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advance can be made in the teaching of veterinary students by 

 the institution of a new and absolutely indispensable course, for 

 inexperienced veterinarians, to be known as " Palpation Course 

 of the Genital Organs of Cows " and earnestly endeavor to give 

 them an extensive practical discipline along this line. Many a 

 momentary deep regret and complaint would be spared to our 

 younger, enthusiastic veterinarians in agricultural practice, and 

 they would be led to say : " Labor omnia vincit improbus.'^ ' 



Cystic or CVvSTo-Fibrous Degeneration of the Ovaries, 

 WITH Nymphomania, in other Animals 



THAN THE CoW. 



On page 194 we have recorded the occurrence of cystic de- 

 generation in the ovaries of a goat and of a sow. 



While nymphomania is not extremely rare in all domestic ani- 

 mals, it is preeminently common in the cow, not so much in a 

 specific sen.se but rather in the closely housed and high bred, fed 

 and milked dairy cow. 



In economic importance, nymphomania in the mare assumes 

 the place next to that of the alTection in the da'ry cow while, 

 in other animals, it is not of great economic importance. 



Nymphomania in the Mare. 



Nymphomania in the mare is rare in some sections of the 

 country, while in others it is quite common and possesses much 

 economic importance, not so much because of the failure of the 

 affected animal to breed, but because of its decreased value for 

 work purposes, owing to the unusual development of disagree- 

 able or dangerous vices. 



The symptoms of nymphomania in the mare are, in many re- 

 spects, analogous to tho.se ob.served in the cow. There is a fund- 

 amental difference, however. The mania in the cow presents an 

 obvious relationship to sexual excitement and is expressed chiefly 

 by sexual signs, however erratic, but, in the mare, the .sexual 

 signs tend to a.ssume secondary importance, while the primary 

 place is occupied by maniacal symptoms not .so readily connected 

 with .sexual excitement. 



Nymphomania in the mare is most commonly met with in tho.se 



See foot note on page 161. 



