AN INSANE RELIGIOUS IMPOSTOR

Snake-Swallowing in an Insane

j. B. P., a European male, aged 42, transferred to this Asylum from Agra on the 11th October, 1918. His physical health is excellent. Wassermann reaction?Absolutely negative. Diagnosis?Dementia prsecox. . On the morning of the 31st July, 1920, immediately after he had passed stools in a commode in the ward, about 8 inches of a snake was found in his stools but minus its head.Every care was take...

Insane Delusions

Unmasking the impostor.

when she is about to write a paper or give a talk on a new finding or discovery. The thoughts come unbidden, hammering inside the physicist’s head: ‘I can’t do this. I haven’t done enough experiments. I haven’t got enough data. I can’t write the paper well enough yet or give the talk.’ These aren’t the routine self-doubts of a young researcher. Murray is principal associate director for science...

Who Is Insane?

between himself and an insane woman, he comes close to a satisfactory definition of insanity when he says to her, "You, of course, are insane, for this reason, the law provides that only insane persons shall be confined in asylums for the insane, while the sane are rigidly excluded. Now, as between you and me, you are legally confined in this asylum, and I am legally excluded; therefore, when y...

[Insane railroad workers].