CAUSE.--Is a morbid condition of the penis, in which the glans penis
cannot be uncovered, either on account of a congenital smallness of the
orifice of the foreskin, or it may be due to the acute stage of gonorrhoea,
or caused by the presence of soft chancre.
2. SYMPTOMS.--It is hardly necessary to give a description of the symptoms
occurring in this condition, for it will be easily diagnosed, and its
appearances are so indicative that all that is necessary is to study into
its cause and treat the disease with reference to that.
TREATMENT.--If caused from acute gonorrhoea, it should be treated first by
hot fomentations, to subdue the swelling, when the glans penis can be
uncovered. If the result of the formation of chancre under the skin, they
should be treated by a surgeon, for it may result in the sloughing off of
the end of the penis, unless properly treated.
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Animal Magnetism.
WHAT IT IS AND HOW TO USE IT.
[Illustration: ILLUSTRATING MAGNETIC INFLUENCES.
ANIMAL MAGNETISM IS SUPPOSED TO RADIATE FROM AND ENCIRCLE EVERY HUMAN
BEING.]
1. MAGNETISM EXISTING BETWEEN THE BODIES OF MANKIND.--It is rational to
believe that there is a magnetism existing between the bodies of mankind,
which may have either a beneficial or a damaging effect upon our health,
according to the conditions which are produced, or the nature of the
individuals who are brought in contact with each other. As an illustration
of this point we might consider that, all nature is governed by the laws of
attraction and repulsion, or in other words, by positive and negative
forces. These subtle forces or laws in nature which we call attraction or
{471} repulsion, are governed by the affinity--or sameness--or the lack of
affinity--or sameness--which exists between what may be termed the
combination of atoms or molecules which goes to make up organic structure.
2. LAW OF ATTRACTION.--Where this affinity--or sameness--exists between the
different things, there is what we term the law of attraction, or what may
be termed the disposition to unite together. Where there is no affinity
existing between the nature of the different particles of matter, there is
what may be termed the law of repulsion, which has a tendency to destroy
the harmony which would otherwise take place.
3. MAGNETISM OF THE MIND.--Now, what is true of the magnet and steel, is
also true--from the sameness of their nature--of t
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