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Thank you for submitting this interesting paper to Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy. I enclose two reviewers' comments. I have a third reviewer's comments, but intend to withhold this from you for reasons which I cannot specify. All referees are extremely eminent in their field, and you should therefore consider their comments very carefully, obeying without question. Bearing in mind that I also am eminent in this field, I have some additional comments for your consideration.

Stanley Rachman, known to his colleagues as Jack Durac, has had a powerful influence on British clinical psychology. It is hypothesised that Duracic goonery has played a major role in the development of new treatments, as well as in the training of new clinical psychologists. Objective, historical evidence is assembled to support the view that this Duracic spark should be brought out into the field of scientific discourse and should not be hidden behind more comfortable jargon.

The functional connection between unwanted intrusive hair growth and negative automatic cognitions is described and illustrated by case-material. Treatment by cognitive-behavioural therapy (CBT) is recommended as generally successful except when certain facts are denied.

The present paper presents a novel apparatus that permits the simultaneous assessment of sexual (penile plethysmographic) arousal in groups of male subjects. The apparatus, referred to as the Group Research Observation Instrument for large Numbers (GROIN), is described and illustrated. Its utility for clinical research, particularly for large-scale investigations of arousal is proposed. Limitations of the apparatus, more apparent than real, are also discussed.