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NYMPHOMANIA. 



By the term Nymphomania, I mean that morbid condition 

 of the sexual organs of the mare which continues after the 

 proper season is past for the animal taking the horse. 



It is a morbid condition which is not only annoying to the 

 mare, but sometimes it renders the animal dangerous to the 

 owner and to those in attendance. 



Treatment. — The best remedies in general are — Tincture 

 of Cantharides, Murex Purpura, and Aloes. 



Canthaeides. — Sometimes a single dose of this remedy will 

 remove the affection ; and sometimes many doses of it are not 

 productive of the least beneficial effect. Give the tincture in 

 2-drachm doses, mixed with 6 or 8 ounces of water. The medi- 

 cine should be given to the mare when the stomach of the animal 

 is empty. Should it fail to produce a beneficial effect, have 

 recourse to the Aloes as a purgative. 



MuEEX PuEPUEA. — Havo recourse to the Murex after the 

 purgative has been given and its effects have subsided. Grive 

 it in 2-drachm doses of the 3rd dilution, mixed with 3 or 4 ounces 

 of water. Eepeat the dose once a day for several days in suc- 

 cession. The animal should also be fed sparingly. 



aLANDERS AND FAECY. 



It is not my intention to occupy the reader with any very 

 lengthy observations of my own upon Grianders and Parcy : 

 want of space forbids it upon the present occasion. 



Glanders and Parcy are different forms of the same disease. 

 Glanders may first appear, and Parcy supervene ; or what is 

 called Parcy may first appear, and Glanders supervene. Parcy 

 is simply a tertiary form of Glanders. 



