CASE HISTORIES 65 



self had a feeling of sin and resisted the cravings, which were 

 repressed without insight before glandular therapy was begun. 

 The latter treatment made him more alert and energetic, and 

 speeded his recovery. 



O'NEIL 



History: He was a sturdy little fellow twenty-one years old, 

 and had always lived on his father's farm until he was drafted 

 into the army. He got on all right on the farm but was never 

 bright at school. He claimed he reached the eighth grade when 

 he was eighteen. The Terman intelligence test proved him to be 

 a moron. 



He found it difficult to adjust to the new conditions in the 

 army, and it was very hard to have to leave home and mother. 

 He had no complaints to make. He denied with some heat a 

 question whether the other boys ever made fun of him. " What 

 right had they to?" 



He had always drunk in moderation. In France he was sent 

 to a hospital because he was resistive, depressed, and 'worried 

 over the " recent death of his mother from pellagra," and feared 

 he was going to get it and die too. He became more depressed 

 and emotional, and declared the Germans had won the war 

 because he hadn't taken baths regularly. In tears he begged not 

 to be put into a machine and ground to pieces. He refused food 

 and said he was going to die. 



On admission to this hospital he was disoriented, preoccupied, 

 resistive, could not remember well, and denied hallucinations 

 though he appeared to be hearing voices. He stood at a window 

 for hours. 



Sex life: He admitted having masturbated two or three 

 times a week at one time, but he did it no longer. His first 

 heterosexual experience was at eighteen. He had had several, 

 always with prostitutes. He denied any knowledge of perver- 

 sions with every sign of sincerity. 



Fantasies: He had a great habit of snickering and laughing 

 to himself, which at first I suspected might be due to fantasy but 

 after further study of him decided was in response to external 

 stimulus. He watched everything and everybody and broke into 



