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Hieronymus Mercurialis, in his chapter of melancholy, cites it for an especial cause of this malady, [1482] priapismus, satyriasis, &c. Haliabbas, 5.
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The muscular motions caused by sensation continue; as those concerned in our evacuations during infancy, and afterwards in digestion, and in priapismus.
Zoonomia, Vol. I Or, the Laws of Organic Life Erasmus Darwin 1766
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It differs from priapismus chronicus in the desire of its appropriated object, which is not experienced in the latter, Class I. 1. 4. 6. and from the priapismus amatorius, Class II.
Zoonomia, Vol. II Or, the Laws of Organic Life Erasmus Darwin 1766
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The priapismus, which occurs to vigorous people in a morning before they awake, has been called the signum salutis, or banner of health, and is occasioned by the increase of our irritability or sensibility during sleep, as explained in Sect.
Zoonomia, Vol. II Or, the Laws of Organic Life Erasmus Darwin 1766
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