On spermatorrhoea : its causes, symptomatology, pathology, prognosis, diagnosis, and treatment / by Roberts Bartholow.

  • Roberts Bartholow
Date:
1866
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    urethra. We must restore the patient to the proper performance of his sexual functions, and this must be accomplished in such a way that he will not lapse into his former infirmity. The bromide of potassium and the ergot must be sus- pended, and tonics and special excitants must be employed. Extract of nux-vomica or strychnia with iron, is a useful combination under these circumstances. To control the action of the nux- vomica, and prevent too sudden stimulation of the cord, it is frequent]y desirable to combine belladonna with the strychnia and iron. However paradoxical such a combination may appear— seeing that strychnia and belladonna are in some respects physiologically antagonistic—it has been too frequently beneficial to be rejected on theoretical grounds. Cimicifuga and cannabis indica are also indicated, if there be any decided nervous phenomena present as a complication. Galvanism should not be neglected. It has seemed to me that static electricity was more bene- ficial than dynamic, in these cases, and in the form of the “electric bath,” the sparks being drawn from the spinal column and from the genitals.
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