56 CASE HISTORIES 



His gradual alteration of the, at first, totally bad fraternal 

 orders was interesting. They became three in number: one, a 

 male symbol, was "pretty good;" two, symbol of the female 

 genitalia, was bad and belonged in hell fire ; while three, symbol 

 of the male genitalia, and normal coitus, was his own and be- 

 longed in heaven, that is, his male cravings were triumphing 

 over his female cravings and repressing them. 



MATHEWS 



History: He was a jack of all trades who had been in the 

 hospital twelve years. His age was thirty-four. The family 

 history was negative. The father had been a peddling butcher 

 in a country town. He drank heavily and one cold night fell out 

 of his cart and died from exposure. The patient was then seven 

 years old. The mother was nervous and excitable. She had 

 twelve chidren ; six by her first husband ; five by her second hus- 

 band, the patient's father; and one by her third husband, whom 

 she later divorced. 



After his father's death the patient quit attending school 

 regularly and went to live on a relative's farm where he was 

 allowed to attend school winters until he was twelve, at which 

 time he had reached the fourth grade. During the rest of the 

 year he did farm work. His stepfather didn't care for him, and 

 the boy didn't want to stay home. After his mother's divorce 

 he returned to her and helped her keep a country store winters, 

 and worked on farms summers until he was fifteen, when he went 

 to the city. When he was seventeen she died of hernia. 



From fifteen to twenty years of age he had a long series of 

 changing jobs, lasting from one day to a year and a half (on a 

 farm), and including such varied occupations as riveter in bridge 

 works, store clerk, miller, teamster, shoveler, carpenter, and 

 physician's man of all work. Sometimes the work was too hard, 

 other times the pay was not big enough. If he got tired he'd 

 move on, and he wouldn't wait to be fired when people didn't 

 like him, he'd get out. Finally, out of work and tired, he 

 enlisted in the Marines for a secure and steady life and within 

 two weeks was in this hospital, diagnosed dementia precox. 



