at the neck of the bladder+, causing +some delay before the urine will
flow freely+. Often it is passed in a +forked or twisted stream+,
plainly showing the presence of either organic or spasmodic stricture.
+Twitching of the muscles of the eyelid, face and limbs+ is often
present, accompanied sometimes by +creeping sensations up the spine+,
+flushings of the face+, +chills+ (slight), +dizziness and black spots
before the eyes+ on stooping over and occasionally by neuralgic pains in
the +head+ and about the heart. If unchecked, or if the baneful habit is
still persisted in, the symptoms of the First Stage merge rapidly into
those of the


SECOND STAGE.--CONGESTION AND INFLAMMATION.

Here all the symptoms of the foregoing stage are usually present, only
somewhat more intensified. The +congestion+ and +irritation+ are +more
decided+, the +weakness+ more marked, the +nervous prostration+ more
decided. Any, many, or all of the following symptoms may be present,
according to the degree of severity or the rapidity of the disease:

+Emissions+ (day or night), +Oozing of a glairy fluid+ under excitement
and imaginings, presence of the opposite sex, etc., +Partial+ and
+Imperfect Erections, Desire to Masturbate+, Formation of +Evil Pictures
in the Mind+, +Flushing and Chilliness+, +Stupidity and Tendency to
Doze or Sleep+, +Mental Hebetude+, +Failing Memory+, +Lack of Power
of Application, Energy or Concentration+, +Restlessness+, +Pain and
Smarting+ in passing urine, +Wetting the Bed+, +Pain in the Kidneys+,
+Headache+, +Pimples+ on the face or body, +Itching or peculiar
sensations+ about the scrotum (bag), thighs, legs, anus, etc., +Wasting+
of the +Organs+, +Stringiness and Softening+ of the +Testicles+,