As shown here the +vital fluid+ secreted in the minute tubules of the healthy testicle is gathered into the vas deferens or conveying tube _k_, which passing through the groin dips behind the bladder _a_ and empties into the Seminal Vesicles or Storehouse _b_. From here it is thrown forcibly into the urethra (urine canal) _e_, when needed, and expelled anteriorly by the ejaculatory muscles of the urethra. To reach the urethra the Seminal Duct _m_ passes directly through the body of the Prostate Gland _j_-_b_. Upon the outside of the testicle, the tube or duct is found twisted and forming a slight bunch, known as the epididymis, _f_, _g_, _h_. It is here that the pressure of a +Varicocele+ is first felt--here that it succeeds _in cutting off the free upward flow of vital fluid_ by pressure on these soft branches of the duct, causing +emissions+ by varying and irregular pressure and +Impotence+ by constant pressure. When the +Varicocele+ becomes very large, it then destroys the delicate tubing or the testicle itself.} The general nervous system also feels the +strain+ and +drain+. +Memory and application+, +good judgment+, +decision of character+, and +clear-sightedness+ are not what they were. +Headaches+ are not uncommon. +Bashfulness and trepidation+, especially in the presence of females, is the rule. The person feels +clumsy+, +embarrassed+ and +ill at ease+. +Sleep+ is sometimes poor, there are occasionally +terrible dreams+, sometimes +lascivious ones+ accompanied by +emissions+, +drowsiness+ and a tired, languid feeling in the morning, and a +disinclination to rise+ and go to work are certain signs of +impending+ nervous exhaustion. +The eyes are dull and heavy+, often +black-ringed+ underneath. The pupils of the eyes are unequal--often very large--sometimes one small and one large. The hands tremble and perspire +easily+. The person is +absent-minded, melancholy, prone to brood, and fears the jests+ or ridicule of his companions. The +skin+, especially of the +face+, sometimes becomes +coarse and red, sometimes is pale and pasty+ and covered with +blotches or pimples+. There is sometimes +spasm at the neck of the bladder+, causing +some delay before the urine will flow freely+. Often it is passed in a +forked or twisted stream+, plainly showing the presence of either organic or spasmodic stricture. +Twitching of the muscles of the eyelid, face and limbs+ is often present, accompanied sometimes by +creeping sensations up the spine+, +flushings of the face+, +chills+ (slight), +dizziness and black spots before the eyes+ on stooping over and occasionally by neuralgic pains in the +head+ and about the heart. If unchecked, or if the baneful habit is still persisted in, the symptoms of the First Stage merge rapidly into those of the SECOND STAGE.--CONGESTION AND INFLAMMATION.