e love of flagellation temporarily died out, however, and
gave place to masturbation and later to a normal attraction to
women. But at the age of 32 the old ideas were aroused anew by a
story his mistress told him. He suffered from various obsessions
and finally committed suicide. (Marandon de Montyel, "Obsessions
et Vie Sexuelle," _Archives de Neurologie_, Oct., 1904.)

In a case that has been reported to me, somewhat similar ideas
played a part. The subject is a tall, well-developed man, aged
28, delicate in childhood, but now normal in health and physical
condition, though not fond of athletics. His mental ability is
much above the average, especially in scientific directions; he
was brought up in narrow and strict religious views, but at an
early age developed agnostic views of his own.

From the age of 6, and perhaps earlier, he practised masturbation
almost every night. This was a habit which he carried on in all
innocence. It was as invariable a preliminary, he states, to
going to sleep as was lying down, and at this period he would
have felt no hesitation in telling all about it had the question
been asked. At the age of 12 or 13 he recognized the habit as
abnormal, and fear of ridicule then caused him to keep silence
and to avoid observation. In carrying it out he would lie on his
stomach with the penis directed downward, and not up, and the
thumb resting on the region above the root of the penis. There
was desire for micturition after the act, and when that was
satisfied sound sleep followed. When he realized that the habit
was abnormal he began to make efforts to discontinue it, and
these efforts have been continued up to the present. The chief
obstacle has been the difficulty of sleep without carrying out
the practice. Emissions first began to occur at the age of 13 and
at first caused some alarm. During the six following years
indulgence was irregular, sometimes occurring every other night
and sometimes with a week's intermission. Then at the age of 19
the habit was broken for a year, during which nocturnal emissions
took place during sleep about every three weeks. Since this,
shorter periods of non-indulgence have occurred, these periods
always coinciding with unusual mental or physical strain, as of
examinations. He has some degree of attraction for women; this i