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and neck well with cold water, and rub the legs well 

 for three to five minutes. 



The question of marriage has been discussed else- 

 where in this work; but we cannot allow this oppor- 

 tunity to pass without reiterating the warning that a 

 person suffering in this way should never think of 

 marrying until the local disease has been substantially 

 cured, as the deepest regret and intensification of suf- 

 fering are almost certain to result when a contrary 

 course is taken. 



Diseased Prostate. — One of the most common ac- 

 companiments of the disease previously described is 

 some form of prostatic disorder. Perhaps the most 

 common of these is irritable prostate, a disease in 

 which the affected part is sensitive to pressure, as may 

 be discovered by introducing the finger into the rec- 

 tum, and pressing in the direction of the bladder. The 

 irritability is sometimes so great as to occasion pain 

 or uneasiness in sitting, there being constantly a dull, 

 aching pain in the perineum, or fork of the thighs. 

 This condition may be the result of chronic or acute 

 inflammation, but most often results from sexual ex- 

 cesses of some form. In cases of nocturnal losses, or 

 spermatorrhea, this condition is a frequent cause of 

 the continuance and aggravation of the disorder, occa- 

 sioning undue excitement of the parts, and weakening of 

 the nerve centers which have control over these organs, 

 lowering their tone, and thus engendering the very 

 conditions upon which this disorder chiefly depends. 

 Persons suffering in this way generally complain of 

 smarting during or after the evacuation of the bladder. 



Acute Inflammation of the Prostate is generally the 

 result of excessive sexual excitement, alcoholic indul- 

 gence, extension of gonorrheal inflammation, or severe 



