The diagnosis and treatment of sexual disorders in the male and female including sterility and impotence / by Max Hühner.

  • Huhner, Max, 1873-1947.
Date:
1937
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Credit: The diagnosis and treatment of sexual disorders in the male and female including sterility and impotence / by Max Hühner. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    STERILITY IN THE MALE GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS THROUGHOUT nature, in all forms of reproduction, except in the very lowest, every being is the result of the union of male and female elements. Man is no exception to this law. It does not matter whether this union has taken place through the natural manner of sexual intercourse or through artificial means, there can be no offspring without such union. Whenever, therefore, a man and woman have lived together for a period of three years, indulging in reg¬ ular sexual intercourse, without the use of any contraceptive method, and pregnancy does not occur, we may say that sterility exists. Of course, we must investigate further to determine whether the man is at fault, or the woman, or both. The methods employed to make this diagnosis will be described in detail under the proper headings. I have just said that if, after a three-year period, pregnancy does not ensue, sterility may be said to exist. I have not said that sterility exists if no child is born during this period of time. From strictly a scientific point of view, sterility is the absence of impregnation, and if such impregnation occurs, but the fetus is expelled prematurely, we cannot consider this a con¬ dition of sterility, but should call it abortion or miscarriage and this latter condition must be classified separately, de¬ manding treatment according to the cause of the premature expulsion. To make this clear and distinct, we may say that whenever the male and female elements have successfully united and the impregnated ovum has descended through the tube into the uterus and whenever the uterine mucosa has