A Study of Association in Insanity

by Grace Helen Kent; A. J. Rosanoff

Table—comfort……..
Dark—darknew……… 8
Music—pleasure……. 1
Sickness—sorrow……
Map—manners……….10
Deep—thought……… 1
Soft—comfort………
Eating—pleasure…… 1
Mountain—height……
House—comfort……..
Black—darkness…….
Mutton—eating……..
Comfort—pleasure….. 1
Hand—useful………. 1
Short—stumpy………
Fruit—eating………
Butterfly—handsome…
Smooth—plane………
Command—ordering…..
Chair—easy………..
Sweet—candy……….
Whistle—noise……..
Woman—love………..
Cold—freezing……..
Slow—laziness……..
Wish—good………… 1
River—water……….
White—clearness…… 2
Beautiful—handsome…
Window—scene………
Rough—harshness……
Citizen—voting…….
Foot—stepping……..
Spider—poison……..
Needle—sharpness…..
Red—blood…………
Sleep—comfort……..
Anger—passion……..
Carpet—walking…….
Girl—lovely……….
High—height……….
Working—business…..
Sour—tart…………
Earth—planting…….
Trouble—Sorrow…….
Soldier—fighting…..
Cabbage—eating…….
Hard—harshness……. 2
Eagle—flying………
Stomach—eating…….
Stem—vine…………
Lamp—lighting…….. 2
Dream—pleasure……. 1
Yellow—color………
Bread—eating………
Justice—suing……..17
Boy—children………
Light—seeing………
Health—pleasure…… 1
Bible—thinking……. 9
Memory—recollections.
Sheep—wool………..
Bath—pleasure…….. 1
Cottage—living…….
Swift—quickness……
Blue—sky………….

Hungry—pleasure…… 9
Priest—holiness……
Ocean—sailing……..
Head—thinking…….. 1
Stove—warmth………
Long—length……….
Religion—holiness….
Whiskey—badness…… 2
Child—pleasure……. 1
Bitter—sourness……
Hammer—pounding……
Thirsty—drinking…..
City—town…………
Square—measure…….
Butter—greasy……..
Doctor—medicine……
Loud—hearing……… 2
Thief—stealing…….
Lion—fierceness……
Joy—pleasure……… 1
Bed—sleeping………
Heavy—solid……….
Tobacco—pleasure….. 1
Baby—loveliness……
Moon—bright……….
Scissors—sharpness….
Quiet—pleasure……. 1
Green—color……….
Salt—taste………..
Street—walking…….
King—majestic………
Cheese—eating……..
Blossom—handsome…..
Afraid—fear……….

CASE No. 6279.—A.F. Maniacal attack; at time of test patient had improved, though not recovered. Non-specific reactions; particles. (Patient does not speak English with perfect fluency.)

Table—board……….
Dark—night………..
Music—piano……….
Sickness—appendicitis
Man—husband……….
Deep—hole…………
Soft—hard…………
Eating—vegetable…..
Mountain—country…..
House—comfort……..
Black—cotton………17
Mutton—lamb……….
Comfort—rest………
Hand—arm………….
Short—Journey……..
Fruit—apples………
Butterfly—love…….13
Smooth—nice………. 1
Command—order……..
Chair—down………..12
Sweet—sugar……….
Whistle—blow………
Woman—good……….. 1
Cold—ice………….
Slow—lazy…………
Wish—home…………
River—boat………..
White—milk………..
Beautiful—flowers….
Window—corner……..
Rough—man………… 1
Citizen—not……….12
Foot—short………..
Spider—don't………12
Needle—steel………
Red—rose………….
Sleep—well………..
Anger—not…………
Carpet—beauty…….. 1
Girl—love…………
High—reason……….19
Working—dress……..19
Sour—vinegar………
Earth—ground………
Trouble—much………
Soldier—blue………
Cabbage—sour………
Hard—no…………..12
Eagle—paper……….
Stomach—well………17
Stem—flower……….
Lamp—light………..
Dream—awful……….19
Yellow—flower……..
Bread—rye…………
Justice—court……..
Boy—little………..
Light—room………..
Health—love……….15
Bible—no………….
Memory—good………. 1
Sheep—lot…………19
Bath—cold…………
Cottage—little…….
swift—kick………..17
Blue—no…………..12
Hungry—no…………
Priest—love……….15
Ocean—Grove……….
Head—black………..
Stove—shine……….19
Long—square……….
Religion—no……….
Whiskey—champagne….17
Child—my…………. 2
Bitter—pepper……..
Hammer—knock………
Thirsty—no………..12
City—New York……..
Square—table………
Butter—good………. 1
Doctor—S………….17
Loud—talk…………
Thief—night……….
Lion—yes………….12
Joy—good…………. 1
Bed—comfort……….
Heavy—Iron………..
Tobacco—strong…….
Baby—love…………
Moon—shine………..
Scissors—cut……..
Quiet—well………..
Green—bow…………17
Salt—hitter……….
Street—Hinsdale……17
King—Franz Joseph….17
Cheese—Swiss………
Blossom—nice……… 1
Afraid—no…………

CASE No. 4578.—E.M. Circular insanity of over twenty years' standing; at time of test patient was in a manic phase. Non-specific reactions; doubtful reactions; neologisms, all possessing obvious meaning.

