“A short time afterward I was in Brussels and I paid my first visit to a brothel, a place close to the Cathedral.  I picked a girl of about 18 from eight naked beauties paraded for my choice.  She was avaricious and demanded 10 francs, I had paid 20 for my room and had only 2 left.  I wanted her to play with me, but she only seized the penis and pulled me to her with such vigorous action that I discharged very rapidly.  I was so disgusted with the result that I masturbated when I returned to my boarding house.

“A year later I paid Portugal a visit and my friends there frequently brought me to brothels and also introduced me to ladies of easy virtue.  I had connection with them; the Portuguese prostitutes never suggested anything unnatural and in no instance did a male approach me for sexual purposes.

“When I became a medical student, I used to visit a Turkish bath frequently; on one occasion I playfully slapped a friend on the buttocks, when my father, who was present, told me not to do so as it was not proper conduct in public, that if I liked to do so to him or one or two others it was no harm in private.  Until I was 21, in the bath my father always covered his penis from my view, but after I attained my majority he always exposed himself and repeatedly showed me pictures of naked women; he also taught me the use of the condom.

“In my twenty-fourth year, a tall, handsome man who used to frequent the baths one day sat down beside me and playfully knocked my toes with his; he then pressed his naked thigh against mine and a little later in the cooling room slipped his hand under my sheet and grasped my penis; he then asked me to meet him a few days later in the baths, saying I would be pleased with what he would do.

“I kept the appointment and he took me into the hottest room, where we lay on the floor; in a few minutes he turned on his side and threw one of his legs across me; I got frightened and jumped up; he had a powerful erection, but I refused to lie down again, although he pulled his foreskin back to excite my desires; I was afraid of being surprised by another bather.  Twice on future occasions I met this man and he made advances.  I believe that I would have yielded then if we had met at a private house.

“Shortly afterward I met an elderly gentleman at the baths who also made advances to me, but from fear I resisted him.  I also disliked him as he had a foul breath and bad teeth; besides I was now able to go to the Continent and enjoy female charms to my heart’s desire.

“After qualification I joined the army in South Africa and to my astonishment found many of my comrades fond of male society; one officer who had been wounded shared my bedroom at a military hospital and when undressing frequently