Word: penises
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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A normal erection results from a complex interaction of forces. Mental or physical stimulation sets off a series of nervous reflexes that increase blood flow to the penis. As the blood fills the corpora cavernosa, two rod-shaped bundles of spongy tissue running the length of the organ, the penis...
For men facing permanent impotence resulting from surgery for cancers in the pelvic region, diabetes, spinal cord injuries or other physical causes-and for those whose problem is psychological in origin and is not helped by therapy-two kinds of penile implants are available. In one operation, which takes about...
The other, less widely used implant is an inflatable prosthesis, developed in 1973 by Baylor University Urologist F. Brantley Scott, Neurologist William Bradley and Bioengineer Gerald Timm. It too requires only a short operation, usually about an hour and a half. Through an incision in the abdomen or the scrotum...
Others are not so sure. Psychiatrist Sonja Kramarsky-Binkhorst of Kings County Hospital in Brooklyn interviewed 31 women whose partners had had the semirigid silicone implants; 13 said the couple were not totally satisfied with the result. Among the complaints: the small size and relative flexibility of the penis. In...
Nearly 30 years ago, an ex-G.I. from The Bronx journeyed to Copenhagen to become blond Christine Jorgensen. Ever since, sex-change operations have been performed routinely as a cure for serious sexual identity problems. Males were treated with hormones that encouraged loss of facial hair and growth of...