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bright. The neck is short; the back is broad, and these 

 subjects are rather thin. The genitalia are very much 

 developed: the testicles are swollen and resistant; the 

 scrotum muscular and contracted. The hairs abundant 

 all over the body. 



Such men are quick, resist fatigue and like severe exer- 

 cise. Their attitude and character is just the opposite of 

 the castrated individuals. 



Hyperorchidia can be produced by progressive training. 

 It can be exaggerated by certain so-called aphrodisiac 

 drugs (which cause a nervous stimulation, and it is hard to 

 say whether it is the cause or the result of the glandular 

 hyperf unction), or by a diet rich in nucleins and phos- 

 phorus. Finally, hyperorchidia may be morbid in certain 

 tuberculous individuals, whose genital activity contrasts 

 with the degeneration of the organism. 



(J5) PAROXYSMAL HYPERORCHIDIA consists in a genital 

 stimulation which comes on in paroxysms and causes in 

 man a sensation of general malaise, nervous irritability, 

 a change in the psychic so that the only thing the individ- 

 ual thinks about is to satisfy his sexual desire. 



These paroxysms are very often periodic, often seasonal 

 (spring). In certain individuals it may be brought on by 

 a memory, or lecture or a show. It is difficult in these 

 cases to determine how much of this is due to the imagi- 

 nation and how much to the glandular hyperactivity. 

 It seems, however, that the latter is the prime factor in 

 certain subjects, who suddenly, without any stimulation, 

 have a tremendous sexual desire and cannot return to 

 work until this desire is satisfied. Hyperorchidia is often 

 associated with other forms of glandular hypersecretion 

 (hyperchlorhydria in particular). 



