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The hypothesis is advanced that the habit, commonly observed in schizophrenics, of placing things into the mouth, is 'not due to any visual agnosia, but is an expression of a certain level of development at which complex apperceptions elaborating visual stimuli are not yet possible'. The same holds true for coprophagic impulses. The psychoanalyst certainly will agree with this general statement.