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questions rationally and freely. He had not the slightest remem- 
brance of his accident, or of any event which had happened in the 
two months which had since elapsed, and insisted that he came 
from India eight days ago, to see a sister who was ill in the 
hospital. He could not remember that he had ever lived at 
Adelong, where he was in practice for years, and described himself 
as the Commander of a Russian man-of-war, and the absolute 
owner of several large ships, and of considerable wealth. He 
ested in the ordinary amusement and life of the hospital. A month 
after his admission (three months after the accident) his wife visited 
him ; he recognized, and seemed very pleased to see her, but in a 
short time had no remembrance of her visit. The recording power 
seemed absolutely gone. He seemed to have forgotten all 
about his home and the practice of his profession, and even his 
professional knowledge seemed lost. His delusions (all having 
reference to wealth and importance) were very numerous, and he 
was at times irritable, especially as to his detention, though, as a 
rule, most gentlemanly and well-conducted. By the end of April, up- 
wards of five months after the accident, he was much stouter, the 
delusions had almost disappeared, his memory was improving, and 
he began to speak on professional subjects. In June his delusions 
had altogether disappeared, and the memory had so much im- 
the year 1881, from causes unconnected (so far as I could discover) 
with his accident. 
Casz 5.—J. K., aged 40. Like the last patient was a member 
of the medical profession, and as I eventually ascertained, after 
