The heart and mind suffer as much as the body from excesses of masturbation. to be assured of this we have only remember the power exercised by the genital organs in the physiological state, on the ideas and feelings. Generally the necessity which the onanist experiences for dissembling his tastes and for concealing a habit which is bother ridiculous and vile, renders him taciturn; his eyes are turned from the gaze of those around: he loves solitude, avoids the world, and is embarrassed, and almost as it were ashamed of himself. His manner might sometimes pass for timidity, we might almost say for innocence, but it is entirely changed, when being in company with professed onanists he no longer feels restraint.