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No. 14.1 j^jjj October 1901.— Hunter mare, about nine years 

 old, and in the words of the veterinary surgeon who called me 

 in consultation, "frequently in cestrum, squeals, goes off her 

 food, strikes out (apparently at nothing), urinates when put at 

 a jump or when kicked with the rider's heels." Recovery after 

 the operation was uneventful, and she was in the hunting field 

 on the 23rd of the same month. There has been no return of 

 the troublesome symptoms. 



Professor M'Fadyean examined the ovaries and stated that 

 they were "unduly fibroid in consistency, and each contained 

 two or three small Graafian follicles or cysts.'' 



No. 15.1 j^(-fj October 1901. — Cart mare, eight years old, a 

 vicious, kicking, squealing brute. About a week or ten days 

 after the operation she was turned out to grass, and left there 

 for a few weeks. When tried in harness again she took to it 

 quite kindly, and has worked quietly and regularly ever since. 



Professor M'Fadyean examined the ovaries and stated that 

 each contained a considerable number of cysts or Graafian 

 follicles of quite unusual size, one as large as a pullet's egg. 



No. 16. 26th October 1901. — Thoroughbred mare, seven 

 years old, in owner's possession for six months. She was 

 bought as a squealer and kicker both in harness or saddle. 

 Recovery was uneventful, the words used by the practitioner 

 in charge in a letter dated 29th October being, "the mare is 

 going on first-rate ; in fact, to all appearances she is well." 

 She was afterwards turned out to grass for a few weeks, and 

 when brought up became gradually quieter, the ultimate result 

 being a perfect success. 



Both ovaries were cirrhotic, the left one especially so. 



No. 17. 9th December 1901. — Hunter mare, seven years 

 old, in present owner's possession about twelve months. 



1 Proceedings of the Lincolnshire Veterinary Medical Association, 17th October 1901. 

 "Veterinary Record," Vol. XIV., page 306. 

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