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ŒStrum in a Pomeranian Bitch Successfully Induced by the Internal Administration of Desiccated Orchic Substance
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The V eterinary ] ou,rnal. (ESTRUM I N A POMERANIAN BITCH SUCCESSFULLY INDUCED BY THE INTERNAL ADMINISTRATION OF DESICCATED ORCHIC SUBSTANCE. By J. F . D. TUTT, M.R.C.V.S., F .L.S., F.Z.S ., W inchester.
A CLIEN T recently consulted me respecting a valuable Pomeranian bitch that had missed her last two periods of restrum , and was several w eeks overdue for the present one . I tried at first , unsuccessfully, t ablets of Extract of Corpus Luteum, and Messrs. Parke, Davis & Co. then kindly offered me a sample of their tablets of orchic substan ce t o try, and after four had been given (one daily) the result desired w as obtained . I am informed that these t ablet s have not been tried before on a ·dog, and I therefore record this one instance as it may be of interest. In a leaflet sent with the t ablets it is stated that each tablet Tepr't!sents 5 grains of carefull y desiccat ed orchic subst ance (also known as orchitic or t esticular substance), .equiv.alent to 60 grains of the jre~ h glendo Harrower (" Practical Hormone Therapy," 1914, p. 338) is quot ed as follows :-" The administration of orchic substance not only provides a supply of t esticular hormone in cases of . deficient secretion, bnt it stimulat es the organ and t ends t o bring about normal function at the same time that it exerts a tonic influence on the whole glandular syst em , particularly upon those organs which are concerned in the production of energy. It enhances the hormone content of the blood." The leaflet gives it as being therapeutically indicat ed in diabet es, prostatic hypertrophy, impotence, and also that it has been reported .as being beneficial in eczema, psoriasis and certain forms of obesity. A CASE OF HODGKI NS' DISEASE. By GEORGE S IMONS, M.R.C.V .S., Lancaster .
Subject.-Aberdeen terrier , 14 years old. History.- Except for one or two mild attacks of indigestion , h ad always enj oyed good health. Six months previous to last illness was not ed t o be in failing health generally, became very stiff in its movements, and unable t o t ake usual exercise. At t his time the animal was very fat in condition , and by treatment of the symptoms a nd ·careful dieting great improvement ensued . In fact, so much so that for the following four months the patient seemed to have entered upon a new lease of life. Then commenced the last illness. Symptoms.-Periodic attacks of sickness, accompanied by a loose 'Condition of the bowels, which, in the course of a few days, became rapidly worse, until diarrhcea was more or less continuous. Treatm ent
The V eterinary ] ou,rnal. (ESTRUM I N A POMERANIAN BITCH SUCCESSFULLY INDUCED BY THE INTERNAL ADMINISTRATION OF DESICCATED ORCHIC SUBSTANCE. By J. F . D. TUTT, M.R.C.V.S., F .L.S., F.Z.S ., W inchester.
A CLIEN T recently consulted me respecting a valuable Pomeranian bitch that had missed her last two periods of restrum , and was several w eeks overdue for the present one . I tried at first , unsuccessfully, t ablets of Extract of Corpus Luteum, and Messrs. Parke, Davis & Co. then kindly offered me a sample of their tablets of orchic substan ce t o try, and after four had been given (one daily) the result desired w as obtained . I am informed that these t ablet s have not been tried before on a ·dog, and I therefore record this one instance as it may be of interest. In a leaflet sent with the t ablets it is stated that each tablet Tepr't!sents 5 grains of carefull y desiccat ed orchic subst ance (also known as orchitic or t esticular substance), .equiv.alent to 60 grains of the jre~ h glendo Harrower (" Practical Hormone Therapy," 1914, p. 338) is quot ed as follows :-" The administration of orchic substance not only provides a supply of t esticular hormone in cases of . deficient secretion, bnt it stimulat es the organ and t ends t o bring about normal function at the same time that it exerts a tonic influence on the whole glandular syst em , particularly upon those organs which are concerned in the production of energy. It enhances the hormone content of the blood." The leaflet gives it as being therapeutically indicat ed in diabet es, prostatic hypertrophy, impotence, and also that it has been reported .as being beneficial in eczema, psoriasis and certain forms of obesity. A CASE OF HODGKI NS' DISEASE. By GEORGE S IMONS, M.R.C.V .S., Lancaster .
Subject.-Aberdeen terrier , 14 years old. History.- Except for one or two mild attacks of indigestion , h ad always enj oyed good health. Six months previous to last illness was not ed t o be in failing health generally, became very stiff in its movements, and unable t o t ake usual exercise. At t his time the animal was very fat in condition , and by treatment of the symptoms a nd ·careful dieting great improvement ensued . In fact, so much so that for the following four months the patient seemed to have entered upon a new lease of life. Then commenced the last illness. Symptoms.-Periodic attacks of sickness, accompanied by a loose 'Condition of the bowels, which, in the course of a few days, became rapidly worse, until diarrhcea was more or less continuous. Treatm ent