Lcteristics resemble those of the Peggys.
sell (1928): listless to the point of
pale and timid with ash-blonde hair， an
a straight nose.
idate undetermined): a baby; one of the
ed selves.
late undetermined): intensely religious;
of the wakhag Sybil.
1929): intensely afraid but determined
~llment; she has light brown hair， hazel
~t nose， and thin lips.
:t (1928): serene， vivacious， and quick
ase; a small， willowy brunette with fair
lg nose.
~6): nameless; a perpetual teenager; has
hair and a luting voice.
(1965): the seventeenth self; an amal-
~her sixteen selves.
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Preface:
Sybil
This book goes to press over ten years after I first
met the woman to whom I have given the pseudonym
Sybil Isabel Dorsett. Sybil wants to maintain anonymity，
and when you read her true story， you will understand
why， But Sybil Isabel Dorsett is a real person.
Our first meeting took place on an autumn evening
in 1962 at-a restaurant on New York City s Madison
Avenue. Dr. Cornelia B. Wilbur， Sybil s psychoanalyst，
/lad arranged the meeting so that I could becgme ac-
inted with Sybil.
ybil seemed constrained and remote. I knew that
this was because of her illness. Dr. Wilbur and she had
embarked on one of the most complex and most bizarre
cases in the history of psychiatry--the first psycho-
analysis of a multiple personality.
I had known about the case for some years. Dr. Wil-
bur s and my paths had often crossed through my work
as psychiatry editor of Science Digest and as the author
of articles about psychiatric subjects. A few of these
articles， in fact， had been about her cases.
The meeting was arranged for a specific purpose:
Dr. Wilbur wondered whether I would be interested in
writing about Sybil. It was not sufficient， the doctor be-
lieved， to present this history-making case in a medical
journal， because in addition to great medical signifi-
cance， the case had broad psychological \"and philo-
sophical implications for the general public.
Iwanted to wait for the outcome of the case priorto
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