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Show CONSTANT BATHS HIS MANIA. Wealthy Plalnficld Youth Spends Most of His Time Washing. ', A man's curious mania for constant washing is puzzling physicians at Plalnflold, N. J. The patient, who is suffering from the delusion that anything any-thing ho touches soils his hands, Is the son of wealthy parents. Ho spendB most of his time over the wash basin, cleansing his fnco and hands. Ho Is being treated by Dr. Harry V. Hubbard, who, in speaking ot the case, said that ho had every reason to believe be-lieve that ho would be able to effect a cure. "This Is the third case of tho kind that has como to my attention," Dr. Hubbard said, "but It Is by far the most aggravated. My pntlcnt labors under the hallucination thnt every object ob-ject ho touches soils that part of tho body with which It comes in contact, nnd he at onco rushes to tho wash basin or bath tub, as tho case may bo. "Not long ugo his family sent for me and explained their son's mania. They told me that ho had been In tho bathroom bath-room in hours that day without leaving leav-ing tho room, nnd they had reason to , believe that if lie had taken one bath , within thnt time ho had bathed 30 1 times. Of course, this would weaken ! the strongest constitution on earth. 1 "To give you un Idea how deeply . rooted this mania Is, it usually takes ' this young man from two to live hours to dress each morning. Ho arises and nt once plunges Into his bath. This complete, he sets about maklg his morning toilet. After picking up ono piece of underwear and putting it on ho nt once washes his bunds. The other garment Is slipped on and again he washes his hands. To get on his shoes and stockings lie has to wash ' his hands four times, and so on until tho toilet is complete. Ho nover 'ouches nn object that he docs not cleanse his hands Immediately thereafter. there-after. "At times we llnd lilm deeply distressed dis-tressed after his bath. More often than not he complains that tho towels bo used were not clean, and he will set another bath and plunge In nnd out until he is completely exhuustud." |