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CORRESPONDENCE. 
organ the development of which may be from any cause 
arrested. But if the individual should after puberty, or even 
shortly before that period, be deprived of his testicles, though, 
of course, sterility is the consequence, it is not always the re¬ 
sult that absolute impotence supervenes. As we have seen 
in the foregoing chapter, desire may exist. 
“ It is equally a fact that in certain rare cases erections 
and ability of intromission, with the emission of a fluid—com¬ 
posed of prostatic secretions and that from Cowper’s glands 
and urethral mucus, etc.—may take place in individuals who 
had been deprived of their testicles, in some instances there 
is a mild kind of orgasm, accompanied by a certain degree 
of voluptuous feeling. 
“ Thus Sir Astley Cooper removed both testicles from a 
man, and the patient four days after had an emission of a fluid 
from the meatus resembling the seminal fluid. For nearly 
twelve months he stated he had emissions in coitu, or that 
he had the sensations of emission. That he had erections 
and coitus at distant intervals, but without the sensation 
of emission. After two years he had erections very 
rarely * * * * . Ten years after the operation he 
said he had during the past year only once connected. 
Twenty-eight years after the operation he stated that for years 
he had seldom any erection, and then that was imperfect.” 
Trusting this may prove of some interest to your readers, 
I remain, 
Yours most respectfully, 
S. R. Howard, V.S. 
POSITION WANTED. 
_ 
Wanted, by a graduate, a situation as assistant with some 
veterinarian (hospital in connection with practice preferred). No 
salary required. For further information, address 
SabistoN & Murray, 916 Sixth Ave., New York. 
WANTED. 
A middle aged, qualified Veterinary Surgeon (M.D., V.S., preferred) 
who has had an extensive experience, also an established reputation, 
good character and thorough business ability, with means to take an 
interest in a large practice. 
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