410 Diseases of the Genital Organs 



clinically. As I have no clinical history of the animal, the 

 significance of the condition is uncertain. The genital or- 

 gans are those of a heifer which has not been pregnant. 

 The specimen suggests, as do many ovarian diseases, cau- 

 tion upon the part of the veterinarian. In the handling of 

 cows for sterility, as in most new fields, arbitary practices 

 have developed. One of the outstandingly dangerous fads 

 in sterility of cattle is the massaging of the ovaries and 

 uterus per rectum, the rupturing of cysts, and the dislodg- 

 ment of corpora lutea — a massaging and crushing program. 

 Although the healthy genital organs of cows will endure 



PlG. 130 — Intra-Follicular Hemorrhage. Abattoir heifer. 

 /, Right ovary ; 2. j, uterine cornua ; ,\ gelatinized cystic - fluid ; /, hem- 

 orrhage into cystic fluid. 



without great injury a remarkable amount of insult, their 

 limit of endurance is promptly exceeded in many cases of 

 disease. Any cyst of extraordinary volume or presenting 

 other unusual features, or any other lesion, the nature of 

 which is not clear, calls for careful consideration and for- 

 bids hasty action. A rupture of the cysts illustrated would 

 in all probability have led to fatal hemorrhage. Fig. 67 

 illustrates further this important point. In this animal, 

 where clinical history was available, spontaneous rupture 

 of the ovary occurred, with profuse hemorrhage. Had an 

 imprudent veterinarian "ruptured the cyst" in that case, 