Table—using………. 1
Dark—unbright…….. 4
Music—songs……….
Sickness—catching….17
Man—masculine……..
Deep—high…………
Soft—chew…………19
Eating—sometimes…..12
Mountain—highlands…
House—live………..
Black—color……….
Mutton—meat……….
Comfort—easy………
Hand—body…………
Short—unlongly……. 4
Fruit—plants………
Butterfly—insects….
Smooth—feeling…….
Command—do………..
Chair—use………… 1
Sweet—taste……….
Whistle—act……….
Woman—female………
Cold—acting………. 2
Slow—gradually…….17
Wish—desire……….
River—water……….
White—color……….
Beautiful—niceness… 2
Window—built………19
Rough—treatment……17
Citizen—country……
Foot—body…………
Spider—insect……..
Needle—article……. 1
Red—color…………
Sleep—tiredness…… 4
Anger—scolding…….
Carpet—article……. 1
Girl—female……….
High—low………….
Working—do………..
Sour—tasting………
Earth—surface……..
Trouble—worriment….
Soldier—man………. 1
Cabbage—vegetable….
Hard—difficult…….
Eagle—bird………..
Stomach—body………
Stem—article……… 6
Lamp—article……… 1
Dream—untruly…….. 4
Yellow—color………
Bread—food………..
Justice—unfairly….. 2
Boy—masculine……..
Light—easy………..
Health—sickness……
Bible—commandments…
Memory—remember……
Sheep—animal………
Bath—cleanness…….
Cottage—country……
Swift—quickly……..
Blue—color………..
Hungry—food……….
Priest—masculine…..15
Ocean—water……….
Head—body…………
Stove—article…….. 1
Long—shortly……… 2
Religion—Bible…….
Whiskey—drinking…..
Child—disremembering. 4
Bitter—taste………
Hammer—using……… 1
Thirsty—drinking…..
City—acting……….15
Square—measuring….. 2
Butter—food……….
Doctor—helping……. 2
Loud—hearing……… 2
Thief—untrue………15
Lion—animal……….
Joy—gladness………
Bed—lying…………
Heavy—unlightly…… 4
Tobacco—using…….. 1
Baby—borning……… 4
Moon—sending………19
Scissors—using……. 1
Quiet—acting……… 2
Green—color……….
Salt—food…………
Street—walking…….
King—person………. 1
Cheese—food……….
Blossom—plant……..
Afraid—frightened….

CASE No. 5878.—A.B. Maniacal attack. 48 individual reactions, of which 18 are classed as normal, 10 are sound reactions (2 sound neologisms), 1 word complement, 8 particles, and 11 unclassified reactions most of which are either obviously normal or "far fetched" but not strictly incoherent.

Table—mahogany…….
Dark—green………..
Music—masonic……..10
Sickness—seasickness.10
Man—maternity……..10
Deep—well…………
Soft—silk…………
Eating—cleanliness…19
Mountain—Gibraltar…17
House—bungalow…….
Black—light……….
Mutton—lamb……….
Comfort—linen……..17
Hand—left…………17
Short—shorthand……10
Fruit—pears……….
Butterfly—canary…..17
Smooth—linen………17
Command—pilot……..17
Chair—round……….
Sweet—sugar……….
Whistle—mother…….19
Woman—twenty-one…..12
Cold—ice………….
Slow—music………..
Wish—girl…………
River—Hudson………
White—plaster……..17
Beautiful—nature…..
Window—St. Patrick's.17
Rough—blankets…….19
Citizen—twenty-one…12
Foot—six………….12
Spider—fly………..
Needle—tailor……..
Red—Herald………..19
Sleep—seven……….12
Anger—Angoria…….. 3
Carpet—green………
Girl—eighteen……..12
High—school……….11
Working—ten……….12
Sour—kraut………..
Earth—round……….
Trouble—son……….19
Soldier—navy………
Cabbage—curly……..19
Hard—stone………..
Eagle—almanac……..17
Stomach—stomjack….. 3
Stem—maple………..17
Lamp—New…..York….19
Dream—husband……..19
Yellow—cards………17
Bread—rye…………
Justice—liberty……
Boy—Joe…………..
Light—white……….
Health—death………10
Bible—holy………..
Memory—seven………12
Sheep—lamb………..
Bath—cleanliness…..
Cottage—gray………17
Swift—ball………..
Blue—balloon………10
Hungry—yes………..12
Priest—doctor……..
Ocean—Niagara……..17
Head—rest…………
Stove—stationary…..10
Long—poems………..19
Religion—Catholic….
Whiskey—Hunter…….
Child—Jesus……….17
Bitter—gall……….
Hammer—steel………
Thirsty—water……..
City—New York……..
Square—Union………
Butter—sweet………
Doctor—S………….17
Loud—discreet……..19
Thief—night……….
Lion—Bostock……… 2
Joy—Joy Line………10
Bed—Ostermoor……..17
Heavy—iron………..
Tobacco—Durham…….
Baby—Rose…………17
Moon—half…………
Scissors—steel…….
Quiet—nursing……..19
Green—grass……….
Salt—rock…………
Street—Liberty…….17
King—Alphonso……..
Cheese—Swiss………
Blossom—apple……..
Afraid—dark……….

CASE No. 6511.—U.B. Maniacal attack. Persistent use of particles oh, me, I, none, etc.

Table—none……….. 6
Dark—red………….
Music—stock……….19
Sickness—rose……..19
Man—Frank…………17
Deep—blue…………
Soft—pillow……….
Eating—no…………12
Mountain—oyster……11
House—mercy……….19
Black—mother………19
Mutton—me………… 6
Comfort—home………
Hand—mother……….15
Short—me…………. 6
Fruit—me…………. 5
Butterfly—it………12
Smooth—oh…………12
Command—none……… 6
Chair—none……….. 5
Sweet—for…………12
Whistle—bird………
Woman—I………….. 6
Cold—I…………… 5
Slow—me…………..
Wish—none………… 2
River—are…………12
White—wife………..10
Beautiful—Alma…….17
Window—Stephen…….19
Rough—Rudolphia……10
Citizen—father…….17
Foot—Anthon……….19
Spider—reverend……19
Needle—pine……….17