Originally posted by robhouse
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But how did they know Kosminski was a self-abuser. I agree with mickreed, this whole thing is not very clear.
I'm willing to bet Kosminski had a cache of pornography someone found. Either that or they simply assumed he was mad because of masturbation. If he had the type of illness I surmise, he might have been spending a lot of time alone in his room just staring at the wall.
EDIT: Hang about, that's interesting. The "Duration of existing attack" has been amended to "six years". So he was showing significant symptoms since at least 1885.
That is a little supportive evidence for what I'd already assumed.
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