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development,^ or they may be cirrhotic even to cartilaginous 

 hardness and very small.- It is impossible to tell with certainty, 

 except by manual examination, which condition exists. In 

 some instances there may be nothing very abnormal to all 

 external appearances, and yet their removal may have the 

 desired effect.'^ 



Power of Procreation. — Although it is frequent to find that 

 mares which are constantly in oestrum, and those which are 

 known for their vicious, squealing, urinating and general 

 nymphomaniac propensities, will not breed, even if repeatedly 

 served by different stallions, the rule is not by any means a 

 constant one. 



Fig. 25. 



A small cirrhotic ovary and one which is enlarged and cystic (about one-fourth 



natural size). 

 A normal ovary is, in size, about midway between these two. 



Case No. 2 (see Appendix, page 90) was one of the worst and 

 most objectionable brutes imaginable ; she was known to have 

 been " covered " several times, but it was never even suspected 

 that she could be pregnant. Yet a post-mortem examination 

 demonstrated this fact, which perhaps ought to have been dis- 

 covered at the time of operation, had not the owner been so very 

 emphatic upon the point as to cause me to coincide with his 

 opinion. 



1 See Appendix, Cases 1, 11, 29 and 30. 



= See Appendix, Cases 2, 5, 7, 14, Hi, 20, 22 and 28. 



3 See Appendix, Cases 4, 6 and 8. 



