644 PLAIN FACTS FOR OLD AND YOUNG 



Smarting or burning at the beginning of the act of 

 urination is a very constant symptom, to which is usu- 

 ally added a persistent and annoying dribbling of urine 

 after evacuation of the bladder. This is due to the 

 relaxed and weakened condition of the muscles of the 

 urethra, and their failure to contract promptly, so as 

 to expel the last portion of the urine. A similar condi- 

 tion of relaxation affects the mouths of the ejaculatory 

 ducts, which causes them to remain open, allowing the 

 escape of seminal fluid. 



4. Dyspepsia in some one of its various forms is 

 very frequently an accompaniment of this disorder, 

 and is a direct cause of a great share of the debility 

 and distress arising from it, which are usually attrib- 

 uted to the seminal losses, though not directly due to 

 them. 



When a person discovers, himself to be affected with 

 discharges of this sort, he should consider the matter 

 one deserving of immediate and careful attention until 

 every vestige of the disease is removed. The penalty 

 of neglecting to attend to the matter with promptness 

 will usually be, in the most favorable cases, early loss 

 of sexual vigor, and in the great majority of cases, 

 some worse form of sexual disease, and all the vari- 

 ous accompanying symptoms which have been pointed 

 out. 



Treatment.— The prolonged cold sitz is a most excel- 

 lent remedy. Temperature 78° to 70° F., fifteen to 

 thirty minutes. Take a hot foot bath at the same time. 

 Keep the bowels regular. Use an enema of cool water 

 daily for some time, if necessary. Take a cool bath 

 every morning ; a cold towel bath is good. This is bet- 

 ter: Let three or four inches of cold water run into 

 the tub, sit down in the water after wetting the face 



