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ruptured by manual pressure from the vagina and their 

 contents can be removed only by puncture. 



The large nymphomaniac cysts necessarily project far be- 

 yond the general surface of the ovary. In very rare cases, 



FlG. i 28 — /, Nymphomaniac cysts ; 2, cystic oviduct and corpus luteuru. 

 a, Cystic pavilion ; b, cystic oviduct ; c, cornu ; d, cystic corpus luteum with 

 faint girdle of lutein tissue ; j, <?, encapsuled corpus luteum ; f, ostium 

 abdominale of oviduct. 



small nymphomaniac cysts are centrally located, giving to 

 the ovary a somewhat spheroidal or merely plump form. 



The symptoms of nymphomania are usually very pro- 

 nounced and characteristic. The cow or heifer bellows a 

 great deal, more frequently perhaps than when in estrum. 



