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Title: Man's mission on earth : a contribution to the science of eugenics : a short treatise on the genito-urinary organs of the male in health and disease, with a chapter on syphilis
Year: 1915 (1910s)
Authors: Kahn, R. J. (Robert Johnstone), 1860-
Subjects: Genitourinary organs Syphilis Urologic Diseases
Publisher: New York : Isaac Goldman Co.
Contributing Library: Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine
Digitizing Sponsor: Open Knowledge Commons and Harvard Medical School

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hyexists, and in all cases nervous derangement occurs,extending to the other organs and affecting themental powers of the sufferer. Varicocele is in-variably a serious drag on the general health; it causesdyspepsia from constant nervous irritation, and gen-erally unfits the patient for mental or physical labor. The sufferer no longer pursues his daily voca-tion with pleasure or profit. The responsibilities ofsturdy manhood are a burden; the pleasures of theleisure hour are void of enjoyment; society containsno attraction. And did the unhappy man desire tofight for his country, the Government would refuseto accept his services, because of his trouble incapaci-tating him for the rigors of a campaign. Prosperous in business, or a failure, his life tohim is equally a burden. Spermatorrhoea and Sexual Debility co-existingwith Varicocele, increases the distressing conditions,and each carries its own train of symptoms. Epilepsy and mental disorder frequently followin the trail of Varicocele.
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THE BLOOD SUPPLY OF THE GENITAL ORGANS.(From Testus.) The veins in the Pampiniform Plexus run up in the SpermaticCord in front of the Vas Deferens and Spermatic Artery. After_ enter-ing the abdominal cavity, the veins on each side unite and_ form asingle vessel, which empties on the right side into the Inferior VenaCava, and on the left into the Renal Vein. The Valves in the Plexusare not perfect. (II.3) 114 LE CHANT DU CYGNE. In examining into the severity of a Varicoceleand before deciding upon the necessity of an opera-tion, it is best to consider several points; one is, theability of the veins forming the Varicocele to con-tract under the influence of cold applications; wherethis ability is present and the Varicocele is not toolarge it is generally possible to accomplish the desiredresult, in part at least, without recourse to operativemeasures. It is different, however, in those caseswhere the Varicocele completely disappears when thepatient lies on his back and immediately reapp

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