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story of his sin. See his +haggard looks+, his +deep,
sunken eyes+, which he throws only half-way into the countenance of
his friend. _Note the +blue+ or +black discolorations+ under the +eye+;
the +nervousness+ to get away from a crowd, and the extreme
+girlishness+ or +backwardness+ when +introduced+ into the
+company of ladies+._
The victim of the most dangerous of all vices soon reaches a state
which, if not promptly relieved by the proper remedy, will end in
life-long misery or an early death.
Objectively considered, the masturbator is recognized by a marked
facial expression, by a characteristic mannerism, and by a peculiar
mental state.
THE FACE.--_The +facial expression+ consists of a +pale+ and

+sallow tint+ of the skin, unusual +development+ of +acne+,--red
pimples,-- especially on the +forehead+; a +dark circle+ around the
+orbits+; +dilated+ and +sluggish pupils+; +lustreless eyes+, and an
+oblique line extending+ from the +inner angle+ of the +lids
transversely+ across the +cheek+ to the +lower margin+ of the +malar+
(cheek) +bone+. The +face+ has a +haggard, troubled, furtive
expression+._
THE MANNER.--_The +manner+ of the +masturbator+ is peculiar. He
is +listless, shy, retiring+, and +easily confused+; he +avoids society+,
preferring +solitude+; there is a want of +steadiness+ and +decision+
in his +locomotion+; his inferior +extremities+ seem +deficient+ in
+power+, and all his movements betray +a mind ill at ease+._
THE MIND.--_His +mental operations+ are +confused+; his +speech is
embarrassed, awkward+, and +without directness+; his +memory+ is
+defective+, and he is +absent-minded+ and +given+ to +reverie+. If
the habit has long existed, and been excessively frequent in repetition,
+epilepsy+ may be produced; or +serious mental disorder+, as
+delusional insanity+, +dementia+, etc., may occur._
THE SEXUAL ORGANS.--The state of the +genital organs+ varies
with the length of time the habit has been indulged. In some young
subjects, there will be observed an +extraordinary development+ of the
+organ+, owing to premature excitement; but the disproportion is not
maintained. Prof. Barthalow says: "With the progress of the habit the
organ becomes _+small+ and +relaxed+, the +erections feeble+, the
+corpora cavernosa+ either +waste away+ or their +vessels+ lose their
+tonicity+, whereby an apparent +shrinkage takes place+; the +corpus
spongiosum+ and the +glands+ also +shrink+, so that the +prepuce+
(fore-skin) appears +unnaturally elongated+. The +testes+ may
+increase+ in +size+, become +tender+ and +irritable+_, or they may
waste away to nothing but little strings; the latter is the more usual
result.
"_+Pains+ in the small of the +back+, a sense of +weight+ and
+aching+ in the +loins+, around the +anus+, and in the +testes+_ is
experienced. _The +appetite is capricious+, the +digestion feeble, and

the bowels+ are +constipated+_, or constipation alternates with
diarrhoea.
"_The+ mind+ is +deficient+ in +power+ of +attention+, the
+imagination is constantly pervaded with vague erotic dreams+, the
+moral sense+ is +blunted+, and the +perceptions+ are +dull+ and
+confused+. +Pains+ in the +head+, in the +occipital+ and +frontal
regions+ (front and back of head), and a sense of fullness, and in
serious cases alarming +Vertigo+ (dizziness and falling); +pains+ in
the course of the +principal nerves+, and an extreme +nervous
susceptibility+, are experienced. The +organic nervous system+_
manifests a functional disturbance in harmony with the disorder of the
nervous system of animal life. +Gastralgia+ and +abdominal pain+
(pain in stomach and bowels) and +uneasiness+ are in some cases very
distressing symptoms.
"The distinctiveness of the foregoing symptoms will be determined by
the extent and duration of the habit, and by the constitutional
peculiarities of the patient. +The more highly developed the nervous
system, and the more it preponderates in activity over the muscular and
digestive systems, the more serious the effects.+
EFFECTS OF MASTURBATION ON THE MIND
"The most serious +mental effects+ are produced by +masturbation+.
This vice, commenced at or before the period of puberty, interferes
seriously with the development of the brain and the evolution of the
mental faculties.
"That +spermatorrhoea+ will produce in one class of cases +mental
disorders+, and not in another, indicates either that some predisposition
to these disorders existed, or that the habit of +self-pollution+ was
merely an expression of +mental alienation+ (insanity). The +images+
which pervade the minds of boys possessed of the highly-developed
nervous organization of masturbators are those of +delusional
insanity+.
"There is, however, a +cerebral+ (brain) +phase+ of spermatorrhoea

which may be separated from the two preceding classes. It is
characterized by _+indistinctness of vision+, +dilatation+ of the
+pupil+, +amblyopia+ (near-sightedness), +diplopia+ (double sight);
+diminution+ in the +sensitiveness+ of the +auditory apparatus+
(deafness); +feebleness+ of +voice+; +mental preoccupation+,
+hebetude+ of +mind+, +confusion+ of +ideas+, and a +profound
melancholy+._
"The termination of such cases is in _+suicidal monomania+,
+delusional insanity+, etc._ In that variety of the cerebral form in
which a decided predisposition must be admitted to exist, to disorder of
the intellectual faculties, there are found various forms of mental
alienation. The +chronic form+