+Civiale's+ knowledge of the anatomy, physiology and pathology of the
Genito-Urinary (Sexual and Urinary) organs, especially fitted him to
study and investigate this subject. It did not take him long to perceive
that +Lallemand's+ idea that the deep urethra, where the seminal ducts
open into it, was the real seat of the disease in both +Spermatorrhoea+
and +Impotence+, was the true and correct one, and therefore, that any
plan of treatment, to be successful, must look to allaying and healing
the inflammation, congestion or ulceration of the urethra at the neck of
the bladder, and stopping the losses.
He reasoned that when the inflammation, irritation and spasm of these
parts, and of the seminal ducts, was relieved, the drain of the vital
fluid would cease, the dilated mouths of the ducts contract, the vital
fluid become thicker and healthier, the organs increase to natural size,
and the distressing nervous symptoms, oftentimes dangerous to life or
reason, cease to trouble the patient.
{Illustration: Fig. 7.
Exact Size and Shape of a +Civiale Soluble Urethral Crayon+.
(Inserted into canal of organ.)}
These Crayons shown here are small, soft, smooth, perfectly flexible,
and dissolve as soon as they are pushed into the urethral canal, thus
bringing the remedies directly in contact with the ulcerated and eroded
parts, it even running down the ducts into the seminal vesicles
themselves.
The growth, vigor and future prosperity of every nation depend upon the
strength and energy of its young men, and if the places of the robust
and healthy are to be filled by effeminate, weakened, nervous and
physically drained youths, such as the terrible vice of masturbation
is yearly giving us, the results cannot be other than disastrous. The
advice, warning and guidance of parents and guardians must be looked to
for prevention; the method and remedies of +Lallemand+ and +Civiale+ for
a cure.