The man died about a year after the attack, but a necropsy was unfortunately refused.

Salzer, in discussing the theories of priapism, mentions eight cases previously reported, and concludes, that such cases are attributable to leukemia.

Kremine believes that continued priapism is produced by effusion of blood into the corpora cavernosa, which is impeded on its return.

He thinks it corresponds to bleeding at the nose and rectum, which often occurs in perfectly healthy persons.

Longuet regards the condition of the blood in leukemia as the cause of such priapism, and considers that the circulation of the blood is retarded in the smaller vessels, while, owing to the great increase in the number of white corpuscles, thrombi are formed.