I ceased my
operations for a time, and then began again somewhat regularly,
once a month, a few days after menstruation. During those months
in which I exercised moderation, I think I obtained much local
relief with comparatively little injury, but, later on, finding
myself in robust health, I increased my experiments, the habit
grew upon me, and it was only with an almost superhuman effort
that I broke myself free. Needless to say that I gave no
assistance to my suffering friend, nor did I ever refer to the
subject after her confession to me.
"Some two years later I heard of sexual practices between women
as a frequent habit in certain quarters. I again interested
myself in masturbation, for I had been told something that led me
to believe that there was much more for me to discover. Not
knowing the most elementary physiology, I questioned some of my
friends, and then commenced again. I restricted myself to relief
from local congestion and irritation by calling forth the
emission of mucus, rather than by seeking pleasure. At the same
time, I sought to discover what manipulation of the clitoris
would lead to. The habit grew upon me with startling rapidity,
and I became more or less its slave, but I suffered from no very
great ill effects until I started in search of more discoveries.
I found that I was a complete ignoramus as to the formation of a
woman's body, and by experiments upon myself sought to discover
the vagina.
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