Show CONSTANT BATHS HIS MANIA wealth wealthy y plainfield youth spends most of time washing A mans curious mania anania for constant washing la Is g physicians at plainfield N J the patient who Is suffering from the delu delusion slon that anything he t polls his hands la Is the son of wealthy parents ile he spends most of his timelier time over the wash basin cleansing his face and hands lie he Is being treated treat edby bT dr harry V lubbard who in speaking of the case inid that he fie had every reason to believe that lie he would bo be able to effect a cure this Is the third case of the kind that has hai come to ny iny attention dr hubbard said but ut it Is by far the most aggravated my aly patient labors under the hallucination that every object he touches wils soils tint that part of the body with which it comes in contact and lie he at once rushes to the wash basin or bath tub as tile the case may be not long ago ills family sent for me and explained their sons mania the they told me that he had been in the bathroom 13 hours that day without leaving the room and they had reason to belleve that if he be had taken one bath within that time lie h e had bathed go 30 times of course this would weaken the strongest constitution on earth to give you yen an ail idea how low deeply lee ply rooted this mania Is it at usually takes this young man from two to five hours to dress each morning lie he arises and at once plunges into his bath this complete he be sets aboud about mahig his fils morning toilet after picking up one place piece of underwear and putting it on lie ho at once washes his hii hands the other garment Is slipped on oil and again he washes his hands bands to get on lits his shoes and stockings lic he has to wash his hands four times and so bo on until the toilet Is complete ile he never touches an object that he does not hands immediately thereafter at times we find him deeply dis stressed glossed after ills his bath more afore often than not he con complains plains that the towels he used were not clean and he will i set another bath and plunge in and out until he Is completely exhausted |