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So long as the estrual period is irregular, she should not be 

 bred. Until the recovery is complete, copulation generally 

 precipitates the return of the nymphomania in a severe 

 form, with a copious discharge of muco-pus from the vulva. 

 If regular and normal in estrum and in the length of the 

 inter-estrual period, the cow may be bred at the second 

 estrum and then watched closely to see that all is going well. 

 The treatment of nymphomania through the internal ad^ 

 ministration of therapeutic agents has not been given suffi- 

 cient study to afford ground for the expression of any 

 opinion. Upon the hypothesis that the disease is due to in- 

 fection within the ovary, it would seem not improbable 

 that the internal administration of powerful disinfecting 

 agents might bring about relief from the disease. I have 

 used salvarsan to a very limited extent. Apparently it 

 brought about some amelioration of the disease, but the 

 experiments were brought to a close on account of the pro- 

 hibitive expense of the drug. In a very few cases the in- 

 travenous administration of trypan blue seemed to benefit 

 the animals greatly; in other instances no apparent benefit 

 was derived from it. Quite as interesting from the stand- 

 point of research with nymphomania, is the use of corpus 

 luteum or ovarian extract, but so far as I know, this field 

 of experimentation has not been extensively invaded. I 

 have used liberal amounts of corpus luteum extract upon 

 two nymphomaniacs, without visible effect. It is possible 

 that extracts of other ductless glands might affect this dis- 

 ease profoundly. 



3. INTRA-FOLLICULAR HEMORRHAGE 



I have in my collection the genital tract from an abattoir 

 heifer, illustrated in Fig. 130, in which the right ovary con- 

 tains a number of large cysts which have increased its di- 

 ameter to four inches and its weight to about two pounds. 

 Some of the cysts contain a clear lymph. Others contain 

 blood and lymph mixed in varying proportions, some of 

 them being filled almost entirely with blood. No lutein 

 tissue is recognizable. I have not recognized the condition 



