Darkwicca (imported) wrote: Fri Dec 14, 2012 5:41 pm
The goats in the study had testicle volume of about 100cc. Humans about 1/4th of that. They injected 2 ml in each testicle. The human equivalent would be about 0.5 ml per testicle. Maybe that would be less painful than using 3-4 times as much as seen here on this forum.
I'm trying to do the math again, maybe need some help.
Before my injection my testicles were bigger (10cm long, etc.) but I'll use my current measurements since my testicles were very large before. Each of my testicles are now 6 cm "long" by 4.5 cm "wide". From an ellipsoid point of view, the radial dimensions would be half of those so 3cm x 2.25 cm x 2.25 cm. The volume of an ellipsoid is (4/3)*pi*a*b*c which in my case works out to 64 cubic cm per testicle.
The papers talk about testicle volume as combo of both testicles, so that means my testicle volume is 128cc.
The biggest goat in the paper (
/09/CaCl-2005-Jana-calcium-chloride-goats.pdf) was 10kg with testicle weight of 1290mg / 100g body weight so for a 10kg goat which would be
= 10kg * 1290mg / 100g
= 10kg * 1.29 g / 100g
= 10kg * 1.29 g / 0.1kg
= 1.29g * (10kg / 0.1kg)
= 1.29g * 100
= 129g
Now the only question is how volume and weight relate. 1cc of water is 1 g. But we're talking organ meat here. However, water is actually quite dense and if you look up density of meat it looks like it is within 10% up or down from water depending on type. I think it is safe to say that 1g meat is approximately 1cc of meat.
Anyway, as far as I can see my testicles are as big as the biggest goat in the study. I think that makes sense because even though goats can be pretty well endowed, these were baby, miniature goats (average weight 8kg).
Can someone check on my math?
They actually used 2ml of CaCl per testicle. So if my math is right, then a 2cc dose isn't unreasonable for humans. My testicles might be a bit bigger than normal, and we know now that it is painful especially if the solution leaks into the scrotum, so smaller dose is entirely a good way to go. But just wanted to let people know that the 2cc suggestion originally may not have been entirely off base.
The real trick in the dosing is that they actually describe the dose based on the amount of CaCl dissolved, rather than the concentration. For example, in the dog studies some of them use the same amount of CaCl but in smaller amount of liquid. So a smaller amount of higher concentration or a greater amount of lower concentration are both reasonable, but you want to avoid a large amount of a high concentration.
