names of people around her. But
when she was asked about the baby she would not answer, and
questioned whether she was not married, she said "I don't
know." Yet when the physician desired to talk to her, she
was just the same as before and remained so for two more
weeks. Another somewhat isolated occurrence was when on
June 18 she spoke a little to the physician, but she sat in
a constrained position when taken into the office and
answered many questions by "I don't know," namely, those
regarding her condition and feelings, the questions about
orientation, about her mother's address, and her child's
age; but when asked how long she had been married she said
correctly "Two years."

At the beginning of July she improved quite rapidly, and on
July 5 appeared fairly free and gave a fair retrospective
account, with some urging, and it was thought that she
smiled somewhat too freely. However, on July 27, she seemed
perfectly well, had normal insight, and then gave the
second retrospective account, which, together with the
first, will now be taken up.

_Retrospectively:_ She claimed to remember things at home,
and at both interviews said she recalled being taken to the
Observation Pavilion. While there she thought she knew
where she was, remembered that she did not talk. She had a
feeling she was going to die and said "I thought I would
die if I kept still." However, the transfer to this
hospital was vague in her mind, as was the entrance on the
ward, and she claimed not to have known for quite a while
where she was. She added that she used to wonder where she
was, how she had gotten here, and how she could get out,
and thought the questions which were asked were queer.
Individual occurrences, too, specifically inquired into
were not recollected, such as an examination in a special
room. Of the mixed-up writing at the end of the second
week, she had no recollection even when it was shown to
her. She did not recall having her picture taken (with eyes
open) two months after entrance. Yet a sudden angry
outburst ten weeks after admission was remembered. She
stated that she struck the patient because the latter
annoyed her by her shouting. She had a general recollection
of being stiff, havi