Doctor On The Boil by Richard Gordon

Author:Richard Gordon
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Doctor On The Boil
ISBN: 9780755131082
Publisher: House of Stratus
Published: 2012-12-28T05:00:00+00:00

15

‘The sexual drive in human beings,’ declared Dr de Hoot, leaning back in his swivel office chair and putting his pudgy hands on his fat thighs, ‘is most interesting. Extremely interesting. What we see, of course, is merely the tip of the sexual iceberg. Underneath we can discern little – just a little – in the murky waters. What, one asks, is this iceberg composed of in the first place? Not homogeneous material like ice. Not by a long way. It is composed partly of complicated chemicals, the circulating hormones of our endocrine glands, which have been analysed and synthesized by modern science. It is composed of the sexual cells themselves, the spermatozoa and spermatogenic tissues, of the ovary and ova in the case of the female. Our iceberg also contains elements of physiology quite unconnected with the reproductive system. Indeed, every single system in the human body, be it the respiratory system, the skeletal system, the nervous system, or the cardiovascular system, contributes in some way – and may I say, sometimes in a large way – to the efficient and painless functioning of the sexual being.’

He raised a stubby forefinger. ‘So, the whole man, the whole woman, is involved in the sexual performance, the sexual desire. The sex instinct is not something which can be separated, shall we say, from the instinct to feed ourselves. It is all part of the man in toto. So what do we look for, as dominating the sex drive? We look for what dominates the person. The psyche! And here again, the study is complicated. The psyche, the soul of man, if you like – is itself the expression of many complexes, phobias, frustrations, obsessions, and so on. But it is the psyche and the psyche alone which must hold our attention constantly in the therapy of sexual weakness. In stimulating the psyche we stimulate the sex-drive, because the psyche controls le milieu interieur sexuel, the internal sexual environment of man.’

‘You mean, it’s all in the mind, Doctor,’ suggested Grimsdyke.

‘That would be about it,’ agreed Dr de Hoot, lighting a cigarette.

De Hoot was a small, round man of faintly olive colour with oval metal-rimmed glasses on the end of his stubby nose, and long black straggly hair which ringed his bald head and merged imperceptibly into an untidy beard. He wore a fresh white smock, buttoned round the neck. He sat in a large room with mullioned windows and a Tudor fireplace, which he used for an office. Nobody knew exactly where he came from – he claimed to be Swiss, though seeming an unlikely figure in Alpine scenery.

‘I suppose people tend to dwell on their sex lives quite a bit,’ Grimsdyke continued thoughtfully. ‘I mean, it’s rather more enjoyable to mull over in the bus than your income-tax.’

‘Some think of nothing else,’ de Hoot told him with assurance. ‘Particularly in these self-indulgent times, when people expect to enjoy to the full every pleasurable bodily sensation possible, and perhaps some which simply are not.

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