Priapism began on the fifth
day, at which time the patient became affected with a salacious
appetite, and was rational upon every subject except that
pertaining to venery. He grew worse on the sixth day, and his
medical adviser was obliged to prohibit a female attendant.
Priapism continued, but the man went into a soporose condition,
with occasional intervals of satyriasis. In this condition he
survived nine days; there was not the slightest abatement of the
priapism until a few moments before his death. Tripe relates the
history of a seaman of twenty-five, in perfect health, who,
arriving from Calcutta on April 12, 1884, lodged with a female
until the 26th. At this time he experienced an unusually fierce
desire, with intense erection of the penis which, with pain,
lasted throughout the night. Though coitus was frequently
resorted to, these symptoms continued. He sought aid at the
London Hospital, but the priapism was persistent, and when he
left, on May 10th, the penis formed an acute angle with the
pubes, and he again had free intercourse with the same female. At
the time of leaving England the penis made an angle of about 45
degrees with the pubes, and this condition, he affirmed, lasted
three months.
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