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siderable size, which may exist without disturbance of 

 function. 



Acute ovaritis may terminate in suppuration, or pass into 

 the chronic stage, but generally ends in resolution. 



Sometimes the ovarian tumours may burst into the 

 abdomen, and thus cause death. The late Mr. D. Gress- 

 well noted three cases of ovaritis in the mare, and of these 

 one was acute and the other two of the chronic form. 



