alternating personality

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"Possession" is of course a fable; the superabundant world-wide, world-old evidence for the phenomenon was thrust aside without a glance, till hypnotic experiments brought to light what is called "alternating personality."

From The Faith of the Millions (2nd series) by Tyrrell, George

And from here we come to the exceptional cases of alternating personality.

From Psychotherapy by Münsterberg, Hugo

This dislocation of memory is a variety of aphasia known as amnesia, and when the memory is recurrently lost and restored, we have alternating personality.

From The Ear in the Wall by Reeve, Arthur B. (Arthur Benjamin)

A rare example of this alternating personality brought about by hypnotism is afforded by the French subject, Mme.

From Telepathy and the Subliminal Self by Mason, R. Osgood

He had been profoundly instructed by Tolman's account of a case of alternating personality which he had studied with so much care.

From The Tyranny of the Dark by Garland, Hamlin