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Full text of "The Science of Therapeutics: According to the Principles of Homeopathy"Page 23 of 653various other morbid derangements of the male sexual organs; anadditional motive for this arrangement is the circumstance that ttreatment of most of these conditions is the same.The functions of the male sexual organs vary in accordance withtemperament, mode of life, constitution, etc., to such an extentit is often difficult to decide whether these difierences are ofbid nature or belong to the normal standard. This can only be determined by the manner in which the male sexual sphere is generally affected by the local phenomena ; whether the organs are notabnormally disturbed, or whether the procreative powers are impaired or even suspended.The etiology of these various abnormal conditions of the sexualsphere is pretty much the same. Debilitating constitutional diseases, or acute diseases during the period of convalescence are ato cause a so-called irritablid weakness in the sexual sphere, whin the former case is permanent and in the latter case only temporary. This fact is most strikingly witnessed in diabetes and tubeculosis. In the last-named condition the excessive irritability othe sexual organs contributes to hasten the general decay. Asecond cause are cardiac and nervous diseases, which may, howeverlikewise result from the sexual weakness. Hypochondria is a frequent cause, and still a more frequent consequence of sexual weakness. The most common cause of sexual weakness is the vice ofonanism, which is too much overlooked by physicians. Yet it iscertain that thousands might, by a timely warning, be saved fromunspeakable mental and physical disease.Excessive nocturnal emissions generally take place between theyears of 20 and 25, and exceptionally at an ealier age, even 16.Spermatorrhoea. 17They are of a morbid nature if they occur almost regularly without rousing one from sleep, and if they do not occur often, yetleave for days a sensation of languor and debility, and of mentaldepression. They are likewise abnormal if they occur several timein one night or week. Moreover every emission that takes place inthe waking state, with or without any special cause, at stool forinstance, is to be regarded as abnormal. The consequences of suchabnormal losses very soon show themselves : Paleness of the facewith dark margins around the eyes ; insufficient sleep ; drowsinewith inability to sleep ; dulness of the head ; aching, pressingin the head ; vertigo ; irritable, sensitive temper ; aversion toto work, and, after a while, a deranged appetite and digestion,deficient assimilation.Spermatorrhoea, properly speaking, consists in a loss of semen atevery emission of urine, at stool, without any cause or after themost trifling erections. The pernicious consequences of this sortof spermatorrhoea manifest themselves much more speedily thanafter nocturnal emissions, most probably because spermatorrhoeanever occurs in organisms whose physiological functions had beencarried on in a normal manner.Irritable weakness of the sexual organs is sometimes the cause,but more frequently the consequence of both the previouslyhttp://www.archive.org/stream/sciencetherapeu00kafkgoog/sciencetherapeu00kafkgoog_djvu.txt