disrupted and many old articles destroyed by the German and American occupation forces.

To my good luck he later notified me that he had located the remains of an article, untitled, filed under the subject heading, "Aberrations, Sexual (Physical), Male.”

The article was written by Professor of Medicine (Mental) Charles des Rochers, title unknown, 27 August 1921, and was published in the Cite University Quaterly Medical Review 1 April 1922. A translation follows. The title page and preamble are missing:

that which I consider one of the most remarkable beliefs ever held by man. Most of those who hold to this superstition, either do not know or do not care if the change which occurs is sex or gender. This lack of knowledge on the part of those be- lievers should not conncern either mentalist or the general medical practitioner, since it is irrefutable that gender is the manifestation of sex. I make this statement dogmatically and in spite of the re- sults of three case studies on this subject, the results of which I find inconclusive. Re the above, I have conducted studies into case histories of three persons. Two older men, one a Dane and one English; one a bachelor and one who claimed to have been happily married until the demise of his wife. (See Case Study, Quandt and Pedersen, CX-19-AB (M/F), open, undated, Office of Director of Medicine [Mental], Cite University, Paris, France.)

The third subject, younger than the others, lived with a mature woman, Mmme. Girouard, who acted as a guardian. He is the subject of this article.

At the time of my visit, Mademoiselle Girouard received me courteously and introduced me to a young woman of not too per- sonable appearance. I soon discovered that this person was Jean Rondeaux, male, 22 years of age, height 162 cm, weight 58 kgs, (approximately 5′6′′, 128 lbs.), light brown hair (worn long), brown eyes, excellent teeth and no visible scars, birthmarks or

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