3. On October 25, 1891, I dreamed the following dream: "An unknown young man, who up to this time was Regierungs-rath (a title given in appreciation of their services by the Government to their officials), is suddenly, without any reason, elected Director of the Burghoelzli Lunatic Asylum, without my knowledge, but he has not been made Professor of Psychiatry. In reality, I have been the Director of the Asylum since 1879. I see this young man; they tell me about it in the asylum. The absolute impossibility of this fact does not strike me at all, and its consequences only appeal to me by degrees. The thought that I remain here in spite of the fact that the new Director is living next door to me does not appear to me to be inconceivable. It only gradually occurs to me that perhaps I ought to retire, and this idea is then discussed. All at once it dawns upon me that somewhere it says that the Director shall at the same time be Professor. However, I argue to myself that the Regieningsrath can repeal a regulation which he has previously made at any time by a later resolution. The matter is really controlled by statute, and cannot be altered by regulations, and in the waking condition I am fully aware of this. So there is no help. Then I triumph, after all. The matter is dealt with by statute, and I become suddenly aware of it. Thereupon I consult a lawyer, and prosecute the Regierungsrath for breaking the law!"

This dream is interesting on account of the kind of dissociation. The logic of the last reasoning, which in itself is correct, is exactly the logic of a general paralytic, who reasons correctly on one point, but overlooks the main consideration - that is, the absurdity, the impossibility, of the whole situation. The intrinsic effect of the thought is enormous. I did not harbor the thought for a moment that it could have been a dream. The meanness and injustice of the behavior toward me roused my indignation, and I yearned for satisfaction. "The Board Meeting is to take place on the following day (in my dream). It suddenly occurs to me that the new Director, and not I, will take part in it, and I feel humiliation at this intensely. I see the Regierungsrath coolly passing by without taking any notice of me, but I do not for a moment think of the absurdity of having been dismissed without any proper notice having been given me, or of the further absurdity that this new Director is already in the asylum without my having learned anything about it, or of the ridiculous idea that I could be dismissed from the post of Director, and not from the asylum. I even think, quite innocently, that I shall have to obey the regulations of this new young Director, like an assistant; but it only gradually dawns upon me that I have absolutely nothing to do save to pack up and go; that the Regierungsrath obviously wishes to get rid of me; and that the most that I can do is to prosecute him later for my own satisfaction."

At this point I awoke, and the whole absurdity became clear to me at once.

The analogy between the kind of dissociated thought in the dream and that of general paralysis of the insane is really striking.

4. Old Recollections

One dreams not infrequently of quite old perceptions. I still dream of my grandparents, who have been dead for more than thirty years. Their voices and their appearance are a little dim, but are still quite natural.

5. The Influence Of Dreams On The Waking Condition

I dreamed "I was engaged to Miss X. During the marriage ceremony I suddenly remember my children, and then the fact that I am already married makes itself felt, and creates a tormenting consternation. I feel that I am guilty of bigamy. Great fear and excitement. I awake." During the whole of the following day I felt depressed, which mood could only be due to this idiotic dream.

6.Mrs. X. dreams that her brother is dead. She is quite inconsolable. She feels very depressed in her mind during the whole day, and has an indistinct feeling as if something sad had taken place. Every time she thinks of this she again remembers the cause, the dream. 1

7. Falsification Of Memory

Mrs. Z. sets her alarm each night for a certain hour, so that she may give her baby the chamber. She hears the alarm go off in her sleep, and dreams "you have sat the child on the chamber," so turns round and continues to sleep. Next morning the baby is wet. Mrs. Z. then remembers her dream reasoning, and recalls that it was false.

1 Miss St. dreamed that her father was dead, and had been buried. She was sad during the whole morning, but only in the afternoon did she remember her dream. She became uneasy. She felt homesick, although she had never before felt like it. Added to this, her head began to ache. The patient, after receiving a suggestion that she should be amnesic and in good spirits, declared that she was happy, and that she had been sad and anxious during the afternoon on account of a dream, which she had, however, completely forgotten. The second suggestion produced complete amnesia (O. Vogt).

8. Actions As The Result Of Dreams

A mother dreams that her little child, who has just learned to walk, might fall. She stretches out with both hands to save it, and, waking up, finds that she is holding the bedclothes clutched tightly in her hands. Another time she seizes hold of her husband's hand during a similar dream.

9. Allegorizing Of Impressions

An open window, moved by the wind, rattles backwards and forwards. A person sleeping near it dreams that a laundress is vigorously beating the washing. Another dreamer, who is suffering from the toothache (an abscess), dreams incessantly that his teeth are falling out of their sockets, and that he is spitting them out