. Medical adviser & marriage guide : representing all the diseases of the genital organs of the male and female . d absorbents,and in the lower the spongy body surrounding theurethra. The convex conical surface of the glandis covered by a fine membrane, in color resemblingthe red part of the lips. At its base, or corners,there are rows of projecting papillar, which secretea sebaceous matter, having a peculiar smell. Thegland, which possesses exquisite sensibility, is pro-tected by the loose covering called the prepuceor foreskin, which is tied to the penis, immediatelybelow the orifice of the
. Medical adviser & marriage guide : representing all the diseases of the genital organs of the male and female . d absorbents,and in the lower the spongy body surrounding theurethra. The convex conical surface of the glandis covered by a fine membrane, in color resemblingthe red part of the lips. At its base, or corners,there are rows of projecting papillar, which secretea sebaceous matter, having a peculiar smell. Thegland, which possesses exquisite sensibility, is pro-tected by the loose covering called the prepuceor foreskin, which is tied to the penis, immediatelybelow the orifice of the urethra, by the band calledfraenum : this limits the motion of the prepuce, andtends to keep it in its proper place. The spongy substance of the urethra, whichforms the glans penis, is covered externally with anexceeding thin membrane or cuticle, under whichare placed the very sensible nervous papillae, whichare the chief seat and cause of pleasure and pain inthis part. We may now understand why many, inthe venereal act, have not the glans distended,though the whole penis is at the same time turgki, PLATE THE GENERATIVE ORGANS. 49 because the glans belong entirely to the cavernousbody of the urethra ; and if that body be paralyticor weakened from any preceding or existing cause,which we have often known to proceed from un-natural practices ; in all those people where thespongy body of the urethra is not distended, impo-tence will arise, which, if not perfectly understood,caunot be cured by any physician; whereas, inhealthy men, wheu these organs are in due toneduring the orgasmus veneris, or the moment beforethe semen is ejected, the glans and whole cavernousbody of the urethra are extremely turgid, so as tobe ready to burst; but soon after, a kind of con-vulsive motiou follows, and the semen is dischargedwith a slight loss of strength for a little timethroughout the whole body, which soon recovers itsusual vigor. During coition, the corpus spongiosum and glanspenis are ren
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