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namely: sexual abuse or over- taxation; and the treatment 

 which I have generally recommended, and which has been 

 most successful, has had for its object to restore the sexual 

 powers to their normal condition by remedies which tone up 

 the system at large and excite the reflex activity of the 

 genito-spinal center. Thus the following combination may 

 be used twice or thrice daily during one week, viz.: Half 

 an ounce each of tincture of iron and Fowler's solution of 

 arsenic, and two drachms of tincture of nux vomica, given 

 in half a pint of flaxseed tea or water sweetened with 

 molasses. During the following week may be given, twice 

 or thrice daily, half an ounce of fluid extract of damiana and 

 one ounce of tincture of valeriana, in half a pint of sweetened 

 water. Meanwhile, frequent bathing with cold water should 

 be applied along the urethra, from the anus downward; and 

 the stallion should be withheld from service during at least 

 one month. 



SEXUAL SLUGGISHNESS. 



Among the causes of sexual indifference in the presence 

 of the opposite sex in heat may be mentioned too long con- 

 tinued abstinence or sexual restraint, over-taxation of the 

 male sexual organs, abnormal condition of these, other in- 

 ternal diseases, insufficient or innutritious food, general de- 

 bility, obesity, etc. Treatment consists in the removal or 

 avoidance of the causes; when indicated, nutritive and stim- 

 ulating food, liberty out-doors with mares. To force sexual 

 activity by stimulating or irritating nostrums does not gen- 

 erally prove permanently successful. 



SPERMATORRHOEA. 



This is a condition in which the semen is discharged 

 without friction of the male organ. It is one of the conse- 

 quences of masturbation, and may also result from debility 

 of sexual organs from over-taxation of these. Treatment 

 consists in the prevention or avoidance of the causes, isola- 

 tion, frequent cold applications locally, and the administra- 

 tion internally of tonic and astringent remedies, such as iron, 

 sulphate of zinc or sulphate of copper, in one-drachm doses. 



