uently been the victims of nocturnal
emissions before the total extinction of the function. As a
rule, much of this premature impotence--induced by either
irritation of the genital organs or rectal or anal
troubles--runs its unfortunate possessor through such a course
of physical incidents as described by Hammond, as the wild
Indians of the Southwest induce in the _mujerado_. At first
the sound organ responds in a natural manner to any stimulus
that may affect it, but soon a local satyriacal condition is
set up, which, running a more or less rapid period of intense
activity, soon leaves its victim completely, permanently, and
hopelessly impotent, even as much so as if eunuchized in the
most approved manner. Hammond's description of the manner in
which these unfortunates are manufactured is an interesting
addition to the facts contained in the natural history of man,
and is as follows: "A _mujerado_ is an essential person in the
saturnalia, or orgies, in which these Indians, like the
ancient Greeks, Egyptians, and other nations, indulge. He is
the chief passive agent in the pederastic ceremonies which
form so important a part in the performances. These take place
in the spring of every year, and are conducted with the utmost
secrecy, as regards the non-Indian part of the population. For
the making of a _mujerado_ one of the most virile men is
selected, and the act of masturbation is performed upon him
many times every day; at the same time he is made to ride
almost continuously on horseback. The genital organs are thus
brought, at first, into a state of extreme erethism, so that
the motion of the horse is sufficient to produce a discharge
of seminal fluid, while at the same time the pressure of the
body on the animal's back--for the riding is done without a
saddle--interferes with their proper nutrition. It eventually
happens that, though an orgasm may be caused, emissions can no
longer be effected, even upon the most intense degree of
excitation. Finally, the accomplishment of an orgasm becomes
impossible; in the meantime the penis and testicles begin to
shrink, and in time reac