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ovaries, and pronounced symptoms of nymphomania. A 
bridge of connective tissue passed from the fundus of the 
portio over the orificium and then joined the vaginal mucosa. 
It was 5 cm. wide and 2cm. thick, and passed in a vertical 
direction over the os externum. On both sides there were 
little openings through which the orificium could be reached. 
in Figs. 10 and 11, the band can be seen; in Fig. 12 it is cut. 
Fig. 9—Cow from Wallensgaard. 
I cannot say whether this abnormality is inherited or 
acquired. I have never found it in heifers, however. Even 
if such an obstacle is not able to prevent the delivery, it cer- 
tainly leaves not much chance for the fertilization, as the two 
little openings on the sides are by no means equal to the 
normal orificium. 
I saw a similar case in a cow with nymphomania in Mari- 
enburg. The cow had calved for the sixth time two years 
