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

  • Bartholow, Roberts, 1831-1904.
Date:
1866
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Credit: On spermatorrhoea : its causes, symptomatology, pathology, prognosis, diagnosis and treatment / by Roberts Bartholow. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    of nothing more than such a degree of excitability of the reflex faculty, that intromission cannot be accomplished, or that the seminal discharge takes place after very imperfect coitus, then the treat- ment recommended for the genital form of sperma- torrhoea may be pursued. In the impotence dependent upon spermator- rhoea of long standing, hot and cold douches to the spine, galvanism or static electricity, and a properly conducted system of physical training and exercise, are the most appropriate measures. Special exci- tants may be employed in conjunction with these means : strychnia, allotropic phosphorus, cannabis indica, cantharides, etc.; but these remedies will not be successful unless the general health has been restored by proper hygiene and suitable hse- matinics. When the impotence depends upon irritable testis, a judicious course of bromide of potassium should precede the use of the other measures. A favorable prognosis cannot fre- quently be given in these cases. Marriage.—The practitioner is frequently de- sired to give an opinion as to the curative value of marriage. The question is sometimes a little