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ORIGINAL ARTICLES-VOLUME XII

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A Study of the Anaesthesia, Convulsions, Vomiting, Visual Constriction, Erythemia
and Itching of Mrs. V. G. By Edward J. Kempf, M. D...

Some Analyses in the Psychopathology of Everyday Life. By H. W. Frink, M. D..

The Mental Imagery of Stutterers; An Examination of Certain Current Theories. By

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(Figures with asterisks indicate original articles. Figures without asterisks indicate
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Clinical Psychologists. Report of Committee of New York Psychiatrical Society on

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Freud, Some Criticisms of the Freudian Psychology (Woodworth).

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Freud, The Work of Sigmund Freud (Putnam)..

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Genius, Philistine and (Sidis).

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Hallucinations, Obsessive

and Psychoanalysis (Gordon).

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Home, The Deforming Influence of the (Brown)...

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Hunger, The Control of-in Health and Disease (Carleson).

Ideas, How Far Can Ideas Directly Influence or Affect Peripheral Processes. (Solomon) *331
Influence, Deforming-of the Home (Brown)..

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Insane. The Conduct of the (Gosline)..

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Insanity in American Prisons (Brock)...

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Insanity; Role of the Emotions in the Genesis of—and Insanity from the Standpoint of
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Organ Inferiority, A Study of and Its Psychical Compensation, (Adler).

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Pain, The Relief of By Mental Suggestion (Batten)...

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Peripheral Processes, How Far Can Ideas Directly Influence or Affect the (Solomon).

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Personality, Suggestions for a Scheme of Graphic Representations of (Singer).

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Psychological Clinic of Southern California, Association of Applied Science (Owen)..
Psychological Methods of Testing Intelligence (Stern)..

Psychological Test Measurements-Distinctive Features in Made Upon Dementia
Praecox and Chronic Alcoholic Patients, (Pressey)..

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Psychopathology, Need for a Stricter Definition of Terms in (Solomon)

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Psychoses, Insanity in American Prisons and the Prison (Brock).

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Study of Organ Inferiority and Its Psychical Compensation (Adler)..

Stutterers, The Mental Imagery of An Examination of Certain Current Theories

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THE JOURNAL OF ABNORMAL PSYCHOLOGY

A STUDY OF THE ANAESTHESIA, CONVULSIONS,
VOMITING, VISUAL CONSTRICTION,
ERYTHEMA AND ITCHING OF MRS.
V. G.

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BY EDWARD J. KEMPF, M. D.

Clinical Psychiatrist to Saint Elizabeth's Hospital,
Washington, D. C.

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N July of 1912 a slender, dark complexioned girlish looking woman of medium height, 21 years old, was admitted to a State Hospital for the insane because she could not control her "hatrish feelings" and "jerking spells.' During the admission procedures she sat quietly in an inconspicuous chair. Her head was lowered so that the brim of her hat concealed most of her features and when she did look up the brim of the hat was timidly lifted just high enough to allow her eyes to peer beneath the edge. She smiled at almost every remark addressed to her. This contrasted strangely with the uncontrollable feelings of hatred that she complained of, and indicated compensatory efforts to hide these feelings. Her husband gave the usual brief account of her illness, but carefully hid his feelings of personal responsibility and any intimation of insight into her condition. However, he was very solicitous of her welfare.

Her life on the ward for the first few days was uneventful. She adjusted herself fairly well to her companions and the routine requirements and found some light work for herself to shorten the periods of idleness.

When her ear was pricked in order to take a blood specimen she submitted to the procedure without any signs of uneasiness until after the operation was practically

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