On September 25th she cut her left wrist and right hand; in three weeks she became again "discouraged" because she was refused opium, and again cut her arms below the elbows, cleanly severing the skin and fascia, and completely hacking the muscles in every direction.

Six weeks later she repeated the latter feat over the seat of the recently healed cicatrices.

The right arm healed, but the left showed erysipelatous inflammation, culminating in edema, which affected the glottis to such an extent that tracheotomy was performed to save her life.

Five weeks after convalescence, during which her conduct was exemplary, she again cut her arms in the same place.

In the following April, for the merest trifle, she again repeated the mutilation, but this time leaving pieces of glass in the wounds.