Then her condition changed a little. She spoke a little more freely but was similarly vague. The following interview of September 9, is characteristic: When asked how she was, she said, “Belle.” (Are you sick?) “No.” (Is your head all right?) “Yes.” (Is your memory all right?) “Yes.” (Do you know everything?) “Yes.” (Understand everything?) “Yes.” (Are you mixed up?) “No.” (Do you feel sick?) “No.” But when asked where she was, how long she had been here, what the name of the place was, what was the occupation of those about her, she said, “I don’t know.” (How did you come here?) “I couldn’t tell how I came up here.” (What are you here for?) “I am walking around and sitting on benches,” but finally, when again asked what she was here for, she said, “To get cured.” She now gave and wrote her name and address correctly when requested, also gave the names of her children. Yet when asked about the age of the girl, said, “I don’t know, my head is upside down.” When an attempt was made to make her repeat the name of the hospital, or the date, or the name of the examiner, she did so all right, but even if this was done repeatedly and she was asked a few minutes later, she would say “I couldn’t say,” or “I forget things,” or “I have a short memory,” or she would give it very imperfectly, as “Manhattan Island,” or “Rhode Island” for “Manhattan State Hospital, Ward’s Island.” (How is your memory?) “All right.” But when at this point the difficulty was pointed out, she cried. (Why?) “Because I forget so easily.” All this was while her general activity was much reduced, and she seemed to take very little interest in her surroundings. Then she improved somewhat, asked the husband some questions about home, and on one occasion cried much and clung to him and did not want to let him go without taking her. She also began to work quite well, but still said very little spontaneously. During this period when asked questions, she spoke freely enough, but seemed somewhat embarrassed. What was still quite marked were striking discrepancies in giving dates, and her utter inability to straighten them out when attention was called to them, as well as to her inability to supply such simple data as the ages of her children. Her capacity was later not gone into fully but it was certainly less defective on recovery than at this time. She was rather shallow in giving a retrospective account during this period. Even later, when she had developed a clear insight and made, in respect to her activity and behavior, a natural impression, she was not able to give much information about her psychosis, although she apparently tried to do so.