THE NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATIONS OF SPERMATORRHOEA

Authors
KEANE JR
Citation
Jr. Keane, THE NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATIONS OF SPERMATORRHOEA, Archives of neurology, 51(6), 1994, pp. 600-603
Citations number
25
Categorie Soggetti
Clinical Neurology
Journal title
Archives of neurology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00039942
Volume
51
Issue
6
Year of publication
1994
Pages
600 - 603
Database
ISI
SICI code
0003-9942(1994)51:6<600:TNCOS>2.0.ZU;2-4
Abstract
The age-old belief that loss of sperm could be dangerous to health bec ame a major medical concern throughout the Western world following Cla ude-Francois Lallemand's inflammatory warnings about the dangers of sp ermatorrhea. This article investigates the leading role played by Amer ican neurologic authorities of the mid and late 1800s in their fight a gainst the cerebral and spinal complications of spermic depletion.