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tremes, and it is my opinion that he falls in between these two
extremes.
"Q. Does he have a split personality?
"A. No.
"Q. Just what is it that makes you place him in that category?
"A. He does not have the clear, well-defined, systematized
delusions of the paranoiac type; neither does he have the disassociation,
the personal hallucinations or delusions, the disordered
delusions that go with the dementia praecox, paranoid type, and
the other extreme, but he does have a rather diffuse paranoid reaction
which falls somewhere between those two fields, and that
is the reason I would not classify him as a dementia praecox
patient, or a case of true paranoia.
"Q. What is his qualification, or what is his I.Q.?
"A. Very high . . . There has been no impairment of the
intelligence over the years. That again is a characteristic of the
disorder we are describing. Paranoids are very apt to develop,
whereas the schizophrenia is more likely to occur in individuals
with low I.Q."
Dr. King's statement that "There has been no impairment of
the intelligence over the years" might seem to conflict with Dr.
Muncie's previous statement a few moments earlier that "there has
been for a number of years a deterioration of the mental processes."
The attorneys did not notice the discrepancy.
Dr. Winfred Overholser's testimony:
". . . He has a very high degree of intelligence . . . he speaks
in bunches of ideas.
"Q. Would you state by referring to them what the records
show as to his present state of mental health?
"A. It is a rather bulky record, as you see.
"Q. Can you summarize it?
"A. Essentially it is that there has been very little change in
his condition since he came in [to St. Elizabeths Hospital]. A
summary of the case from the time he came in is pretty much in
line with what I said this morning, and the whole staff has seen
him. There has been some discussion about him which has not