It was only too evident that he had lost all notion of things as far as the ordinary acts of life were concerned; but in regard to subjects demanding the exercise of his genius, his sanity was unimpaired and unassailable--a fact which demonstrates how true is the _dictum_ that genius and madness are often closely allied! Otherwise his condition manifested itself by complete loss of memory;--the impossibility of concentrating his attention upon anything, lack of judgment, delirium and incoherence.

He no longer even possessed the natural animal instinct of self-preservation, and had to be watched like an infant whom one never permits out of one's sight.

Therefore a warder was detailed to keep close watch over him by day and by night in Pavilion No.

17, at the end of Healthful House Park, which had been specially set apart for him.
Ordinary insanity, when it is not incurable, can only be cured by moral means.

Medicine and therapeutics are powerless, and their inefficacy has long been recognized by specialists.