A Study of Association in Insanity

by Grace Helen Kent; A. J. Rosanoff

Red—brother……….19
Sleep—Adam………..19
Anger—I………….. 6
Carpet—home……….
Girl—Agatha……….17
High—niece………..13
Working—I………… 6
Sour—I…………… 5
Earth—I………….. 5
Trouble—I………… 5
Soldier—father…….15
Cabbage—hail………19
Hard—me…………..12
Eagle—I………….. 6
Stomach—I………… 5
Stem—life…………
Lamp—Lambert………10
Dream—I………….. 6
Yellow—I…………. 5
Bread—I………….. 5
Justice—I………… 5
Boy—just………….13
Light—picture……..19
Health—cook……….19
Bible—beads……….17
Memory—Dick……….19
Sheep—to………….12
Bath—none…………
Cottage—home………
Swift—lazy………..
Blue—Nell…………19
Hungry—I………….
Priest—I…………. 5
Ocean—I………….. 5
Head—home………… 6
Stove—home………..
Long—short………..
Religion—none……..
Whiskey—none………
Child—Sylvester……17
Bitter—I…………. 6
Hammer—my…………12
Thirsty—no……….. 6
City—no………….. 5
Square—Ben………..19
Butter—I…………. 6
Doctor—I…………. 5
Loud—bell…………
Thief—iron………..19
Lion—I…………… 6
Joy—I……………. 5
Bed—I……………. 5
Heavy—I………….. 5
Tobacco—I………… 5
Baby—I…………… 5
Moon—will…………12
Scissors—beads…….15
Quiet—nerves………19
Green—I………….. 6
Salt—I…………… 5
Street—Peter………17
King—I…………… 6
Cheese—I…………. 5
Blossom—I………… 5
Afraid—no…………

CASE No. 4427.—A.R. Maniacal attack. Unusual number of doubtful reactions; 46 individual reactions of which 9 are classed as normal; 29 are unclassified, some seemingly incoherent.

Table—Chicago……..19
Dark—Montreal……..18
Music—Mississippi….18
Sickness—flowers…..19
Man—ocean…………19
Deep—medicines…….19
Soft—accidental……19
Eating—vaccination…19
Mountain—evergreens..17
House—caves……….19
Black—station……..19
Mutton—operations….19
Comfort—money……..
Hand—bandages……..10
Short—soldiers…….19
Fruit—dictionary…..19
Butterfly—storehouse.19
Smooth—vegetables….18
Command—Bible……..
Chair—histories……14
Sweet—farewells……19
Whistle—ammunition…19
Woman—foreign……..19
Cold—armory……….19
Slow—St. Petersburg..19
Wish—wealth……….
River—revenue……..10
White—purity………
Beautiful—colonial…19
Window—shutters……
Rough—planes……… 2
Citizen—naturalization
Foot—carriage……..19
Spider—remedies……19
Needle—canoe………19
Red—refreshments…..10
Sleep—restfulness…. 2
Anger—usefulness….. 9
Carpet—coach………19
Girl—finery……….19
High—fortifications..19
Working—materials….19
Sour—pickles………
Earth—gravitation…. 2
Trouble—graphophone..19
Soldier—guns………
Cabbage—children…..19
Hard—inheritance…..19
Eagle—feathers…….
Stomach—envelope…..19
Stem—roots………..
Lamp—oil………….
Dream—fairies……..17
Yellow—lemons…….. 2
Bread—jams………..17
Justice—repentance…17
Boy—clothes……….
Light—lanterns…….17
Health—joys………. 2
Bible—heaven………
Memory—head……….
Sheep—pastures…….
Bath—cleanliness…..
Cottage—home………
Swift—rapids……… 2
Blue—truth………..
Hungry—appetite……
Priest—saintliness…17
Ocean—ships……….
Head—intelligence….
Stove—woods………. 2
Long—trains………. 2
Religion—godliness… 2
Whiskey—drunkenness..
Child—joyfulness….. 2
Bitter—olives……..
Hammer—nuts……….
Thirsty—water……..
City—shopping……..
Square—monuments….. 2
Butter—crackers……17
Doctor—medicines…..
Loud—music………..
Thief—detectives….. 2
Lion—cages……….. 2
Joy—home………….
Bed—restfulness…… 2
Heavy—expressage…..17
Tobacco—cigars…….
Baby—carriage……..
Moon—light………..
Scissors—goods…….
Quiet—peacefulness…
Green—vegetables…..
Salt—water………..
Street—stones……..
King—crown………..
Cheese—knife………
Blossom—plants……. 2
Afraid—enemies…….17

