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in the vaginal wall was somewhat thickened. It was unfortunate 

 that this illness should have occurred so soon after the opera- 

 tion ; and personally, I do not consider that the operation had 

 anything to do with the death, as it was known that the stable 

 in which she was placed was (in the words of the practitioner 

 who treated her) "a stable in which American horses were 

 placed upon landing, and essentially a pneumonic centre." 

 This opinion was borne out, too, by one of the veterinary 

 surgeons who saw the operation performed and attended the 

 patient when taken ill. 



Professor M'Fadyean examined the ovaries and reported ; 

 " The ovaries are abnormally small, and decidedly cirrhotic in 

 texture." 



No. 10.^ 9th March 1 901. —Thoroughbred mare, six years old. 

 She had had a foal by Perigord in 1889, but had been barren since. 

 Her perinaeum had at some time or other been badly torn. 

 Insemination had been tried without success. She was always 

 in oestrum. A practitioner who had examined her had diag- 

 nosed extensive disease of an ovary, but as to which one I 

 could not get a definite opinion. The owner wished this 

 removal in the hope that he might get a foal subsequently. 

 Upon gaining access into the abdomen it was found that both 

 were undoubtedly diseased, being hard and cirrhotic. The right 

 one appeared to be the worst and was removed, the left one 

 remaining in its proper place. 



On the nth I received a letter saying " the mare seems quite 

 her old self again and is feeding." On the 30th and at subse- 

 quent periods she appeared in oestrum again and was served 

 twice. The first time she " missed," but on the second occasion 

 she " held," and the result was a fine healthy foal. 



At the present time (December 1902) mother and foal are 

 looking well, and she is again, so far as one can tell, pregnant. 



No. 11. 3rd April 1901. — Carriage mare, eleven years old,. 



1 " Veterinary Record," Vol. XV., page 210 (Page and Hobday). 



