her by normal means.  In this state of affairs, knowing that ’apres coup’ she was still unsatisfied, he slipped into the practice of rubbing the clitoris with his fingers until the emission takes place.  To do this, they assume the position ’ille sub, illa super.’  From his own limited marital experience, he has never been able to understand the stories of women who masturbate several times a day, as his wife would be physically incapable (so he believes) of anything of the kind, and only easily reaches the crisis in any circumstances during the first few days after the menstrual flow has ceased.  In fine, while agreeing theoretically with Sir Richard Burton and others that the eastern style of coitus (directed with a view to the pleasure of your partner) is the right one, it is one of his standing regrets that he is unable to practise it.  In the place of the twenty minutes required by the women of India (according to Burton) he is happy if he can give two or three at the most, much as he would wish to prolong a pleasure as keen to himself as he could desire it to be to his dear and excellent spouse.”

HISTORY XVII.—­R.L., American; aged 43; height, 5 ft. 7 in.; weight, about 145 lbs.; occupation, teacher; somewhat neurotic; a slight myopia associated with acute astigmatism and muscular weakness of the eyes, producing a tendency to migraine.  Uric acid diathesis, producing occasionally severe neuralgia, particularly in the intestines.  These symptoms have been more or less constant since very early childhood.  General health very good.  Not inclined to indulge in athletic sports, but prefers sedentary occupations and recreations.

“My early ideas of sexual things are not very clear in recollection.  I think that when 7 or 8 years of age I had a knowledge of the common or vulgar terms for intercourse and for the genital organs.  Boys of my own age and slightly older would discuss sex relations, and I had a general knowledge that, in some way connected with the sexual act, ‘babies were made.’  We would tell, occasionally, lewd stories, and a few times attempted sexual practices with one another.  Not till after puberty did I ever attempt masturbation.  I must have been 9 or 10 years old before I learned that there was a difference in the sex organs of boys and girls.  Up to this time I had supposed that intercourse was per anum. I attended a public school with both sexes.  Talk among my boy associates was often nasty and concerned the sexual act with girls.  At about 12 years I began to have erotic day dreams.  I always had a sentimental attachment for some girl acquaintance whom I would idealize and with whom I would imagine myself having sex relations.  As a matter of fact, there was no real sexual feeling about this.  As I was very shy and timid naturally, I never made any kind of advances toward any of them, and they were entirely ignorant of any sentiments of affection in me.