CASE HISTORIES 95 



He was probably drafted into the army. It was difficult for 

 him to adjust to the new conditions. He deserted and was found 

 wandering in a confused state of mind. He felt very tired after 

 doing any work and was much worried over voices in his ear 

 that sounded as if coming from a telephone receiver. They were 

 from bad people and said bad things and called him insulting 

 names. 



In this hospital he was catatonic and showed waxy flexibility. 

 He complained that he couldn't think and that voices persecuted 

 him. If not guided he bumped into objects when walking. In 

 the fourth month he grew excited and went naked, then again 

 became catatonic. From then on, depressions alternated with 

 manic periods, and he often attacked other patients. He was 

 grandiose at times and decorated himself. He had spent nearly 

 two years in the hospital before entering the endocrine ward. 



Sex life: Another boy taught him how to masturbate, but 

 he wouldn't say how much he had indulged. He said it was not 

 good for one. He never had had heterosexual intercourse, be- 

 cause he feared disease and if he got sick there was nobody to 

 care for him or look after him, for he was all alone. He never 

 had had girl friends. He intended to marry when he was old 

 enough. When he was seventeen a widow wanted to marry him, 

 but friends warned him he was too young. Wet dreams fright- 

 ened him very much ; he had had them nearly every night at one 

 time. A druggist, however, told him not to worry and said they 

 wouldn't hurt him, and gave him some pills. In the hospital he 

 had them about twice a week, but they didn't worry him. No 

 dreams accompanied them. He denied perversions and showed 

 disgust at the mention of them. 



Fantasies: At first the voices were obnoxious but later they 

 were of good people and said good things. Usually he could 

 make out no voices at all, only a faint ringing in his ears. He 

 said he liked to think of good things, good people, good houses 

 and good cities. 



Once he thought all his family were here in the hospital, and 

 that he had seen his mother when he went to bed and she had 

 talked with him. He had hoped he would see her again the 



