ABSTRACT
HAvELocK E L L 1 s 's Sexual Inversion-first published in England in 1897 and revised and rewritten in the decades that followed-was one of the earliest English texts to attempt to treat homosexuality scientifically. 1 Included in the section "Sexual Inversion in Men" was a series of case studies. Among these studies, and of most interest in this context, was "History XV," the story of "T.S.," a thirty-two-year-old artist. Most of the story-which is one of the longest in the collection-is presented in the subject's own words. For the most part, T.S. 's narrative follows the same format as Ellis's other cases, and is apparently constructed in response to a series of questions from Ellis himself. He describes his family history, his physical appearance, and his youthful sexual encounters.
