Although his act was that of a maniac, the man was perfectly rational.

Since the injury he had had normal and frequent emissions and erections.
Orwin mentions the case of a laborer of forty who, in a fit of remorse after being several days with a prostitute, atoned for his unfaithfulness to his wife by opening his scrotum and cutting away his left testicle with a pocket knife.

The missing organ was found about six yards away covered with dirt.

At the time of infliction of this injury the man was calm and perfectly rational.

Warrington relates the strange case of Isaac Brooks, an unmarried farmer of twenty-nine, who was found December 5, 1879, with extensive mutilations of the scrotum; he said that he had been attacked and injured by three men.