rhoea or Gleet_, running backward and settling in the gland or
neck of the bladder;

_Stricture_, deep in the canal, causing congestion and inflammation;

_Masturbation_, by keeping the gland excited, congested and irritated,
often causes it;

_Exposure to cold and wet_, especially sitting on a cold door-step or
damp seat;

_Blows and Injuries_ of any kind;

_Strong Injections_, and rough jabbing with steel sounds or rough
bougies;

_Eating Hot Condiments_, or too free indulgence in alcoholic beverages.

VARIOUS COMPLICATIONS.

If the inflammation extends to the neck of the +bladder+, he has an
attack of +cystitis+. If it goes down along the seminal ducts, it
produces +swelled testicle+, +clogged duct+, +chronic enlargement+,
+cancer+, +cysts+ and hopeless wasting of the +testicles+. If it extends
up the +ureters+, it causes +Bright's Disease+, +abscess+ of the
+kidneys+, or +lumbar fistula+. If it runs forward along the urine
canal, it produces so-called +gleet+. If it settles in the +prostate
gland+ and becomes chronic, it may cause +abscess of the gland+,
+retention of the urine+, and certainly either or both +Spermatorrhoea+
or +Impotency+.

It may thus be seen how exceedingly dangerous a disease this
+Prostatitis+ is, and how very important it becomes to check it at
the earliest possible moment.

SYMPTOMS.--We have space for but the most prominent and frequent ones:
a +dull, aching, dragging+ or +throbbing pain+ between the legs, made
worse by +standing, walking, jolting+, &c., and sometimes relieved by
hard pressure, or lying down with one's feet higher than their head;
pain, burning or smarting on passing urine; +twisting+ of the stream;
the oozing of a thin, glairy fluid; +sticking+ together of the lips of
the mouth of the urinal canal; +soreness, aching or tenderness+ of one
or both +testicles+; dull pain or ache in +the small of the back+ or
+buttocks+; +dizziness, sudden fits of exhaustion, convulsions, coma
and death+. A +microscopical examination+ of the urine will reveal the
nature of the difficulty in a moment. There also will be found evidences
of great +nervous wear and tear, and seminal losses+, more or less
constant.

{Illustration: L'ECOLE DE MEDICINE, PARIS.
The most celebrated Medical College in France, in which both
+Civiale+ and +Lallemand+ were Professors.}

GLEET AND STRICTURE AS A CAUSE OF SPERMATORRHOEA AND IMPOTENCY.

These two diseases are probably less understoo