Citations:œstromania
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English citations of œstromania
Noun: obscure optional form of nymphomania
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- 1857 C.E., John Gamgee, On the Advantages of Spaying Cows, in Transactions of the Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland, William Blackwood & Sons; Volume XVI, page #98:
- There is no loss as by pregnant cows, and spaying is the only and safe preventive and sure means of cure for œstromania.
- 1862 C.E., Andrew Calley, Additional Observations On Cow Spaying, in The Veterinarian ; Monthly Journal of Veterinary Science, Longman, Green, Longmans, and Roberts; page #89:
- Such wonderful milking cows must be placed in the same category with those dairy cows affected by œstromania, which the professor informs his readers “are termed bullers, and cannot be stinted.”
- 1870 C.E., George Armatage and Francis Clater, Every Man His Own Cattle Doctor, Fredrick Warne and Co.; § VI, page #427:
- Those affected with œstromania are occasionally seized as a result of disease of the ovaries or female testicles.
- 1896 C.E., W. H. Harbaugh, Diseases in the Nervous System, in Special Report on Diseases of Cattle and on Cattle Feeding, Unites States Congress; page #135:
- Disease of the ovaries, by reflex irritation, may cause œstromania (see Excess of Venereal Desire, p. 170), constant desire for the bull.
- 1899 C.E., Edward Courtenay, Practice of Veterinary Medicine and Surgery, William R. Jenkins; Chapter XXVII, page #515:
- Nymphomania.—This disease, or condition, as in many cases it cannot be called a disease, is essentially the same as the one just described under the head of œstromania. The symptoms and treatment are also about the same.