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Chapter 2
Whatcausedhimconsolationinhissittingposture?
Thecandour,nudity,pose,tranquility,youth,grace,sex,counselofastatueerectinthecentreofthetable,animageofNarcissuspurchasedbyauctionfromP.A.Wren,9Bachelor’sWalk.
Whatcausedhimirritationinhissittingposture?
Inhibitorypressureofcollar(size17)andwaistcoat(5buttons),twoarticlesofclothingsuperfluousinthecostumeofmaturemalesandinelastictoalterationsofmassbyexpansion.
Howwastheirritationallayed?
Heremovedhiscollar,withcontainedblacknecktieandcollapsiblestud,fromhisnecktoapositionontheleftofthetable.Heunbuttonedsuccessivelyinreverseddirectionwaistcoat,trousers,shirtandvestalongthemediallineofirregularincrispatedblackhairsextendingintriangularconvergencefromthepelvicbasinoverthecircumferenceoftheabdomenandumbilicularfossiclealongthemediallineofnodestotheintersectionofthesixthpectoralvertebrae,thenceproducedbothwaysatrightanglesandterminatingincirclesdescribedabouttwoequidistantpoints,rightandleft,onthesummitsofthemammaryprominences.Heunbracedsuccessivelyeachofsixminusonebracedtrouserbuttons,arrangedinpairs,ofwhichoneincomplete.
Whatinvoluntaryactionsfollowed?
Hecompressedbetween2fingersthefleshcircumjacenttoacicatriceintheleftinfracostalregionbelowthediaphragmresultingfromastinginflicted2weeksand3dayspreviously(23May1904)byabee.
