Some abnormal conditions of the sexual and pelvic organs, which impair virility / by Edward H. Dixon.

  • Dixon, Edward H., 1808-1880.
Date:
[1861?]
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Credit: Some abnormal conditions of the sexual and pelvic organs, which impair virility / by Edward H. Dixon. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    W/mf it !*' i goad the mind to pruriency. In animals, of coarse, this mental condition dot - not exist ; they only seek the gratification of 1 passion at Buch time and under such conditions as a healthful em - pts them to; their condition is phj siological entirely, and the moi bid Irritability is not produced by that covi red condition of the or tion from mechanical injury in tl It is very fortunate for those who require the operation of shorteni 11 adult life, that a far ■ operation than that of circum will ; tactly the same result-.. The Jewish operation is that i f i of the integument entirely Burrounding and incli theglans. This, in infancy being unexpected, is soon done; in the adult it would be The French surgeons have taught us, that an incision madi s with the glans, from before backward, will cause the imme ction of the integument, and the approximation i f the divided i the glans; a slight dressing will allow perfect union in a few The only caution necessary in the operation is, the accurate adaptation of tl : the incision to the degree of contraction of the prepuce, to in the sufficient retraction of the integument This, however, will always tomed to perform the operation. In two days the patienl il avocations. Indeed, the operation requiri no confinement, and when time will not admil qual to all the subsequent manag< ment of the < It is a common i ,.,,. ,|:IV <]10 rformi I. We consider this treatment, with the proper regula- 1 i, to comprise all thai is necessary in mom cas •y and irritability of the urethra, Cauterization and medical treatment of all kinds arc comparatively useli WHAT IS VARICOCELE, AND WHAT ARE ITS EFFECTS ON VIRILITY !> The word Varicoceli 1 from a Latin and a Greek word, signifying a tumor. It almost invariably exists on the left of the scrotum or purse that contaii very rarely on the i It is not a tumor, however, but i involutions of the vein re> taroii od from tie i a greal vein inside of the body, which hack the blood that has been supplied to the testicle by th :,,• tery to produce the si men. It ifi v (,, feg] y^. ;l bunch of earth-worms under the skin. It is situated over the testicle which in had cases it partially envelop alar Hardneg; on its b and lower part Varicoceli i white walnut to a b but I have seen them even larger. In sucl (delay in the i the blood during all the hours in which the patient is out ofbed,alwa; partial wasting of the testicle and the impairment of it- functions, and i I-hy. When recumbent, varicocele entirely disappears.