Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 216, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 September 1913 — Othello’s Brain-Storm. [ARTICLE]

Othello’s Brain-Storm.

Was Othello mad as well as Hamlet? The Question has been under discussion In the Supreme Court at Melbourne. Said Chief Justice Sir. John Madden: “Then from your point of view Othello was not responsible for his actions when he killed Desdemona?*’ The witness (Dr. Jonas, Jta-spector-Oeneral of Asylums for the Insane) replied : x “From such evidence as the text of the play affords, I should say Othello was suffering ZAm that species of mental disorder tanned paranoia. He became obsessed by delusions and thought them realities.”—London Chronicle.