.B. is the oldest child; two of the brothers and
sisters are slightly abnormal, nervously. But, so far as is
known, none of the family has ever been sexually abnormal.

A.B. was a bright, intelligent child, though inclined to be
melancholy (and in later years prone to self-analysis). At
preparatory school was fairly forward in studies, at public
school somewhat backward, at University suddenly took a liking to
intellectual pursuits. Throughout he was slack at games. Has
never been able to learn to swim from nervousness. Can whistle
well. Has always been fond of reading, and would like to have
been an author by profession. He married at 24, and has had two
children, both of whom showed congenital physical abnormalities.

Before the age of 7 or 8 A.B. can remember various trifling
incidents. "One of the games I used to play with my sister," he
writes, "consisted in pretending we were 'father and mother' and
were relieving ourselves at the w.c. We would squat down in
various parts of the room, prolong the simulated act, and talk. I
do not remember what our conversation was about, nor whether I
had an erection. I used also to make water from a balcony into
the garden, and in other unusual places.

"The first occasion on which I can recollect experiencing
sensations or emotions similar in character to later and more
developed feelings of desire was at the age of about 7 or 8, when
I was a dayboy at a large school in a country town and absolutely
innocent as to deed, thought, or knowledge. I fell in love with a
boy with whom I was brought in contact in my class, about my own
age. I remember thinking him pretty. He paid me no attention. I
had no distinct desire, except a wish to be near him, to touch
him, and to kiss him. I blushed if I suddenly saw him, and
thought of him when absent and speculated on my chances of seeing
him again. I was put into a state of high ecstasy when he invited
me to join him and some friends one summer evening in a game of
rounders.

"At the age of 8 I was told by my father's groom where babies
came from and how they were produced. (I already knew the
difference in sexual organs, as my sister and I were bathed in
the same room.) He told me no details about erection, semen, etc.
Nor did he take any liberties with me. I used to notice him
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