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THE PSYCHOLOGY OF DEMENTIA PRÆCOX.

after a well-replenished table after the supper" belongs to the sexual symbolism of eating. The nuptial night generally follows a good supper. As an old maid, the patient is able to say calmly, "I never saw such a production." In the expression "theater" and "animals of all kinds," one gets the feeling as though there is a presentation of a menagerie. The expression "a factory in S." also points to this, as S. near Zürich is the usual location for menageries, carrousels, etc.

4. Maria Theresa.—I belong to the synagogue in Löwen street since 1886, I am a Jewess since 1886—world proprietress—I am therefore three Empresses—I am also Maria Theresa as von Planta—that is conclusion—in my dream I was at a table with omelets and dried plums—then there was a dam with speaking trumpets in it—then there were four horses with mustaches over their tails—they stood near the speaking trumpets—the third Emperor has already legalized this—I am Emperor Francis from the city of Vienna—in spite of that I am a woman—my Liesel rises early and yodles in the morning—it is also there—every horse stood near a speaking trumpet—(Patient suddenly goes through the gestures of embracing someone and on being questioned she states that she once dreamed that a man took her in his arms.)

This analysis, unlike the preceding one, was constantly interrupted by obstructions (thought-deprivations) and motor stereotypies (embracing), from which we may conclude that it concerns particularly markedly repressed thoughts. The patient for example described for some time with her index finger a circle in the air, "she must show the speaking trumpets" or she designated small half moons with both hands "these are the mustaches." Besides this the "telephone" made mocking remarks, to which we shall return later.

By "Maria Theresa" patient again understands a particular quality of her greatness. This part of the analysis therefore interests us no longer. We have here a peculiar dream formation which ends with "I am Emperor Francis." Emperor Francis was the husband of Maria Theresa. Patient is Maria Theresa and at the same time Emperor Francis, "in spite of her being a woman." She condenses therefore the relations of both persons into her own, which in her hazy way of talking probably