developed, which were continued for a number of years.  He thereafter noticed an aversion to women.  At the solicitations of his family he finally married, without any very intelligent idea as to what, if anything, might be expected of him in the marital relation.  Absolute impotence—­indeed, repugnance for association with his wife—­was the lamentable sequence.  A divorce was in contemplation when, fortunately for all parties concerned, the wife suddenly died.  Being a man of more than ordinary intelligence, this individual, prior to seeking my aid, had sought vainly for some remedy for his unfortunate condition.  He stated that he believed there was an element of heredity in his case, his father having been a dipsomaniac and one brother having died insane.  He nevertheless stated it to be his opinion that, notwithstanding the hereditary taint, he would have been perfectly normal from a sexual standpoint had it not been for acquired impressions at or about the period of puberty.  This man presented a typically neurotic type of physique, complained of being intensely nervous, was prematurely gray, of only fair stature, and had an uncontrollable nystagmus, which, he said, had existed for some fifteen years.  As might be expected, treatment in this case was of no avail.  I began the use of hypnotic suggestion at the hands of an expert professional hypnotist.  The patient, being called out of the State, finally gave up treatment, and I have no means of knowing what his present condition is.

CASE II.—­A lady patient of mine who happened to be an actress, and consequently a woman of the world, brought to me for an opinion some correspondence which had passed between her younger brother and a man living in another State, with whom he was on quite intimate terms.  In one of these letters various flying trips to Chicago for the purpose of meeting the lad, who, by the way, was only 17 years of age, were alluded to.  It transpired also, as evidenced by the letters, that on several occasions the young lad had been taken on trips in Pullman cars by his friend, who was a prominent railroad official.  The character of the correspondence was such as the average healthy man would address to a woman with whom he was enamored.  It seemed that the author of the correspondence had applied to his boy affinity the name Cinderella, and the protestations of passionate affection that were made toward Cinderella certainly would have satisfied the most exacting woman.  The young lad subsequently made a confession to me, and I put myself in correspondence with his male friend, with the result that he called upon me and I obtained a full history of the case.  The method of indulgence in this case was the usual one of oral masturbation, in which the lad was the passive party.  I was unable to obtain any definite data regarding the family history of the elder individual in this case, but understand that there was a taint of insanity in his family.