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in colour, and perfectly uniform in consistence. The lining membrane of the 
uterus was softened and somewhat pulpy, but no ulceration or other morbid 
change was observed. Under the microscope the fluid was found to consist 
principally of epithelial scales, with small exudation corpuscles and blood- 
discs, but there were no pus-corpuscles. In the larger mammalian animals, 
collections of fluid in the uterus is not uncommon, and the condition is 
sometimes described as false conception; there is no reason, however, to 
conclude that this abnormal secretion is in any way connected with impreg- 
nation.)” 
FATTY DEGENERATION OF THE OVARIES. 
In aged bitches of an obese disposition, and those which 
have parturiated, there is a tendency to fatty degeneration 
in organs otherwise not usually adipose. 
A short time since, when making a post-mortem examina- 
tion of an aged Newfoundland bitch, belonging to the Rev. 
S. C. Adam, of Wolverhampton, I was struck, when investi- 
gating the generative organs, with the condition of the 
ovaries. All that remained of the one was a hard, gritty 
substance the size of a horse-bean, imbedded in a smooth, 
round tumour of fat, the dimensions of a large walnut, and, 
containing in the centre a cyst. 
The other resembled a granular, fatty mass, with a full- 
developed ovum, ready to burst on the outside. The 
animal had borne whelps, and was supposed (erroneously) 
then to be pregnant. 
OVARITIS. 
Inflammation of the ovary arises from viclence, cold, 
sudden suppression of cestrum ; and is sometimes associated 
with uterine disease and irritation of the clitoris. 
Symptoms.—Pain in region between loin and flank. Look- 
ing backward towards part. Bladder irritable. Abdominal 
tenderness. Febrile disturbance. Vomiting. Restlessness. 
Rolling over and lying on the back. ‘ 
Treatment.—Hot hip baths. Linseed poultices. Medi- 
cinally: iodide of potassium, opium, chlorodyne, belladonna, 
injections of morphia. Enemas, if constipated. Quietude, 
“warmth, ample soft bed. Breeding must be suspended. 
