The _CAUSES_ of Prostatitis or Prostatorrhoea are many and diverse.
The most prominent are:

_Gonorrhoea or Gleet_, running backward and settling in the gland or
neck of the bladder;

_Stricture_, deep in the canal, causing congestion and inflammation;

_Masturbation_, by keeping the gland excited, congested and irritated,
often causes it;

_Exposure to cold and wet_, especially sitting on a cold door-step or
damp seat;

_Blows and Injuries_ of any kind;

_Strong Injections_, and rough jabbing with steel sounds or rough
bougies;

_Eating Hot Condiments_, or too free indulgence in alcoholic beverages.


VARIOUS COMPLICATIONS.

If the inflammation extends to the neck of the +bladder+, he has an
attack of +cystitis+. If it goes down along the seminal ducts, it
produces +swelled testicle+, +clogged duct+, +chronic enlargement+,
+cancer+, +cysts+ and hopeless wasting of the +testicles+. If it extends
up the +ureters+, it causes +Bright's Disease+, +abscess+ of the