An essay on spermatorrhoea : being a microscopic investigation into its physiological and physical relations ; with observations on the nature, causes, and treatment of the various disorders of the procreative system in men. Illustrated by cases / by R. Dawson.

  • Dawson, Richard, active 1845-1852.
Date:
1846
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Credit: An essay on spermatorrhoea : being a microscopic investigation into its physiological and physical relations ; with observations on the nature, causes, and treatment of the various disorders of the procreative system in men. Illustrated by cases / by R. Dawson. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    tions and his remorse. But, perhaps, it is now high _ time to draw the veil over these mysteries, and to drop the curtain on scenes, the farther contemplation of which can only tend to excite the most painful reflec- tions, without any prospect of utility or advantage. _ CausEs.—The causes, like those of most other dis- eases, may be reduced to two kinds: those which pre- dispose to, and those which excite the morbid condition, from whence all the diseased phenomena emanate. The first act upon the system, inducing a susceptibility to the influence of the second, which susceptibility is often named predisposition. The exciting causes act either upon the system at large, or upon particular parts of it, and by their influence, or reaction upon the organs more particularly affected, induce the diseased condition. Such comprehends what may be named the doctrine of morbid sympathy. But these two classes of causes may act directly, and without any intermedium, upon the dis- eased part; thus, for instance, acrids will produce by their immediate contact diseased phenomena; and the contact may be a mere mechanical movement or applica- tion; the irritants may pass through the circulation and reach the organs, the structure or functions of which they affect. The effects of cantharides, administered internally, upon the urinary organs, may be cited as an illustration. B2