My fellow physicians have shown me where, in the writings of the ancients, such cases are described—young girls who are fervent, studious, given to fantasies, and prone to starving themselves if forced into any course that does not suit. They are virgins, and there lies their disease—if their single state is prolonged, they will see ghosts, and attempt to hang and drown themselves.’ ‘Oh, I should say we are clear from that.’
