I don't advise qualified reading disabled readers interested in the medical
literature to order this book all at once. It is a wonderfully
informative and relatively up-to-date book of some 58 four-hour volumes
comprising most, if not all, recent literature on neuroendocrinology.
My suggestion is that order the first nine tape installment, and if you can
get through that, perhaps you can order the next one.
Copulins are produced by a bacteria present in the vaginal and
intestinal tracs. They can be reproduced under anaerobic conditions by
adding vaginal culture to an amino acid medium. I think it may have even
been a selected amino acid, but have forgotten which one. In lower
mammals, these hormone-like secretions control copulation in the male,
though they do less so in higher species. Since this flora is anaerobic,
it would tend to grow in our less than well-aerated intestinal systems.
The article did not specifically talk about digestive copulins. Copulins
are suppressed by estrogen and antibiotics.
My weird theory is that these chemicals may be part of the reason
that people with our disease (Myalgic Encephomyelitis ME), have always been
shunned socially,
and denied life-sustaining help. There was a strand a while ago about
whether CFIDS was one of the diseases referred to as leprosy in the
Bible. Copulation, in many species, is closely related to aggression
in the male. Again this was not in the book.
There was a lot in the book, including a long article on
Melatonin, and a long article on the regulation of low and high blood
pressure by salt and pineal secretions.
I am sorry about the $50 membership fee for RFB&D. I think it is
particularly difficult for disability communities like ours, which haven't
been recognized in the past, and so have a disproportionate members. We
are also routinely denied access to
higher education. The fee is not otherwise targeted at us. It has been in
place
since January 1. Since I'm not a new member I didn't know about it. I
have used RFB&D for 13 years, and really love it.
