Difficulty of demarcation in borderline cases between epilepsy, hysteria, and mental deficiency--Somnambulism an hysterical manifestation--A case of spontaneous somnambulism, with some characters of protracted hysterical delirium--Other cases quoted--Charcot's classification of somnambulism--Naef's and Azam's cases of periodic amnesia--Proust's and Boileau's wandering-impulse cases--William James' case of Rev. Ansel Bourne--Other examples showing changes in consciousness--Hypnagogic hallucinations--Neurasthenic mental deficiency, Bleuler's case--Summing up of Miss Elsie K.'s case--Need of further scientific investigation in the field of psychological peculiarities.
CASE OF SOMNAMBULISM IN A PERSON WITH NEUROPATHIC INHERITANCE (SPIRITUALISTIC MEDIUM) 16
History of case--Accidental discovery of her mediumistic powers--Her somnambulic attacks, "_attitudes passionelles_," catalepsy, tachypnoea, trance speeches, etc.--Ecstasies--Her conviction of the reality of her visions--Her dreams, hypnagogic and hypnopompic visions--The elevation of her somnambulic character--Mental thought transference--S. W.'s double life--Psychographic communications--Description of séances--The Prophetess of Prevorst--Automatic writing--The two grandfathers--Appearance of other somnambulic personalities.
