_Under Observation:_ On admission the patient appeared sober, impassive, moved very little, was markedly cataleptic, though not resistive. On the other hand, her eyes were wide open and she looked about freely, following the movements of those around her not unnaturally. When questioned, she looked at the questioner rather intently, and was apt to breathe a little more rapidly, and made some ineffectual lip motions but no reply. To simple commands she made slow and inadequate responses. She flinched when pricked with a pin, but made no attempt at protecting herself. She had to be spoon-fed. The catalepsy persisted only for two days. After this she continued to show a marked reduction of activity, moved very little, said nothing spontaneously, had at first to be spoon-fed (later ate naturally enough). But she never soiled herself and went to the closet of her own accord. Emotionally she seemed dormant for the most part, though for the first few days she appeared somewhat puzzled, and one night when a patient screamed she seemed afraid and did not sleep, whereas other nights she slept well. She answered only after repeated questions and in a low tone. Very often, though her attention was attracted easily enough, her answers were remarkably shallow and also showed a striking off-hand profession of incapacity or lack of knowledge. This was often without any admission of depression or concern about her incapacity. She would usually say “What?” or “Hm?” or repeat the question, but most often would say, “I don’t know,” this even to very simple questions. For instance, when asked, “What is your name?” she answered, “My name? I don’t know myself” (but she did give her husband’s name), or when asked to write her name, she said, “I don’t know how to write,” or “Call Annie, she will write my name.” When requested to read or write (even when asked for single letters), she would make such statements as “I can’t read.” However, she finally named some objects in pictures. This condition was characteristic of her for two weeks.