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applied the faradic electric current in the manner indi- 

 cated above, for about fifteen minutes. At the end of 

 that time the pain was entirely removed, though con- 

 siderable suffering had been caused by the passage of 

 the instrument, so sensitive was the congested mem- 

 brane. The pain did not return again for two or three 

 weeks, though treatment was necessarily suspended on 

 account of absence. 



In another case, that of a young man, a student, at 

 the beginning of treatment emissions occurred nightly, 

 and sometimes as many as four in a single night, ac- 

 cording to his statement, which we had no reason to 

 doubt. Under the influence of these local applications, 

 combined with other measures of treatment and a meas- 

 urably correct regimen, the number of emissions was 

 in a few weeks reduced to one in two or three weeks. 



Numerous other cases nearly as remarkable might 

 be detailed if it were necessary to do so. A very slight 

 increase of irritation sometimes occurs at first, but this 

 quickly subsides. 



The galvanic as well as the faradic current is to 

 be used under proper circumstances. The application 

 of electricity to the nerve centers by means of central 

 galvanization, and also general and local external fara- 

 dization, are necessary methods to be employed in elec- 

 trical treatment. 



Circumcision.— In cases of phimosis, in which irri- 

 tation is produced by retained secretions, division of 

 the prepuce or circumcision is the proper remedy. 

 These cases are not infrequent, but the exciting cause 

 of much of the difficulty is often overlooked. The same 

 remedy is often useful in cases of long prepuce. 



When the glans penis is unusually tender and sensi- 

 tive, this condition will generally be removed by the 



