He also reports the
case of a distinguished musician who, by reason of hypospadias,
had never impregnated his wife, and had resorted to injections of
semen with a favorable result. This latter case seems hardly
warranted when we consider that men afflicted with hypospadias
and epispadias have become fathers. Percy gives the instance of a
gentleman whom he had known for some time, whose urethra
terminated a little below the frenum, as in other persons, but
whose glans bulged quite prominently beyond it, rendering
urination in the forward direction impossible. Despite the fact
that this man could not perform the ejaculatory function, he was
the father of three children, two of them inheriting his penile
formation.
The fundamental condition of fecundity being the union of a
spermatozoid and an ovum, the object of artificial impregnation
is to further this union by introducing semen directly to the
fundus of the uterus. The operation is quite simple and as
follows: The husband, having been found perfectly healthy, is
directed to cohabit with his wife, using a condom. The semen
ejaculated is sucked up by an intrauterine syringe which has been
properly disinfected and kept warm. The os uteri is now exposed
and wiped off with some cotton which has been dipped in an
antiseptic fluid; introduced to the fundus of the uterus, and
some drops of the fluid slowly expressed into the uterus.
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