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the gland there could be seen several Graafian follicles. The contents of 

 one cyst of the size of a hickory nut were bloody. The left ovary weighed 

 55 grammes. Its length was 3.3 cm., its width 2.3 cm. and thickness 1.3 cm. 

 The periphery was smooth. Upon section, this ovary was found to have 

 undergone extensive fibrous degeneration and it contained a few follicles. 



Pathologico-anatomical diagnosis : indurative cystic ovaritis of right 

 ovary, and indurative oophoritis of left. 



4. In an aged nymphomaniac cow which was slaughtered on the 12th of 

 November, 1904, the mouth of the uterus was penetrable for one finger, the 

 lips of the OS were slightly swollen, the uterus somewhat enlarged, the right 

 uterine horn was empty. To it was suspended an abscess in the form of a 

 pedunculated tumor. The right oviduct was dilated, its ovary the size of 

 an apple and affected with two cysts as large as hickory nuts. 



The left uterine cornu contained some mucus and was adherent to the 

 anterior extremity of the bladder." The left oviduct was as thick as a man's 

 finger and contained some pus. The left ovary was small and contained 

 some pea-sized follicles. 



Pathologico-anatomical diagnosis : encapsulated abscess of right uterine 

 horn, adhesion of left uterine horn to the urinary bladder, left pyosalpinx 

 and cystic degeneration of both ovaries. 



5. A three year old cow, which had not been pregnant, had shown normal 

 estrum for 3 months but had not conceived ; ovarial cysts and nympho- 

 mania then developed. 



Post mortem examination on December 13th, 1905 revealed : the lips of 

 the OS uteri externimi small, the cervical canal closed. In the cervical 

 canal there was some viscid mucus. Weight of uterus 375 grammes. 

 Uterine cornua very small. Uterine mucosa pale. Cotyledonal nodes 

 normal. Right ovary, weighing 6 gr. , contained sev eral small yellow bodies 

 and 6 pea-sized follicles. Left ovary weighed 11 grammes and was normal. 

 Pathologico-anatomical diagnosis : Multiple formation of cysts. 



6. A cow which had been nymphomaniac for ten months, with marked 

 sinking of the broad ligaments of the pelvis, revealed the following upon 

 post mortem examination : lips of os uteri somewhat swollen, injected 

 clear mucus in the cervical canal, in the walls were very hard areas sug- 

 gestive of cancer. The uterus somewhat enlarged, peritoneal surface 

 smooth. In the right horn was an intensely pigmented area, 3x1 cm. in ex- 

 tent. Right oviduct dilated, its walls thin, its ampulla adherent to the 

 ovary and distended into a thin walled, pear-shaped cyst 15x9 cm. in size, 

 filled with a clear, serous fluid. The ovary, concealed in the adherent 

 ampulla, was normal in size and contained yellow bodies. 



Left oviduct also dilated. Fimbriated end adherent, leading to the ex- 

 istence of an hour-glass-shaped sac 12 cm. long and 9 cm. broad at its 

 widest point. It was thin-walled and filled with a clear yellowish serosity. 

 The left ovary was normal in size, concealed in the ampulla and contained 

 one large corpus luteum. The arteries of the broad ligament were some- 

 what large and inflexible. 



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