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means exempted from this mental affection. I could not 

 treat this article at length, without appearing to treat it 

 somewhat ludicrously. 



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Satyriasis, so far from being wholly unknown, is 

 really a pretty common disease, among animals of dif- 

 ferent families, and classes. We have striking exam- 

 ples of it in some of the Simitc, a vast assortment of 

 animals, many of which arc closely allied to us, not 

 merely by their external habit or appearance, but by 

 certain circumstances of structure, and by peculiarities 

 of function. But examples of a similar kind are afford- 

 ed to us by other families of animals, as by the Birds, 

 &c. 



Neither is Nymphomania exclusively a disease of the 

 human female*. The Pecora, the birds, and other fa- 

 milies of animals, supply us with illustrations of my po- 

 sition. Indeed, the Gottingen professor himself has 

 furnished us with examples of something very like this 

 disease, as occurring in the class of birds, in his inte- 

 resting Specimen concerning the differences between the 

 hot-blooded Viviparous and Oviparous animals ; a dis- 



ttation which I have read with much satisfaction!. 



• It will be observed, thai Mr. Rkimenbach speaks doubtfully 

 both of thi-; disease and of Satyriasis. 



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