As I wrote you, Jake found proof of the existence of an archetype as he treated a patient in the remote Andean town. That person, a married man in his fifties, had come from the capital city, having heard of my future husband's medical excellence. He complained of so many vague symptoms --while looking quite healthy-- that Jake realized that he had a psychosomatic problem in his hands. He asked,

"How did your disease begin?"
"With a paralysis of the right side of my face."
"You mean, you couldn't move the right side of the face?"
"I could, but I did not feel it."
"Then it was not a paralysis, but a lack of sensibility."
"Yes, I did not feel the right side of my face."
"The whole half, or just part of it."
"The whole face."
"In that case, listen to me carefully. You appear to be an intelligent and educated person, so that I can openly to you. Some time ago, on account of her age, your wife ceased responding to your sexual solicitations. As a result, your interest shifted to a young woman, with whom you are entangled. Being a good Catholic, you are suffering twinges of conscience. Your religious upbringing is urging you to give up your paramour, yet your desire for her is overwhelming. Your symptoms are the manifestation of the unresolved moral conflict. Solve it, and your symptoms will vanish."
Now the patient said,

"I had heard that you are some sort of sorcerer, but I did not expect such a feat of soul reading. How on earth could you know all that?!"
"Quite simply. It is an anatomical impossibility to suffer from an anesthesia of a whole side of the face; therefore, your symptom had to have a psychologic origin. As you know, in Spanish the wife is colloquially called 'cara mitad,' meaning 'dear half.' 'Cara' stands for 'dear,' but it also signifies 'face' --so that 'dear half' can be construed as 'face half,' that is, 'half face.'"
Jake continued:
"Since your disease, as you said, started with an insensibility of your 'dear half,' I inferred that 'insensibility' actually meant 'frigidity' --lack of sexual response or interest. Considering that your initial symptom suggested that your wife's frigidity was the source of your present illness, I assumed that you reacted in a way that created an emotional conflict. That's why I surmised that, on the one hand, you found yourself a lover and, on the other hand, your moral principles are severely strained."

The patient had been listening intently, and after some reflection he said:

"Well, your explanation sounds extremely logical, except for one thing that doesn't quite fit...You see, I was not aware that the wife is folksily called 'cara mitad.'"

It was now Jake's turn to be surprised. The patient was very thankful to Jake and left. Jake remained seated, wondering. A few minutes later he snapped his fingers and exclaimed, "Archetype!" as if he had shouted, "Eureka!" Because it became clear to him that the patient's symbolic symptom was a somatization resulting --not from the patient's Personal Unconscious-- but from his Collective Unconscious!
It had become evident that the colloquial 'cara mitad' --'dear half'-- meant that there was some truth in the myth of woman having issued from man! Except that Jake couldn't figure how that happened--until some time ago.