CYSTIC DEGENERATION OF THE OVARY AND FALLOPIAN TUBE. 42 1 



removed to a loose box at night, and turned out alone in a pasture 

 field during the day. It received a powder containing — 



Chloral hydrate .... 3^5, 

 Nux vom. . . . . • 5J> 



given in soft food twice a day. 



This treatment was continued from the i6th of September to the 

 8th of October, by which time the operation wound had healed. The 

 prolapse had considerably diminished, and the mare had greatly im- 

 proved in condition. Occasionally, however, the rectum came down. 



The vagina was now adjusted without much difficulty, and without 

 much resistance being offered. One of West's prolapsus clamps 

 was placed on the lips of the vulva. The clamp answered its pur- 

 pose very well. The rectum never again appeared. The mare now 

 received — 



Chloral hydrate .... Jss, 

 Nux vomica . . . . • 3J» 



twice every alternate day for a week, and was placed on dry food. A 

 week after the clamp was placed in position the animal was occasionally 

 sent out to plough for half a day, the clamp still remaining on. This 

 course was followed for a month, when the clamp was taken off. During 

 the ensuing five months there was no indication of any reappearance 

 of the vagina. The mare appeared to have entirely recovered. 



Mr. W. T. Hewetson's case, Veterinarian, 1898, p. 83. 



CYSTIC DEGENERATION OF THE OVARY AND FALLOPIAN TUBE. 



129. A ten-year-old Danish bitch, brought for examination on the 

 30th July, 1897. 



Had been punctured for ascites on four occasions. On the second 

 the liquid removed had been blood-stained. 



The appetite was good, though the animal appeared emaciated. 

 There was no cough, vomiting, or diarrhoea. On manipulating the 

 abdomen a large swelling could be detected, apparently hanging from 

 the lumbar vertebrae. The animal was again brought on the 17th 

 September, when it was left to be killed. 



Autopsy. — The abdominal cavity contained several quarts of reddish 

 serosity. With the exception of the left ovary, the thoracic and abdo- 

 minal viscera were healthy. This ovar}- was as large as a man's two 

 fists, and showed rounded elevations and depressions of varying forms, 

 dimensions, and consistence ; the majority were soft, cystic, deeply 

 tinted or blackish, and only covered by peritoneum. Weight twenty- 

 four ounces. 



On section the central portion of the tumour appeared formed of a 

 greyish-white, soft, friable tissue, containing large numbers of small 

 cysts, which readily burst under the pressure of the finger. The walls 

 of the left Fallopian tube were much thickened and full of little closely 

 packed cysts, projecting above the mucous membrane. 



Nothing abnormal in the uterus or vagina. 



On microscopic examination the tissue of the ovarian tumour seemed 



