The increased motor irritability of the state of detumescence
somewhat resembles the conditions produced by a weak anaesthetic
and there is some interest in noting the sexual excitement liable
to occur in anaesthesia. I am indebted to Dr. J.F.W. Silk for some
remarks on this point:--
"I. Sexual emotions may apparently be aroused during the stage of
excitement preceding or following the administration of any
anaesthetic; these emotions may take the form of mere delirious
utterances, or may be associated with what is apparently a sexual
orgasm. Or reflex phenomena connected with the sexual organs may
occasionally be observed under special circumstances; or, to put
it in another way, such reflex possibilities are not always
abolished by the condition of narcosis or anaesthesia.
"II. Of the particular anaesthetics employed I am inclined to
think that the possibility of such conditions arising is
inversely proportionate to their strength, e.g., they are more
frequently observed with a weak anaesthetic like nitrous oxide
than with chloroform.
"III. Sexual emotions I believe to be rarely observable in men,
and this is remarkable, or, I should say, particularly
noticeable, for the presence of nurses, female students, etc.
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