Excerpt from The Journal of Abnormal and Social Psychology, Vol. 2: 1907-1908<br><br>This woman was no longer able to work, and spent her time twisting a lock of hair on the top of her head. She ended by pulling her hair all out. Her power of repte sentation was annihilated. She could no longer form a mental picture of her home, her husband or her children. When she tried to picture herself as she used to be, she was unsuccessful. Her mental vision was completely abolished. At present her pain sense is singularly dulled, and when she is pricked she says the effect upon her is as if it were being done to another person, although her tactile sense is preserved.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.