220 ENDOCRINE GLANDS 



INDICATIONS FOR TESTICULAR ORGANO THERAPY. 



In spite of the experimental researches of Brown- 

 Sequard, who had tried on himself with success the testic- 

 ular extracts, this type of organo therapy has not proved 

 satisfactory and has practically been abandoned to-day. 



Its efficacy in testicular insufficiency is doubtful. In 

 adults, it has been used against impotence, where 

 it probably only has a psychic action. In children, it is 

 said to have helped growing pains. 



The extract of the dried gland is given in doses of from 

 1 to 4 grams daily. 



