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found beneficial; and wlien there is great local excit- 

 ability or smarting after urinating, hot applications 

 may be made to the perineum with advantage, using 

 a sponge wet in hot water. When the bowels are con- 

 stipated, wear an abdominal bandage, which should 

 be applied by means of a towel wet in cold water and 

 wrung out as dry as possible. Wind it around the 

 body, and cover with a flannel bandage long enough to 

 go two or three times around the body. Remove in 

 morning and bathe the parts with cold water. Knead 

 and percuss the bowels two or three times a day; and 

 if very obstinate, resort to the warm water enema, 

 which can be most conveniently taken by means of a 

 fountain or siphon syringe. 



Drink six or eight glasses of water in the course 

 of the day. One hour before a meal, or two or three 

 hours after, is the best time for taking the water. A 

 glass or two may be taken with advantage just before 

 retiring at night. If there is a tendency to atrophy 

 or shrinkage of the parts, alternate sponging in hot 

 and cold water daily for ten or fifteen minutes will be 

 found beneficial. 



Diurnal Losses.— Under the head of diurnal emis- 

 sions or losses are included every form of seminal dis- 

 charge occurring involuntarily during the waking 

 hours. These discharges are very diverse in character. 

 They usually occur just before or immediately after 

 the passage of urine, or when straining at stool. How- 

 ever, in the majority of cases, they are not seminal in 

 character, though there may be an occasional loss of 

 seminal fluid. This fact may be ascertained by placing 

 a small portion of the discharge upon a slip of glass, 

 and putting it in the hands of a good microscopist for 

 examination. We have made many examinations of 



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