Tripe relates the history of a seaman of twenty-five, in perfect health, who, arriving from Calcutta on April 12, 1884, lodged with a female until the 26th.

At this time he experienced an unusually fierce desire, with intense erection of the penis which, with pain, lasted throughout the night.

Though coitus was frequently resorted to, these symptoms continued.

He sought aid at the London Hospital, but the priapism was persistent, and when he left, on May 10th, the penis formed an acute angle with the pubes, and he again had free intercourse with the same female.

At the time of leaving England the penis made an angle of about 45 degrees with the pubes, and this condition, he affirmed, lasted three months.