Rupture of the Male Urethra.--The male urethra is occasionally
ruptured in violent coitus. Frank and the Philosophical
Transactions are among the older authorities mentioning this
accident. In Frank's case there was hemorrhage from the penis to
the extent of five pounds. Colles mentions a man of thirty-eight,
prone to obesity, and who had been married two months, who said
that in sexual congress he had hurt himself by pushing his penis
against the pubic bone, and added that he had a pain that felt as
though something had broken in his organ. The integuments of the
penis became livid and swollen and were extremely painful. His
urine had to be drawn by a catheter, and by the fifth day his
condition was so bad that an incision was made into the tumor,
and pus, blood, urine, and air issued. The patient suffered
intense rigors, his abdomen became tympanitic, and he died.
Postmortem examination revealed the presence of a ruptured
urethra.
Watson relates an instance of coitus performed en postillon by a
man while drunk, with rupture of the urethra and fracture of the
corpus spongiosum only. Loughlin mentions a rupture of the corpus
spongiosum during coitus. Frank cites a curious case of
hemorrhage from a fall while the penis was erect.
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