The neuroses of the genito-urinary system in the male : with sterility and impotence / by R. Ultzmann ; tr. by Gardner W. Allen.

  • Robert Ultzmann
Date:
1890
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Credit: The neuroses of the genito-urinary system in the male : with sterility and impotence / by R. Ultzmann ; tr. by Gardner W. Allen. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Harvard Medical School.

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    occurs. Thus I have found, at least, the high- est degree of sensitiveness of the penis, and especially of the glans, in patients who were affected with a neoplasm in the region of the prostate and neck of the bladder. On examina- tion with the sound a greatly increased sensi- tiveness is sometimes met with in the prostatic urethra. Hyperesthesia and neuralgia of the bladder are common accompaniments of spasm of the bladder, and will be treated of later in that con- nection, among the motor neuroses. All these neuroses of sensation, occurring in consequence of gonorrhoea, are generally reflex neuroses, and readily occur in connection with catarrhal prostatitis. The expulsion of numer- ous thick and short shreds with the very begin- ning of micturition, and the absence of even the least secretion from the urethra (goutte militaire), make it certain that the diseased por- tion of the urethra is in the region of the exter- nal sphincter; consequently in a place which is ordinarily closed by muscular action, and is only opened during micturition. Improvement therefore ensues forthwith when the pars pros. tatica urethrcB and the prostate itself are sub- jected to local treatment. Next to warm sitz baths and full baths, enemata of warm water or camomile tea, at a temperature of 28° Reaumur [95° Fahr.], twice or three times daily, will prove