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Here again it is apparent that the impulses are nioie sd-üiigiy 

 fixed ill the presence of a hettei- atteiitiveiiess. 



The increasing ninnher of ii;correct answers and the strong k)\ver- 

 ing of the gratie of consciousness indicate that the paramnesias, 

 wiiich occni' in acute confusion in a much higher degree, so that 

 they then often occasion confahulalion, are dependent on these. 



Inculcation and reproduction of numbers, inith and luit/iout 

 subsequent mork. 



It is in the first place aj)parent from these tests that the nnmber 

 of correct reproductions, with as well as without obstruction, here 

 decreases sharply with the stronger lowering of the grade of cons- 

 ciousness, and in such a way that the minute lessening of the 

 attentiveness in the neurotics is accompanied by a slight disturbance 

 of memory, while the much stronger depression of attentiveness in 

 the sufferers from dementia is accompanied by a much stronger one. 



If we compare the correct answers with and without obstruction 

 it is clear that the destruction of remembrances is caused by the 

 subsequent work. When we consider the decrease of the achieve- 

 ments in the percentages of the correct answers, with and without 

 subsequent work, we come to the following table. 



Destruction by subsequent work. 



The retrograde destruction by subsequent work thus increases in 

 accordance to the lowering of the degree of consciousness. This 



