Sexual impotence / by Victor G. Vecki.

  • Victor G. Vecki von Gyurkovechky
Date:
1915
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Credit: Sexual impotence / by Victor G. Vecki. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    gonococci there appear almost invariably diplococci, morphologically like gonococci, but Gram positive. In connection with gonococci there are always staphylococci present. Dr. W. P. Willard of San Francisco, who made a close study of the Colon bacillus is of the opinion that many cases of originally gonorrheal prostatitis, that have existed for years, are kept active by a colon invasion. These organisms outgrow or replace the gonococci and keep up an infection of a low grade, which causes infiltration and gradual destruction of the glandular tissue. Willard has observed several cases of impotency of various degrees in patients affected in this manner, and after many examinations was only able to obtain the colon bacillus as the exciting factor. Of the diseases of the prostate acute inflammation and atrophy cause temporary or permanent im¬ potency. Chronic prostatitis, one of the most fre¬ quent consequences of gonorrhea, is also the most frequent cause of various sexual neurasthenic dis¬ turbances and of prostatorrhea; it invariably dimin¬ ishes sexual inclination. The other diseases of the pro¬ stata have not been studied much in their influence on virility, as they generally make their appearance at an age when virility is of but small consideration. Patients frequently consult physicians and com¬ plain of various forms of chronic discharges. Most¬ ly they are told that there is no cause for worry as they have a “simple prostatorrhea.” If we, how¬ ever, consider the importance of the prostatic gland and its secretions, and think of the signifi¬ cance of the internal secretion of various glands, we must come to the conclusion that a prosta-
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