At the beginning of my fifth year of married
life I got run down, and had a severe illness, and at one time my
life was in danger, but I had a fairly rapid convalescence.
"My illness was critical, in more senses than one. My
convalescence was accompanied by a remarkable recrudescence of my
sexual feelings. I will trace this in detail: 1. As I got
well--but while still in bed--I found myself experiencing, almost
continually, violent erections. These were at first of an
auto-erotic character, and I masturbated myself, thus gaining
relief to my nerves. 2. I also found my thoughts tending toward
sexual images, and I felt a desire toward my nurse. I first
became conscious of this when I noticed that I experienced an
erection during the time that she was washing me. I mentioned the
matter to my doctor, who told me not to worry, and said the
symptoms were usual in the circumstances. 3. When I got up and
about I found myself desiring very keenly to have intercourse
with my wife. I can almost say that I felt more sexually excited
than I had done for four or five years. As soon, however, as I
had had intercourse with my wife a few times I felt my desire
toward her cease.
Pages:
458
459
460
461
462
463
464
465
466
467
468
469
470
471
472
473
474
475
476
477
478
479
480
481
482