Atrophy of the testicle may follow venereal excess, and according
to Larrey, deep wounds of the neck may produce the same result,
with the loss of the features of virility. Guthrie mentions a
case of spontaneous absorption of the testicle. According to
Larrey, on the return of the French Army from the Egyptian
expedition the soldiers complained of atrophy and disappearance
of the testicle, without any venereal affection. The testicle
would lose its sensibility, become soft, and gradually diminish
in size. One testicle at a time was attacked, and when both were
involved the patient was deprived of the power of procreation, of
which he was apprised by the lack of desire and laxity of the
penis. In this peculiar condition the general health seemed to
fail, and the subjects occasionally became mentally deranged.
Atrophy of the testicles has been known to follow an attack of
mumps.
In his description of the diseases of Barbadoes Hendy mentions
several peculiar cases under his observation in which the scrotum
sloughed, leaving the testicles denuded. Alix and Richter mention
a singular modification of rheumatic inflammation of the
testicle, in which the affection flitted from one testicle to the
other, and alternated with rheumatic pains elsewhere.
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