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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    stances generally beyond his control also, but which he may, nevertheless, endeavor to bring about so as to influence his virility more or less. Here we must, first of all, mention acquired de¬ formities and diseases of the genitals or other organs; after that the manner in which one husbands the gifts of nature. Too much indulgence may be just as injurious as too little. Furthermore, there must be taken into account the influence of nutrition, of certain alimentary or medicinal substances, and of occupation and habits. Finally, there are many other things that have more or less influence on the strength of a man in sexual matters, and their con¬ nection with virility seems peculiar and strange be¬ cause we cannot understand it. It would surely lead into trouble should we en¬ deavor to consider dreams and subsequent “dormant, forgotten complexes” or so-called “soul happenings” as etiologic factors of sexual impotence. While my personal experience teaches me that Freud goes too far, I am sure that his theories cannot be disposed of easily, and even Dercum1 couches his adverse judg¬ ment diplomatically by saying that “dreams are probably always symptomatic and never casual.” The etiology of every single case of so-called psychic impotence is of the greatest importance, and we must always be on the look-out by scanning the patient’s past sexual life, and prying even into his dreams. The varying influence of seasons, for instance, mod¬ ifies the sexual power, though this cannot be ac- 1 Journ. Am. Med. A., May 13, 1911, p. 1377.
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