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trary, require the withdrawal of food, cathartics and metabolic 

 stimulants. The speciiSc erotics produce a hyperaemia, blood 

 infiltration, and increased turgescence, and, in consequence, a 

 highly stimulated condition of the ovaries and testicles and the 

 vaginal or urethral mucous membranes. Yohimbin, cantharides, 

 the acrid spices, alcohol, santonin, the ethereal oils, resins and 

 balsams operate in this way. 



Drugs. — * Yohimbin. A specific against breeding-impotence 

 in bulls and stallions and decreased sexual impulse and sterility in 

 cows and mares. Only chemically pure preparations should be 

 used, the so-called veterinary preparations being avoided; very 

 expensive (13^ grains, 75 cents). Dose per os for horses and 

 cattle, 0.05, gr. ^; dogs, 0.001-0.002, gr. 1/70 to 1/40; subcu- 

 taneously for horses and cattle, 0.02-0.05, gr. M to ^; sheep, goats 

 and swine, 0.005-0.01, gr. 3/40 to 1/8; dogs and chickens, 0.0005- 

 0.001, gr. 1/140 to 1/70; canary birds, 0.0001, gr. 1/660. 



2. Cantharis. Cantharides, An aphrodisiac for cows in which 

 oestrum is albnormally weak ; administer cautiously. Dose for cows, 

 2-5, 5 ss to i, per day; horses, 0.5-2, grs. vij to xxx. Dose of tinctura 

 cantharidis for cows, 20, 5 v; horses, 10, 5ijss; dogs, drop doses. 



3. Piper, Capsicum, Cubeba, Zingiber Santonica, etc. Dot 

 for cattle, 10-25, oijss to vj; horses, 5-15, 3i to iij. 



4. Alcohol. In small repeated doses; horses and cattle, 20-50, 

 3v to xij, (20-150, 5v to 5v, spiritus vini gaUici; 3/^ to 1 hter, 

 Oi to ij, vinum album). 



5. Santoninum. Santonin. Dose for horses and cattle, 10-25, 

 oijss to vj. 



*Jimiperus, carum, matricaria, aloe and other drugs are also 

 used as erotics, but their action is uncertain. 



3. DRUGS THAT DEPRESS THE SEXUAL IMPULSE 

 ANAPHRODISIACS 



Synonyms: Antaphrodisiacs, anterotics. 



Actions and Uses. — An excessive sexual impulse (nympho- 

 mania, satyriasis) occurs most frequently in cows (bulling) in 

 consequence of pathological changes in the genital organs, espe- 



