Consciousness

{konfshus - nes) [consents, knowing]. The state of being aware of one’s own existence, of one’s own mental states, and of the impre ions made upon one’s senses; ability to take cognizance of sensations. C, Double, that morbid condition in which there are two separate and alternating states of mental consciousne , in either one of which the events that have occurred in the other state are not remembered by the patient. 205