Oneselves : multiple personalities, 1811-1981 / by Louis Baldwin.

Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland, [1984], ©1984.

xi, 163 pages ; 23 cm

Mary Reynolds (1811), The manic can escape from the depressive -- Ansel Bourne (1887), "Mr. Bourne's skull today still covers two distinct personal selves." -- Alma (1893), If a pathological condition brings contentment, should a therapist interfere with it? -- Joseph Hoover (1894), Solid respectability cannot guarantee a solid personality -- Peter Scott (1894), His dissociation, whatever its cause, was triggered by escaping gas -- Helene Smith (1899), Even a successful businesswoman needs romance in her life -- Charles Warren (1901), From the time of the railroad accident, his blackout lasted 17 years -- George Robertson (1901), The three personalities were quite different, yet all answered to the same name, and all were inveterate travelers -- John Kinsel (1903), Here was a man who could reply to his doctor's greeting, "How are you this morning?" with "I'm asleep; I've been asleep since eight o'clock." -- Victor Laval (1904), Four of his six personalities suffered from paralysis, but of different parts of his body -- Thomas Hanna (1905), He could hardly have been a more "normal" type of person; but he fell and struck his head - and returned to infancy -- Mary Vaughn (1905), Hers was a rare case of certified insanity -- Christine Beauchamp (1905), In this famous case, Sally made life miserable for Mary until Christine came along -- Irene (1907), She nursed her mother through a long terminal illness and then escaped into another personality -- Doris Fischer (1915), It's not easy for a quiet, diffident type to live in the same body with an incorrigible mischief-maker -- Patience Worth (1919), In one personality, she was an ordinary housewife with no particular literary talent; in the other, a literary genius -- Alice (1919), If Alice had been Spanish, there might never have been any need for Bonita. But Alice wasn't Spanish -- Violet (1922), She was an intelligent, charming, apparently normal woman, but under the spell of automatic writing she became a whole cast of colorful characters -- Mabel (1931), The principal alternate personality was named Miss Dignity, with more than a touch of irony -- John Charles Poultney (1933), What finally healed him, curiously enough, was the sudden memory of a pet monkey -- Harriet (1933), Movies were an important part of her life, including home movies of her various personalities -- Eve White/Chris Costner (1954), In this celebrated case, the touch of a face proved disastrous -- Gloria (1972), "Give me a minute," she heard her father tell his girlfriend, "to get rid of the brat." -- Carmen Garcia (1973), Charlie was the boy she wanted to be -- Sybil Dorsett (1973), We often use the phrase, "a shattering experience," but for Sybil it was no metaphor -- Jonah (1974), At long last, thorough clinical testing was introduced -- Henry Hawksworth (1977), Can a cold shower be disintegrating? -- William Milligan (1981), Can the punishment fit the crime?.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 157-160) and index.