. The neuroses of the genito-urinary system in the male : with sterility and impotence. yers are of equal lower layer is white, opaque, and consistsof the cellular constituents of the semen, innormal semen of spermatozoa. The upper layeris turbid and translucent, the microscope show-ing only a few cells and some detritus. Fromthe thickness of the layer containing sperma-tozoa it is sometimes possible to arrive at aconclusion as to the generative power of thesemen in question. If a drop of fresh semen is examined underthe microscope, a picture full of movement willbe seen. As if an ant
. The neuroses of the genito-urinary system in the male : with sterility and impotence. yers are of equal lower layer is white, opaque, and consistsof the cellular constituents of the semen, innormal semen of spermatozoa. The upper layeris turbid and translucent, the microscope show-ing only a few cells and some detritus. Fromthe thickness of the layer containing sperma-tozoa it is sometimes possible to arrive at aconclusion as to the generative power of thesemen in question. If a drop of fresh semen is examined underthe microscope, a picture full of movement willbe seen. As if an ant-hill had been stirred upwith a stick, so the spermatozoa in lively motionconfusedly squirm about. Besides these are to in the Male, H;> be seen only some epithelial cells, spermaticcells, and a little fine granular matter. The spermatozoa of normal semen consist ofan oval or flattened, pear-shaped, shovel-likehead and a long thread-like end which isdivided into a middle piece and a tail. Themiddle piece and tail should be at least tentimes the length of the head. The spermatozoa. Fig. 6. —Spermatic Crystals. 300 diameters. should be present in large numbers, and stillshow movement at least 12 hours after evacua-tion. When a normal semen has been allowed tostand a considerable time, on the second orthird day are found, at first only single, later ingreater numbers, colorless transparent, rhom-boidal crystals (Fig. 6). When incompletely 80 Neuroses of the Grenito- Urinary System crystallized, these crystals appear tapering androunded at the ends. A. Böttcher considersthem albuminoid bodies, other authors ammo-nio-magnesic phosphate. I have also examinedthese crystals, and found that they consist ofphosphoric acid and magnesia; ammonia I couldnot find. As regards the amount of semen dischargedat one time, it is, as has before been remarked,very variable. The more frequently coitus isrepeated the smaller will each time the amountbecome, until finally only a few drops will be
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