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I/avander, fennel and angelica produce in the dog a condition 

 of extreme terror, and overcome all disposition to exercise self- 

 defense. 



Mints and origanum induce hallucinations of odor. The dog 

 seeks around with head and nose elevated, sniffs the air, moves 

 cautiously, fixes his eye on some phantom object, and starts to 

 hunt imaginary game. The love of catmint seems to amount to a 

 mania in the feline animal. 



Kidney vetch evidently causes a sensation of itching or formi- 

 cation ; the dog bites the hair of the tail, the hind limbs or the 

 flank as if to destroy fleas or other vermin. 



Dogs under chloroform have sought to hunt, and stallions un- 

 der ether have shown generative excitement with erection of the 

 penis and movements of coition. 



TIMIDITY. PANIC. STAMPEDE. 



Timidity. Panic. Timid driver. Impaired vision. Nervous. Irritability. 

 Gadding. Gregarious habit. Absehce of natural weapons. Treatment. 

 Habit. Substitution. Absolute constraint. Kindness. Boldness. Work. 

 Moderate diet. 



An animal is naturally nervous, and by habit has become timid 

 until it is virtually impossible to utilize it. In a body of animals, 

 fear is quickly transferred from one to the other until all join in 

 a wild panic and stampede. This is common in range cattle or 

 horses, but is found in army horses as well, and a whole regiment 

 will sometimes refuse to longer face the enemy and flee in spite of 

 every effort of the rider. On a smaller scale, two timid horses in 

 a team, scared by some unusual sight, add each to the sense of 

 fear of the other, as they try to escape, until they gallop blindly 

 into any danger. This sense of terror is often fostered by the 

 timid rider or driver, every feeling of apprehension conveyed 

 through the trembling or uncertain hand, or the voice which has 

 lost the element of confideilce, tending to undermine the last ves- 

 tige of^trust on the part of the horse. Imperfect sight is one 

 cause of panic, as the perception of common objects in distorted 