CASE No. 6457.—C.G. Depressive attack. 36 individual reactions of which 9 are classed as normal and 20 as unclassified; among the latter several seem to be incoherent

Table—fish………..17
Dark—boat…………
Music—water……….18
Sickness—tank……..18
Man—horse…………
Deep—ocean………..
Soft—egg………….
Eating—beans………17
Mountain—grass…….
House—roof………..
Black—bath………..10
Mutton—butcher…….
Comfort—cigar……..17
Hand—shoes………..19
Short—baseball…….19
Fruit—orange………
Butterfly—elephant…19
Smooth—glass………
Command—general……
Chair—kitchen……..17
Sweet—cake………..17
Whistle—bird………
Woman—door………..19
Cold—ice………….
Slow—cat………….19
Wish—bed………….19
River—trout……….17
White—paint……….
Beautiful—monkey…..19
Window—bars……….
Rough—rowdy……….
Citizen—policeman….
Foot—fine………… 9
Spider—insect……..
Needle—sewing……..
Red—man………….. 9
Sleep—pond………..19
Anger—hatred………
Carpet—tacks………
Girl—floor………..13
High—mountain……..
Working—dog……….19
Sour—milk…………
Earth—mud…………
Trouble—radiator…..19
Soldier—cannon…….
Cabbage—vegetable….
Hard—wood…………
Eagle—quick……….19
Stomach—flesh……..
Stem—pipe…………
Lamp—burn…………
Dream—thinking……. 1
Yellow—mice……….19
Bread—baker……….
Justice—equality…..
Boy—young…………
Light—green……….17
Health—art………..19
Bible—preacher…….
Memory—return……..19
Sheep—fold………..
Bath—water………..
Cottage—house……..
Swift—fleeting……. 2
Blue—dark…………
Hungry—thirst……..
Priest—elephant……15
Ocean—briny……….19
Head—hard…………
Stove—black……….
Long—grass………..
Religion—thinking…. 1
Whiskey—Kentucky…..
Child—carriage…….
Bitter—pickles…….
Hammer—nails………
Thirsty—wanting……
City—New York……..
Square—base……….17
Butter—cow………..
Doctor—carriage……
Loud—hall…………19
Thief—prison………
Lion—cage…………
Joy—automobile…….
Bed—iron………….
Heavy—lead………..
Tobacco—weed………
Baby—rocker……….
Moon—sky………….
Scissors—laundry…..19
Quiet—peaceful…….
Green—engine………19
Salt—grocer……….19
Street—Lincoln…….17
King—Spain………..
Cheese—baker………19
Blossom—flower…….
Afraid—going……… 2

INVOLUTIONAL MELANCHOLIA; ALCOHOLIC DEMENTIA; SENILE DEMENTIA.

There are so few cases of these psychoses in our series that we can say but little concerning their associational disorders.

In Table V. we show all the types of reactions given by each subject.

We have not observed in our cases of involutional melancholia any undue tendency to give individual reactions. The records are either perfectly normal or slightly abnormal in that they show an increase of the non-specific (common) reactions. In this respect they resemble strongly the records obtained from some cases of manic-depressive insanity. This similarity is of interest in connection with other evidence, recently brought to light, [1] showing that involutional melancholia is closely related to manic-depressive insanity, if not identical with it.

[Footnote 1: G. L. Dreyfus. Die Melancholic ein Zustandsbild des manisch-depressiven Irreseins. 1907.]