The affection lasted five weeks, and was
extremely painful. There was a similar case of priapism which
lasted for three weeks, and was associated with hydrocele in a
man of forty-eight.
Injuries of the testicle and scrotum may be productive of most
serious issue. It is a well-known surgical fact that a major
degree of shock accompanies a contusion of this portion of the
body. In fact, Chevers states that the sensitiveness of the
testicles is so well known in India, that there are cases on
record in which premeditated murder has been effected by Cossiah
women, by violently squeezing the testicles of their husbands. He
also mentions another case in which, in frustrating an attempt at
rape, death was caused in a similar manner. Stalkartt describes
the case of a young man who, after drinking to excess with his
paramour, was either unable, or indifferent in gratifying her
sexual desire. The woman became so enraged that she seized the
scrotum and wrenched it from its attachments, exposing the
testicles. The left testicle was completely denuded, and was
hanging by the vas deferens and the spermatic vessels. There was
little hemorrhage, and the wound was healed by granulation.
Avulsion of the male external genitalia is not always accompanied
by serious consequences, and even in some cases the sexual power
is preserved.
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