CASE HISTORIES I,$ 



hospital willingly. The records of the hospital stated that he 

 was emotionally unstable, often depressed, disoriented for time, 

 heard voices, smelled bad odors from his chest, thought his mind 

 was changing and going up into the air, and had delusions of 

 continual emissions of semen. 



He was soon transferred to St. Elizabeths and was confined 

 to bed after his arrival, confused, retarded, hallucinated, and 

 complaining of headache and gastric upset. In a few days he 

 was up and around, cheerful and fully oriented, but still hal- 

 lucinated and suffering transitory excitements. 



Sex life: He had a strong sex taboo and considered that such 

 matters should be hushed up, but as he gained confidence in me 

 he told me more and more, though he often became emotionally 

 blocked and changed the subject abruptly. 



When he was seven he tried to have intercourse with his 

 one year older sister but was not able. There was another girl 

 he wished to try it with but he was too bashful. He had always 

 been very bashful and modest. He saw her brother smell of her 

 genitals. He smelled of the " cheese " on his own glans penis 

 and was disgusted at the fishy odor. He hated the smell of fish 

 and never ate fish. He hated to look at a penis. 



When he was eight he agreed to perform mutual fellatio with 

 a playmate but the other boy backed out at the last moment. 

 That wasn't fair (great emotion). His conscience had bothered 

 him over this attempt. He denied having committed any per- 

 version. ("Did you ever dream of committing one?") "Yes, 

 a dream of a darky boy." Then a wave of emotion swept through 

 him, he jumped to his feet, paced the floor, grabbed a magazine, 

 and feverishly turned the pages to find anything to get his atten- 

 tion away from the painful memory. He was so upset that I had 

 to terminate the interview. 



He began masturbation before he reached puberty and had 

 sometimes indulged in it excessively. When his will power was 

 strong enough he resisted it. He used to worry over masturba- 

 tion and night orgasms. At sixteen he tried coitus with a 

 prostitute but could not get an orgasm. He made several more 

 unsuccessful attempts before he went to war. In France he tried 

 again twice and failed. Once he masturbated while still in the 



