The Scented Garden

58 The Results of Sin. the laboratories of Chicago. [The following addition to the above note was communicated to me by the able and learned M. Merryweather of Armour’s.] ORCHITIC TESTICULAR SUBSTANCE Prepared from the testicles of the ram. The val- ue of the orchitic substance is stated to be assured in the treatment of well-defined cases, particularly in cerebral depression, failure of reproductive pow- er, premature senility, nervous asthenia, neuras- thenia, etc. In these complaints the employment of the orchitic substance gives good results by stimu- lating the nervous system, by increasing the power of work, and also the secretions, the proportion of haemoglobin and the vital resistance, etc. Such results are partially explained by the chemical composition of the orchitic extracts, which are ex- tremely rich in organic phosphorus. The results are similar to those obtained by the use of the Gly- cero-phosphates and Lecithins. Preparations. — Orchitic Desiccated powder (Armour). One part is equal to 10 parts of the raw material, packed in one ounce bottles at 2/6d. Orchitic tablets (Armour). Each tablet contains 2 grains of the desiccated substance packed in bot- tles of 100 tablets at 1/6d. 6. Firdausi, the epic poet of Persia. 7. Some M.S.S. end with this Takhallus. But the title seems hardly justified without what fol- lows. At the same time, it must be remembered that the titles are all probably of late insertion and for convenience of reference only. 8. According to Mahbub, this is an attack on the Q’uran. (He being like so many Persian to-day not only a Sufi, but a follower in secret of El Baab, delights to point out these things). For furious [Persian text] is a pun on [Persian text] Salir, a prophet, who converted some of the Thamud Tribe