Chapters 6-7 Summarizer

Chapter Six is all about impotence and various cures people have developed. A large portion of the chapter is devoted to the work of Dr. Geng-Long Hsu, a Taiwanese urological surgeon. When impotent men try Viagra will little success, they come to Dr. Hsu to receive a permanent solution. Hsu uses a rare technique that involves removing veins from the penis. The surgical procedure has worked on over 90 percent of men. Hsu takes great pride in his work. The reason this procedure works has to do with how penis functions. When a man is sexually aroused, arteries bring blood into the penis. After orgasm or an extended period of time, veins bring the blood out of the penis. When Hsu removes some of these veins, blood cannot exit the penis as quickly, and, as a result, the man can have an erection for a longer period of time. Besides scheduling a visit with Dr. Hsu, men have many more options to cure their impotence.

There are many ways to approach impotence. Surgeons can remove veins or install a malleable penile implant. An individual can use a cock-ring to restrict blood flow or purchase a vacuum pump. But perhaps the most popular cure for impotence was introduced by Pfizer in 1998. Since then, Viagra has become a household name. Men with erectile dysfunction (ED) could now find comfort in a simple little pill. The process is not as simple elsewhere in the animal kingdom. Zhuang Zhuang, a male panda, was given Viagra in 2002, and no results were observed. It is believed that male pandas suffer from extreme erectile dysfunction. Viagra can solve a man’s impotence, but is there a procedure that could cure senility?

According to Skevos Zervos and G. Frank Lydston, implanting younger testicular tissue into an older man can cure high blood pressure, senility, and arteriosclerosis. Some men even experienced an increase in “sexual power” and “vigorous and prolonged erections.” In China, men are told to ingest tiger penis with wine or brandy if they are suffering from performance issues. As a last resort of increasing confidence, a man can order a Neuticle, prosthetic testicles. Originally made for dogs, these fake testicles are implanted into the recipient by a plastic surgeon and come in various sizes. Men can now become as large as they want to.