30 THE FEEBLY INHIBITED. 



Some of them have gone into the navy and others have drifted away; they are 

 considered worthless. 



The father was drowned 10 years ago and nothing is known about his 

 characteristics. 



The mother was a drunkard and sexually immoral. She left home saying 

 she was about to take passage for Ireland. A few weeks later a body was found 

 which was considered hers. She had 4 brothers; 1 died young, 1 died at 45 

 years, having been a hard drinker; another was alcoholic and an indifferent 

 workman, who returned to Ireland once for a period of 7 years and then came 

 back to America. The fourth is rather restless and has crossed the Atlantic 21 

 times seeking to improve his condition; his 3 surviving children are all doing 

 low-grade work with fair satisfaction. Of the two sisters of the mother one 

 was alcoholic and Sx, and the other with her husband spends all they can get 

 or beg for drink and does not care for her children. 



Of the mother's parents it is known only that "both drank hard." 



Here there is clear evidence that the restless traits of the principal fraternity 

 are found also in the mother's strain. (24 : 171.) 



(8) In a fraternity of 4 is a man of 37 years who is dignified, sober, and 

 intelligent. He has a ■wandering tendency; he went to the Philippine war and 

 has traveled widely; is now a chauffeur; also a younger brother, badly treated 

 at home, left at an early age, worked in a livery, and during the summer went 

 freight riding, working now and then and stealing food from the farmers' 

 gardens. Another brother left home early and has done well ; he hates liquor. 

 Thus 2 out of 3 male members of this fraternity have a wandering tendency. 

 The only girl, now 26 years of age, has always been subject to hysterical 

 attacks and is a gross Sx offender. 



The father of the foregoing fraternity now lives in a public house, where he 

 drives for the superintendent; has lost all interest in his family. His sister 

 is quiet and respectable. 



The mother is impulsive, emotional, and imaginative; is living with a para- 

 mour. One of her brothers went away into the navy, deserting his wife; the 

 other brother came to America, returned to England, and has not been heard 

 from since. The mother's father is unknown. 



Here the nomadism of the brothers of the patient can be traced through the 

 maternal line, appearing in the mother's brothers. (26 : 74.) 



(9) Propositus, d\ born in Pennsylvania, 1863, does not use alcohol to 

 excess; is a reliable, respectable man. He has always roamed around until 

 recently; has worked in different places in the West, East, and in Canada. 

 No children. Sibs: i-d\ born 1865 and died 1892, was a machinist and single. 

 2-9, born 1866, had fits with loss of consciousness; showed symptoms of 

 dementia precox. 



Father. — A man of loose morals and a heavy drinker. One brother was an 

 idiot and one sister a sex offender. 



Father's parents unknown. 



Mother. — Born 1839; of bad moral reputation; was repeatedly admitted to 

 State hospital with delusions (diagnosis of mania). 



Mother's father. — Born in Ireland; had a gay, wild temperament which led 

 him to desert the life of a priest, for which his parents had destined him, and go to 

 America. Here he married in Pennsylvania, drank, and was very immoral; 

 did some work at law, though never admitted to the bar. Tried farming, but 

 found it distasteful. When last heard of he was in Nevada; it is not known 

 whether he is still alive. 



Mother's mother. — Probably feeble-minded. (28 : 816; IV 4.) 



