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or conditions of fear. There may, of course, be many others. 

 Magnan * obtained precisely similar results with his alcoholic 

 dog, much more extreme, because he gave much larger doses. 

 The literature of human insanity makes fear a characteristic 

 psychosis in alcoholic insanity, f and delirium tremens is probably 

 the most terrible fear psychosis known. Even with the amounts 

 of alcohol given. Bum has shown several mild paroxysms of fear, 

 with some evidence also of hallucinations. 



I am unable, therefore, to escape the conviction that our 

 experiment has a meaning as deep as the psychology of fear 

 itself. As to how deep that is, we may hope to learn something 

 in studies that are now being prosecuted. J 



As to temper and disposition, neither the breed nor the indi- 

 vidual dogs can leave anything to be desired. Aside from their 

 timidity, I can not recall that either Bum or Tipsy were ever 

 even " impolite " toward me. They have never shown the least 



Fig. 16. Tipsy, November, 1895. 



bit of resentment or snappishness. Not so much can be said for 

 either of the Topsys or for Nig. But they are much more cheer- 

 ful. The tone of sadness, the same as is noted in Magnan's dog. 



* Magnan, V. On Alcoholism. London : Greenfield, 1876, p. 18 ff. 



f Mobius, P. J. Nervenkrankheiten. Leipzig, 1893, p. 74 ff. 



X G. Stanley Hall. Children's Fears. American Journal of Psychology, viii. No. 2. 



