Irritative Impotence.
The second type of Impotence, irritative, is the most frequent of all. In this condition the power of erection may or may not be affected, but the main distressing feature is a premature ejaculation of seminal fluid, which may take place even before a man approaches the woman. This condition is caused by over-stimulation and over-irritation of the sexual nervous apparatus, and is mostly the result either of an old habit of masturbation (self-abuse) or a chronic inflammation in the deep urethra left after previous Gonorrhea. This class of patients is also suffering from frequent night emissions and general nervosity. They constitute the most pitiful and miserable group of all venereal cases. Weak and haggard-looking from loss of seminal fluid, broken in spirit as well as in body, they are haunted by a feeling of despair and utter annihilation; they are full of disgust with themselves, and are frequently incapable of pursuing their occupation. This class of men, as all the Impotentia cases, also fall easy prey to medical quacks, as they are often ashamed to go to a regular practitioner and family physician, and prefer to go to a stranger. Fortunately these cases are not difficult to cure, though it takes usually several months to effect a permanent cure. The treatment will vary according to the cause producing this hyperirritability of the nervous apparatus. It may require treatment of the deep urethra, prostate gland, or general tonic regime.