A non-surgical treatise on diseases of the prostate gland and adnexa . XXIII. Fig. XXIV. shows the application of this electrode, oiiepole being directed to the prostate in front and the otherto the sacral and hypogastric plexuses of nerves that min-ister to the pelvic organs. By passing the electrode fur-ther up the rectum the poles are in apposition to the vesi-cles in front and the genito-spinal center jDosteriorly. Ihave found this treatment very efficient in such cases. It is a common practice among physicians of givingaphrodisiacs in these cases, without attempting to ferretout the cause
A non-surgical treatise on diseases of the prostate gland and adnexa . XXIII. Fig. XXIV. shows the application of this electrode, oiiepole being directed to the prostate in front and the otherto the sacral and hypogastric plexuses of nerves that min-ister to the pelvic organs. By passing the electrode fur-ther up the rectum the poles are in apposition to the vesi-cles in front and the genito-spinal center jDosteriorly. Ihave found this treatment very efficient in such cases. It is a common practice among physicians of givingaphrodisiacs in these cases, without attempting to ferretout the cause of the trouble, which serves to aggravatean already serious condition. I was surprised to note thatthe distinguished Dr. Ultzman (professor of genito-uri- NEUROSES OF THE PROSTATE. 169 nary diseases in the University of Vienna) advises thestroking of the external genital organs with electricity forimpotency, yet further states (page 41) : This methodof treating impotence is not infrequently accompanied bythe most excellent results, only it has its shady side, and. Fig. XXIV. that is that nocturnal emissions are promoted, i. e., in-creased. Impotency, which is most often the result of prostatitis,should never be treated by exciting the genital organseither with medicines or electricity, until the diseased con-dition of the gland is relieved, when, in the large majority 170 PROSTATE GLAND AND ADNEXA. of cashes, the normal function is restored without the useof any exciting agents. There are some cases^ however, in whom stimulatingaphrodisiacs arouse transient genital activity which isusually followed by total impotence and seminal losses. Prostatic Facies.—Just as Kelly describes an ovarianface in women, there is an analogous expression in mostall men suffering from chronic prostatitis. It is quitenoticeable in many men, which readily disappears uponrestoring the gland to its normal condition. Glycosuria and albumen often appear in minute quan-tities where neurotic symptoms ar
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