User manual GAMES PC AMERICAN MCGEE S ALICE CASEBOOK

[. . . ] 4 November 1864 Received confirmation from the Superintendent that I will be given the opportunity to treat a very troubled and difficult patient. Her name is Alice, and her prognosis is not p r o m i s i n g . A f t e r l o o k i n g a t h e r f i l e , I 'm a s t o n i s h e d s h e h a s survived this long. She has been nearly comatose for a year. 11 November 1864 - s to M u t e o n a s t r e t c h e r , w i t h h e r h e a d c u r i o u s l y b a n d a g e d , A l i c e s e e m3 /1 cling precariously to life. [. . . ] A l i c e i s n 't stirring, so I listen to the blood-curdling shrieks, the haunting clank of shackles, the insane groaning, insufferable babble, and lunertic lunatic mutterings. After the initial convulsions, Alice's body again appears lifeless. I f i t w e r e n ' t f o r t h e s p e r a d i c s p o r a d i c u t t e r a n c e s i n h e r s l e e p , I d' h o l d t h e m i r r o r t o h e r m o u t h . I t s' i m p o s s i b l e t o c o m p r e h e n d w h a t she says. It sounds like "too glum" or "through him" or "boo-jum. " N o n s e n s e r e a l l y . O r s i m p l y some conjuring of this raving delirium?I yell the utterance into her ear and prick her shoulder with a needle - she gasps, but her speech does not become any clearer. m !Sitting in this cold room w But ho r e m i n d s m e o f t h e l a s t t r e a t m e n t h e r e . T h e s h r e d d e d p a d d i n g r e c a l l s to my mind the patient who believed rats spoke to him - they lived does sh e in the padding, he said. Indeed, he believed the spirits of his ancestors constr uct spoke to him through the rats. After the surgical drilling, he stopped such ?fantasies h a v i n g s u c h d e l u s i o n s a n d w a s r e m o v e d t o t h e D o r m i t o r y . B o o ju -11/4 /74 Alice remains quiet. 17 November 1873 She didn't stir for two weeks after the last treatment. Day after day, the orderlies force the medicine-laced broth and other necessary gruel into her. Perhaps, again, I was mistaken; perhaps nothing can save the girl. She signaled a return to semi-consciousness with yet another sketch. y suspicions are M 21 November 1873 erlies are th e hose oafish ord erintendent's T Sup Once again, the orderlies were up to their usual misbegotten p r a n k s . W e a r y o f p r y i n g o p e n A l i c e ' s m o u t h , t h e o r d e r l i e s s t a r t e d neph ews!" f e e d i n g " A l i c e 's t o y r a b b i t , s p o o n i n g p o r r i d g e o n t o t h e s t u f f e d t o y . -13/4/74 While engaged in this feeding, the orderlies learned an essential l e s s o n i n a s y l u m p r o t o c o l - n e v e r t u r n y o u r b a c k o n a p a t i e n t . From information I've gathered, Alice woke from her comatose state and attacked the orderlies. Quite venomous in her outburst, she pursued one of the twins with a spoon. Even in her condition, she was able to deliver quite a gash. [. . . ] " -2 4 /8 / 74 Those were her only words today. She wouldn't explain what this meant, though her face betrayed the violent anger that is usually associated with her tales of the Queen of Hearts. ' at I ve grown 13 August 1874 Everything I can think of, I have done. Treatments, remedies, disciplines and pleasures - nothing makes a difference. [. . . ]