CHAPTER IV

THE SENSES IN DREAMS

All Dreams probably contain both Presentative and Representative Elements--The Influence of Tactile Sensations on Dreams--Dreams excited by Auditory Stimuli--Dreams aroused by Odours and Tastes--The Influence of Visual Stimuli--Difficulty of distinguishing between Actual and Imagined Sensory Excitations--The Influence of Internal Visceral Stimuli on Dreaming--Erotic Dreams--Vesical Dreams--Cardiac Dreams and their Symbolism--Prodromic Dreams--Prophetic Dreams, 71