nstant calls upon them has
exhausted them as also the nerves that gave them life, strength and
vitality. A heavy dragging +weight+ is often felt in the +groin+,
especially after walking or long standing. There is a feeling of
+weakness+ and +exhaustion+ in the parts. Often +strange sensations+
shoot through the parts, and they are +cold+ and +clammy+ at one time,
while +weak+ and +sweating profusely+ at another.

{Illustration: Fig. 5.
MALE ORGANS OF GENERATION.
[From Acton's Celebrated Work on "The Reproductive Organs."]
_Side view of Body cut in half lengthways_ showing the course taken
by the +vital fluid+ from the +Testicle+ (where it is made) to the
Seminal Vesicles (where it is stored). The penis is shown cut off at
dotted line _g_.

As shown here the +vital fluid+ secreted in the minute tubules of the
healthy testicle is gathered into the vas deferens or conveying tube
_k_, which passing through the groin dips behind the bladder _a_ and
empties into the Seminal Vesicles or Storehouse _b_. From here it is
thrown forcibly into the urethra (urine canal) _e_, when needed, and
expelled anteriorly by the ejaculatory muscles of the urethra. To
reach the urethra the Seminal Duct _m_ passes directly through the
body of the Prostate Gland _j_-_b_. Upon the outside of the testicle,
the tube or duct is found twisted and forming a slight bunch, known
as the epididymis, _f_, _g_, _h_.

It is here that the pressure of a +Varicocele+ is first felt--here
that it succeeds _in cutting off the free upward flow of vital fluid_
by pressure on these soft branches of the duct, causing +emissions+
by varying and irregular pressure and +Impotence+ by constant
pressure. When the +Varicocele+ becomes very large, it then destroys
the delicate tubing or the testicle itself.}

The general nervous system also feels the +strain+ and +drain+. +Memory
and application+, +good judgment+, +decision of character+, and
+clear-sightedness+ are not what they were. +Headaches+ are not
uncommon. +Bashfulness and trepidation+, especially in the presence of
females, is the rule. The person feels +clumsy+, +embarrassed+ and +ill
at ease+. +Sleep+ is sometimes poor, there are occasionally +terrible
dreams+, sometimes +lascivious ones+ accompanied by +emissions+,
+drowsiness+ and a tired, languid feeling in the morning, and a
+disinclination to rise+ and go to work are certain signs of +impending+
nervous exha