AN EVALUATION
OF THE BLAKOE SUSPENSORY RING AND ENERGISER BY DR ROBERT CHARTHAM
"Eight months ago a 'Forum' reader drew my attention
to the device for men which I had not heard of until then,
the Blakoe Energiser Ring. The Ring is based on a sound scientific
principle.
When
worn, a mild steady electrical current is set up by metal
plates making contact with the moist acid-containing skin
of the penis and scrotum. Blakoe claimed that this current,
by passing through the scrotum and testicles, promoted the
production of the hormone testosterone, which is secreted
by the testicles, and also increased the production of sperms
of excellent quality and mobility.
Testosterone is one of the principal male sex hormones, it
stimulates sexual desire, controls the sex-drive, and, in
a secondary capacity, is responsible for the male sex characteristics
such as the growth of hair on the face, belly and under the
arms, the deepening of the voice and the growth and development
of the penis and testicles at puberty and during adolescence.
In fact, if the testicles - which are the main supplier of
testosterone (a certain amount is also secreted by the pituitary)
do not produce sufficient amounts of the hormone, the man's
sexual activity is adversely affected. His sexual desire becomes
weaker and his sex-drive operates less frequently. This of
course, does begin to happen naturally after the man has passed
the forty-five year mark. It is, however, a very gradual process
and the man need never reach the first stage of sexual non-activity
if he faces up to the facts and takes advantage of whatever
medical science offers him.
On the other hand, if the testicles can be stimulated in
some way to continue producing testosterone so that the natural
process of phasing down is slowed up, then resorting to the
more drastic injections and implantations of testosterone
can be postponed. The man's sexual activity will then continue
at a higher rate than it would otherwise do. Fear of increasing
impotence will also be greatly lessened if not eliminated
altogether. Blakoe claimed that his Energiser will do just
this, and he received support from a number of members of
the medical profession with regard to these claims. He also
claimed that because the action of electricity increases the
blood supply to the penis, his device is also effective in
overcoming many cases of partial impotence.
At the time that the Ring was first brought to my notice,
I had a number of cases of partial impotence which were stubbornly
resisting all efforts to overcome them. They mostly involved
men in their fifties and were the type of partial impotence
where the penis never achieves more than half rigidity. This
condition of partial impotence, while influenced by psychological
causes, is also affected by a low standard of general health,
brought about by overwork and preoccupation with business.
The supply of blood to the penis is affected and there is
no accompanying debilitation of the sexual nervous system.
I decided that no harm could be done if I chose six of these
cases to experiment with the Blakoe Energiser Ring.
At the same time, I was also working at high pressure myself,
and tired easily. A few hours in London would completely exhaust
me. So I was extremely impressed by its effects. I did not
tire so quickly and I could even return from a day in London
with some energy left.
The claim that the blood supply to the penis is stimulated
by wearing the Ring, is, in my view, as valid as the energising
claim. I have noticed that all the time I am wearing the Ring
the penis maintains its maximum flaccid dimensions.
It may be suggested that both the energising effect and the
supply of blood to the penis are the result of suggestion,
that psychology and not electricity is the real cause. I do
not think so, because once the Energiser Ring is in place
it cannot be felt, and I very rarely remember that I am wearing
it. Others testify to similar unawareness.
Five co-operators made the same observations both in regard
to energy and penile dimensions, and five of them reported
within three weeks, that by wearing the Ring during intercourse
they achieved and sustained a firm erection. At the end of
a further month, they were able to get the same firmness of
erection without using the Ring during lovemaking.
I was so impressed by the results of wearing the Ring, both
on my own account and in the light of the experience of these
five, that I decided to put it to the test in a rather uncommon
case of a boy of 18.
This young man, A.N, had written to me from school in a state
of desperation. At 18 he had never achieved orgasm whilst
masturbating. He had periodic wet dreams during which he experienced
orgasms of varying intensity. "The trouble is",
he wrote, I have quite a job to get an erection. Some of my
friends can get erections just by looking at a picture of
a naked girl, without having to touch their penises. I can't.
It takes me at least ten minutes of rubbing my penis for me
to get an erection, but then the awful thing is that it goes
limp again within half a minute, and I just can't get it up
again, whatever I do."
This was an unusual case on account of A.N.'s age. The fact
that he had wet dreams during which he was conscious of orgasm
and always had evidence of fairly copious ejaculation, showed
that there was little, if anything, wrong with him organically.
I suspected a psychological block, and though it took some
weeks to discover what the block was, we did eventually find
it.
This helped a little. Within a short time he could achieve
a strong erection within two or three minutes of direct stimulation
of the penis, but he could still not sustain the erection
long enough for him to orgasm under continued stimulation.
The experts whose advice I called upon were as puzzled as
I was. We racked our brains to try to find some way of eliminating
the last effects of the block which were still, obviously,
affecting his sexual capacity. It was when I was on the verge
of abandoning the case that I decided to try the Blakoe Ring
with him. I instructed him to wear it permanently unless he
became aware that he was using it, then he should remove it
and put it on an hour or so later. A few days after he first
began to wear it, he took a vacation job which entailed his
working with a number of women. Two or three days later I
had this letter from him:
Dear Robert, This Ring is having a fantastic effect. I can
now get an erection within a couple of minutes of stimulation
when I am wearing the Ring, and it stays up for about a quarter
of an hour... This is incredible enough, but while I am working
all of a sudden I find I've got an incredibly hard erection...
This has never happened to me before...
This was a couple of months ago. Now he can get an erection
spontaneously and with direct stimulation sustain it for twenty
minutes to half an hour, without wearing the Ring at the time.
I am not claiming that any of the results I have described
as entirely attributable to the Ring, except the response
that all, including myself, have noted - that while the Ring
is being worn the penis remains constantly at its maximum
flaccid dimensions. This seems to me to indicate that the
current, small though it is, does increase the flow of blood
to the penis, and that this in turn helps in overcoming the
type of partial impotence which is brought about by poor circulation
in the pelvic and genital areas. In cases of partial impotence,
I think that there may be some psychological factor involved,
and I consider this to be all to the good. Any device that
will produce a beneficial psychological response has, in my
view, much to commend it.
I can speak personally about the energising properties of
the Ring. In my view they are remarkable, and on this account
alone I would have no hesitation in recommending the Blakoe
Ring to young and middle-aged men whose work or business take
a more natural toll of their energy. For the elderly men it
is a boon. Nowadays I would not dream of having a day in London,
or undertaking an unusually heavy physical task without wearing
mine.
I also believe that
the success I personally know I have had in the cases of partial
impotence (for which, again, I have recommended it to middle-aged
and young men alike) make it well worth a trial by those who
suffer from this condition."
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