But he has
brought me no real joy, though I see other men look at him almost
with affection. But he has brought added happiness to his
mother."
The next case is interesting as showing the mental and emotional
development in a very radical case of sexual inversion.
HISTORY XX.--Englishman, of independent means, aged 49. His
father and his father's family were robust, healthy, and
prolific. On his mother's side, phthisis, insanity, and
eccentricity are traceable. He belongs to a large family, some of
whom died in early childhood and at birth, while others are
normal. He himself was a weakly and highly nervous child, subject
to night-terrors and somnambulism, excessive shyness and
religious disquietude.
Sexual consciousness awoke before the age of 8, when his
attention was directed to his own penis. His nurse, while out
walking with him one day, told him that when little boys grow'
up their penes fall off. The nursery-maid sniggered, and he felt
that there must be something peculiar about the penis. He
suffered from; irritability of the prepuce, and the nurse
powdered it before he went to sleep.
Pages:
303
304
305
306
307
308
309
310
311
312
313
314
315
316
317
318
319
320
321
322
323
324
325
326
327