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.

Provider: This material has been provided by King’s College London. The original may be consulted at King’s College London.

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    suffered from pains of an anomalous character in different parts of the body; and, notwithstanding very active treatment, no permanent benefit was obtained. About this period I left England, and consequently lost sight of tills gentleman for nearly six years. He had, how- ever, long ere this, evinced an aversion to correspondence. A medical gentleman in practice in the neighbour- hood where my friend resided, being in London about eighteen months ago, communicated to me the following particulars:— He stated that he had been consulted by this gentle- man, who complained that he then had lost all desire Avhatever for sexual intercourse, which he attributed to some person having removed the vital part of the testicle, while he was under the influence of mesmerism! Not only the improbability, but also the absolute impossibility of such an occurrence was explained, and urged upon him; but no further investigation appears to have been instituted. Being in the country a few weeks ago, I accidentally met this gentleman’s brother, from whom I learned, that some few months after the occurrence above detailed, symptoms of insanity became much more evident. During the first twelve months he was kept under the superintendence of his friends; but, the malady increasing, it ultimately became necessary to place him in a lunatic asylum, where, from everything I