, +Melancholy+ (developing sometimes
into +Insanity+), +Numbness+ of arms, hands, feet or legs (precursors of
+Paralysis+), +Twitchings+ of the muscles of the eyelids and elsewhere
(sometimes ending in +Epileptic Fits+ or +St. Vitus' Dance+),
+Timidity+, +Diabetes+ and +Deposits+ in the +Urine+, +Troubled
Breathing+, +Indecision+, +Loss of Will Power+, +Bashfulness+, +Burning+
of the face, +Coldness+ and +Clamminess+ of the feet and hands, also of
the +Scrotum+ (or bag), +Palpitation+ of the heart, +Early Loss of fluid
during connection+, +Feelings of Gloom, Despondency, Hopelessness+ of a
cure, or fear of impending danger or +misfortune+, +Tenderness of the
Scalp+ and +Spine+, +Dryness+ and +Itching of the skin+, +Sudden
Sweating+, +Sudden Nervous Trembling+, +Noises+ and +Reports+ in the
ears and brain, +Weight+ on the brain, +Weak+ and +Flabby Muscles+,
easily tired after slight exertion, +Desire to Sleep late+ in the
mornings and +failure to be rested+ by sleep, +Weakness+ and +Torpor+
the day after a nightly emission has occurred, the +Oozing of thick
white fluid+ from the urethra when +constipated+ or +straining at
stool+, +Varicocele+, etc., etc.

WEAKNESS AND WASTING OF THE ORGANS.

As a rule the +organs waste away+ rapidly or become +curved, twisted, or
misshapen+. Oftentimes the testicles +dwindle away+ to almost nothing.
+Settled gloom+ and +melancholy+ pervade the mind, and +hallucinations+,
+morbid fear+, +unnatural lust+, +groundless jealousy+ and a +morbid
desire for solitude+ show themselves. Undoubtedly the list of promotive
causes is considerably augmented by maltreatment and the employment of
injudicious remedies. We should therefore suggest to all prudent persons
the wisdom and importance of consulting _competent authority_ only.
Self-enervation in the first instance brings about that irritability
which evinces itself in +nocturnal discharges+, afterwards in
inappreciable but exhaustive +diurnal discharges+, and subsequently in
complete debility of the whole generative system. This seminal fluid,
such indeed as it is--weak, effete and devoid of all generative
power--is undoubtedly the fluid which the organs suffer to escape; and
to prevent further its flow, as well as to give a healthy tone to the
secretory and retentive vessels ought to form our first care.

COUGH, CONSUMPTION AND GENERAL DEBILITY AND PROSTRATION.

It is a curious pathological fact, that during the progress of
Spermatorrhoea