There was not more than half an ounce
of blood lost. The raw surface was dressed, the gap in the
perineum brought together, and the patient made complete
recovery, with preservation of his sexual powers. Other cases of
injuries to the external genital organs (self-inflicted) will be
found in the next chapter.
The preservation of the sexual power after injuries of this kind
is not uncommon. There is a case reported of a man whose
testicles were completely torn away, and the perineal urethra so
much injured that micturition took place through the wound. After
a tedious process the wound healed and the man was discharged,
but he returned in ten days with gonorrhea, stating that he had
neither lost sexual desire nor power of satisfaction. Robbins
mentions a man of thirty-eight who, in 1874, had his left
testicle removed. In the following year his right testicle became
affected and was also removed. The patient stated that since the
removal of the second gland he had regular sexual desire and
coitus, apparently not differing from that in which he indulged
before castration. For a few months previous to the time of
report the cord on the left side, which had not been completely
extirpated, became extremely painful and was also removed.
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