immediately after it, she was asked to write
her address or the name of the hospital, she had to be
urged much, and then wrote each time merely a repetition of
her name, this time much more slowly. On October 13, when
she was asked to write her name, she wrote it correctly;
then for the address she wrote the house number correctly,
but for 90th street she wrote "90theath"; and, urged again
for the address, she added "Dr. Wyeth." Again when asked to
write the word "watch" she was slow, and finally put down
"10." When on October 23 she was asked to write "Manhattan
State Hospital," she wrote "Manhatt Hhospshosh," and for
"Ward's Island" (which she was told), "Ww Iland." Then she
was asked to write "I wish to go home." She wrote "I wish
to go home, go West." Here again the first part was written
promptly.

We now can add some of the other replies which she gave.
Once she was asked "Do you know where you are?" She
promptly said, "Yes." (Where?) No reply. On another
occasion, at the initial examination, she said she was home
or "in papa's house." Once when asked "Do you know me?" she
said "Yes." (What is my name?) "Miss D." (her name). On the
occasion on which she had stated that she had taken off her
clothes, she was asked "Where have you taken off your
clothes?" She made the irrelevant reply, "That was the girl
the one I had."

2. Then she improved somewhat. On January 5 she walked
about a little more, though slowly, and still looked
slightly puzzled when questioned. She spoke more readily,
counted promptly though once stopped in the middle of the
exercise. In calculation she multiplied correctly 3 x 7,
but for 4 x 9 repeated the 21, and when given 9 x 9 she did
not answer. A few days later, though she lay again
motionless with her head raised as before, and, as she had
sometimes done, smiled brightly when a