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Mother. — ^A strong-minded woman. Her sibs and parents unknown. 

 (28 : 297, IV 33.) 



(98) Propositus, when 18 or 19 lejt home and nothing was learned of him for 

 4 years, when a letter was received from South America. Nothing more was 

 heard for 20 years, when he returned to the United States with a wife and 

 family, having Hved in South America for most of that period. Sibs: i-cf, 

 born 1824; was a periodic drinker, but temperate in last years of life. 2- 9 , 

 born 1832, healthy. 3-9 , nervous, subject to outbursts of temper, soon over. 

 4-0?, drank to excess, always nervous, drank between jobs when he was out 

 of work. 5-9, born 1842, calm, even-tempered, frank. 6-9, born 1821; 

 healthy, without nervous disorder; married a lazy, shiftless man, who was 

 abusive and incompetent; there were 3 children who survived infancy: 

 (a) 9 , bom 1855, unsocial, unreUable in statements, violent in her judgments; 

 had an epileptic child, {b) 9 , born 1857, erotic, fraudulent, highly untruthful, 

 ugly, (c) d^, born 1853, big, blustering man, who says he works pretty 

 steadily except 3 or 4 months of the year; decidedly untruthful; tells imaginary 

 tales ; not nomadic. 



Father. — Stonemason; quiet. 



Mother. — Healthy, without mental trouble. (28 : 788, II 4.) 



(99) Propositus, cf ; illegitimate son of his mother. Is a fireman, has 

 always been of a roving, discontented disposition. 



Father. — Unknown. 



Mother. — ^Bom in Germany, 1862; epileptic; seizures always introduced by 

 an outburst of temper. Sibs: i-cT, bom 1857, farmer; has worked for one 

 man a number of years, is steady and thrifty. 2- 9 , unknown. 3- 9 , quick- 

 tempered but well liked; i son, steady. 



Mother's father. — Bom in Germany, 1828, and died, 1894, in Pennsylvania; 

 always a heavy drinker, became intoxicated occasionally; was a laborer both 

 on the farm and on the railroad. 



Mother's mother. — Epileptic. (28 : 1284, III 16.) 



(100) Propositus, cf , born in Pennsylvania, 1878; as a child, stubborn and 

 difficult to manage; never got along very well with teachers and pupils at 

 school, and finally left against his parents' wishes, but was not considered 

 backward. He learned the blacksmith's trade, but never really stuck to that or 

 any other occupation for any length of time. He was naturally of a roving, 

 restless disposition, and the desire to cut loose from his family and wander off 

 somewhere manifested itself particularly in the spring. The sister told an 

 incident to show how inevitable this feeling was. One day as a friend of the 

 family stood near the window he observed casually that spring must be coming, 

 for he could hear the bullfrogs croaking; a sister of the patient immediately 

 spoke up and said, " I hope to goodness William doesn't hear them, for he'll be 

 off immediately if he does." William has not lived at home for 10 years. He 



often became intoxicated. For a time he lived with his sister in B , but 



he went West and nothing has been heard of him since. Sibs : i -cT (patient), 

 neurasthenic ideas, delusions of an autopsychic nature; frequent migraine; 

 his disposition changed; he gained delusions of influence, became a dementia 

 precox, is now in State hospital. 2-9 , died in infancy. 3-9 , born 1880, 

 normal. 4-cf , of temperate habits, not nervous. 5-cf , died in infancy. 

 6-9, normal. 7-cr, bom 1889; feeble-minded since birth; is irritable and 

 disagreeable at all times. 8-9 , born 1892; seems normal. 9-9., normal. 



