a glove. Morgan stated that this was
the third case of the kind of which he had knowledge. Bookey records a
case in which an artilleryman was seized by the penis by an infuriated
horse, and the two crura were pulled out entire.
Amputation of the penis is not always followed by loss of the sexual
power and instinct, but sometimes has the mental effect of temporarily
increasing the desire. Haslam reports the case of a man who slipped on
the greasy deck of a whaler, and falling forward with great violence
upon a large knife used to cut blubber, completely severed his penis,
beside inflicting a wound in the abdomen through which the intestines
protruded. After recovery there was a distinct increase of sexual
desire and frequent nocturnal emissions. In the same report there is
recorded the history of a man who had entirely lost his penis, but had
supplied himself with an ivory succedaneum. This fellow finally became
so libidinous that it was necessary to exclude him from the workhouse,
of which he was an inmate.
Norris gives an account of a private who received a gunshot wound of
the penis while it was partly erect. The wound was acquired at the
second battle of Fredericksburg. The ball entered near the center of
the glans penis, and taking a slightly oblique direction, it passed out
of the right side of the penis 1 1/2 inches beyond the glans; it then
entered the scrotum, and after striking the pelvis near the symphysis,
glanced off around the innominate bone, and finally made its exit two
inches above the anus. The after-effects of this injury were
incontinence of urine, and inability to assume the erect position.
Bookey cites the case of six wounds from one bullet with recovery. The
bullet entered the sole and emerged from the dorsum of the foot. It
then went through the right buttock and came out of the groin, only to
penetrate the dorsum of the penis and emerge at the upper part of the
glans. Rose speaks of a case in which a man had his clothes caught in
machinery, drawing in the external genital organs. The testicles were
found to be uninjured, but the penis was doubled out of sight and
embedded in the scrotum, from whence it was restored to its natural
position and the man recovered.
Nelaton describes a case of luxation of the penis in a lad of six who
fell from a cart. Nelaton found the missing member in the scrotum,
where it had been for nine days. He introduced Sir Astley Cooper's
instrument for tying deepl
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