DUAL FERSONALITY.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 11478, 28 August 1915, Page 7

DUAL FERSONALITY.

C/.SE OF A SSLKER. MUST EE.'ffl AGAIN. 'J'bt? ea.<e o> : si boldk-r with two distinct personalities. one of which was <i out only i»y hypnosis, is tojd in t-he •' Lawer," by !)>• A. Feili »•<_'. No. 1 v jip his personality since the date of h:r regaining eorscinustiuss iu Man-''b'-l'.-r, -whither ho was wnt- after beiiit; rescued from ;t trench in w h'ch he was buried by a shell explosion. " Shell shook " robbed h)m of all rremory o; everything he knew before. No. 2 was h s old per.sonality, endowed with nil the memories of h:> past life and his experiences in Flanders up to the data of his injuries. Th:s .seeon.i personality was re-awakened only under nspnotb .nfluence. There were several point* of d.fTt'ivuco between the two personalities. In state No. I the patient's manner was somewhat jaunty and inclined to be cocksure. In state No. 2 ho appeared more modest end altogether !-;s- loud manner. lie spok/s with h fa:hi hut distinct Lancashire accent in No. 1. Jji No. 2 there was no trace of Lane-ash^re. but h's sjwooh much more resembled the AWst- Country dialect (he was born in Wiltshire). His writing also differed slijihl.lv. I 'ergons wen and known by him in his state No. 1 were ahvay# eon plete strangers to him in bis state No 2. Whe;? ho wns taken to the Zoological Gardens be tried to stroke one oi the lions He failed to reeogni.se his parents irui former in sir* No, I. When hypiiotiH'd into str,-*. No. 2 he crie-ncd his father with every sign of pleasuie and aiTectron. Except for Vie clulity to pkiy the ennhoir'mn (the patient was a bandsman) when in cither state, there appeared to Ik? no connection between the two personalities As the hypnotic treatment, quite failed to imjjrovt. tlio patient'a uiataor.v

when not. in a state of hypnosis, it was discontinued. Thus the case, says D* Feiling, becomes that of a lost personality rather than a, double personality.