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they are in tlie ovaries. Thus they are common in the sub- 

 cutaneous connective tissue and between the muscles. 



The symptoms do not differ essentially from those of simple 

 cysts and treatment is mainly by castration. As the escape of the 

 contents into the peritoneal cavity is especially provocative of in- 

 fection, the greatest care must be taken to extract the mass whole, 

 or to use the most thorough antiseptic precautions. 



SOIvID OVARIAN TUMORS. 



These are much more rare than cystic tumors. They seldom 

 maintain the character of perfect solidity, for whether fibrous, 

 sarcomatous, melanotic, cretaceous, myomatous, cancerous, 

 epithelial, tubercular, glanderous, or actinomycotic, they are 

 usually associated with the cysts to a greater or less extent. Not 

 only are they liable to stimulate the formation of cysts, but the 

 special heteroplasia may become engrafted on the walls of pre- 

 existing cysts, as well as on normal tissues. 



The symptoms of the solid tumors are in the main, those of the 

 cystic form, and treatment resolves itself into extirpation by 

 castration. Its success will vary according to the nature of the 

 tumor, sarcoma, melanoma and carcinoma being especially liable 

 to recur in the same or in distant situations, and the same is 

 true of the colonizing with infectious germs (glanders, tuber- 

 culosis, actinomycosis) which are presumably already present 

 in other parts of the body. Castration has however, this 

 recommendation, it secures the removal of the entire diseased 

 organ, and if the morbid process or infection is confined to that 

 only, it holds out the best prospect of recovery. 



INFI.AMMATION OF THE FAI^I^OPIAN TUBES. 

 SAI^PINGITIS. 



This condition is met with in thie female mammals of all 

 species and mainly as the result of an infection extending from 

 diseased womb or ovary. * The results are degeneration of the 



