[257]. Ireland (Journal of Mental Science, July 1894) has published some observations which tend to favour the idea of this slow retrogression in dementia. He gives the case of a patient, sinking into dementia, who not only retained her musical ability, but could even pick up new tunes; and mentions cases where the patient, seated before a piano, could play old melodies though incapable of anything else. A girl, aged fourteen, became demented through brain fever and had ceased to speak, save a few words, but was still fond of music and would play fragments of tunes.[tunes.] Two lady patients, though incoherent in speech, played with great accuracy on the piano—one by ear only, the other from musical notes, although she was quite unable to read a book, etc. (Perhaps in this last case there was “word-blindness” applying to words only.)
[258]. Die Welt als Wille und Vorstellung, Part III., chap. xix.
[259]. Ethica, iii. prop. 9, schol.
Transcriber’s Note
The Index topics beginning with 'Su' preceded those 'St'. They have been moved to their proper position to avoid unnecessary confusion.
Errors deemed most likely to be the printer’s have been corrected, and are noted here. The references are to the page and line in the original.
| [20.14] | [“]it is a violent and sustained desire | Added. |
| [49.13] | sometimes in the other.[’/”] | Replaced. |
| [106.7] | The resea[r]ches of Boudet de Paris | Inserted. |
| [117.36] | (accord[ing] to Claude Bernard) | Added. |
| [147.32] | [“]general lassitude, of a diffused kind | Added. |
| [167.3] | revival of affective impressions[.] | Added. |
| [170.n2.7] | Emile Zola: Enquête M[e/é]dico-psychologique | Replaced. |
| [196.26] | consequent in | Removed. |
| [236.2] | organs assuag[e]ing assuaging pain | Removed. |
| [278.3] | question of the point of view[.] | Added. |
| [336.23] | exercised on this point[.] | Added. |
| [384.n2.1] | Foullée | Inserted. |
| [434.n1.9] | play fragments of tunes[.] | Added. |