Booth mentions a case of priapism in a married seaman of fifty-five, due to local inflammation about the muscles, constricting the bulb of the penis.

The affection lasted five weeks, and was extremely painful.

There was a similar case of priapism which lasted for three weeks, and was associated with hydrocele in a man of forty-eight.
Injuries of the testicle and scrotum may be productive of most serious issue.

It is a well-known surgical fact that a major degree of shock accompanies a contusion of this portion of the body.

In fact, Chevers states that the sensitiveness of the testicles is so well known in India, that there are cases on record in which premeditated murder has been effected by Cossiah women, by violently squeezing the testicles of their husbands.