“From those things and the other things.”
“Well, let’s take them up in order. These things helped to give you a diagnosis of senile dementia, did they not?”
“Yes.”
“Anger and irritability are symptoms of senile dementia, Doctor?”
“Yes, sir, definitely.”
“And I believe there is another similar disease, isn’t there, Doctor, dementia praecox or schizophrenia?”
“That is not the same as senile dementia.”
“So I understand, Doctor. In cases of dementia praecox, as I understand it, there is a condition of mental ataxia. The patient develops a state of apathy, becomes utterly indifferent to his surroundings, and cares nothing about what is done with him.”
“That is right.”
“Mr. Leeds was not suffering from that disease?”