Both these were controlled by morphin.
There was no loss of semen, but after the paroxysms a small
quantity of glairy mucus escaped from the meatus. The rigidity
was remarkable, simulating the spasms of tetanus. No language
could adequately describe the suffering of the patient. Burchard
elicited the history that the man had suffered from nocturnal
emissions and erotic dreams of the most lascivious nature,
sometimes having three in one night. During the day he would have
eight or ten erections, unaccompanied by any voluptuous emotions.
In these there would rarely be any emission, but occasionally a
small mucous discharge. This state of affairs had continued three
years up to the time Burchard saw him, and, chagrined by pain and
his malady, the patient had become despondent. After a course of
careful treatment, in which diet, sponging, application of
ice-bags, and ergot were features, this unfortunate man
recovered.
Bruce mentions the case of an Irishman of fifty-five who, without
apparent cause, was affected with a painful priapism which lasted
six weeks, and did not subside even under chloroform. Booth
mentions a case of priapism in a married seaman of fifty-five,
due to local inflammation about the muscles, constricting the
bulb of the penis.
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