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all about it. My 'engagements sometimes suffer 

 . . . [from similar forgetfulness]." 



4. " Memory very retentive in regard to in- 

 cidents and events, but could never learn by 

 rote except with great effort. Often surprise my 

 patients by recollection of their symptoms, but 

 am often at a loss to connect their names with 

 their faces. 



"Father Memory remarkably retentive, espe- 

 cially as to the various events of his life and 

 time." 



5. " Memory very bad for dates and for 

 learning by rote, but [extraordinarily] good in 

 retaining a general or vague recollection of many 

 facts. 



" Father Wonderful memory for dates ; in 

 old age he told a person, reading aloud to him 

 a book only once read in youth, the passages 

 which were coming ; he knew the birthdays and 

 those of the deaths, &c., of all his friends and 

 acquaintances." 



6. "A peculiar memory ; bad for names of 



