APPENDIX. 103 



No. 28. 2ist November 1902. — Irish hunter mare, four years 

 old, a very vicious troublesome brute ; continually squealing 

 and urinating ; a dangerous kicker, and difficult to approach 

 even in the stable. 



The ovaries were cirrhotic (M'Fadyean). 



Recovery from the operation has been quite uneventful, and 

 her viciousness in the stable has quite disappeared. It is rather 

 early to venture a positive opinion, but she looks like being a 

 perfect cure. 



No. 29. 5th December 1902. — Cart mare, nine and a half 

 years old. She had had one foal six years before. During 

 the past nine months she had been in oestrum about every 

 fortnight, and very vicious during the "period." In October, 

 when going down a hill, she became suddenly hysterical, kick- 

 ing violently, and becoming unmanageable. A serious accident 

 resulted, and the owner (who had the matter under consideration 

 for some time) now decided that she must be " spayed " or shot. 



The left ovary, when removed, was cirrhotic and about normal 

 in size; its weight was if ounces. The right ovary was much 

 enlarged and cystic, being quite as large as a swan's egg. It 

 was too large for the loop of the 6craseur chain to be passed 

 over it, and this weight had lengthened the pedicle upon which 

 it hung to such an extent that it was very difficult to manipu- 

 late. The exterior, too, was very tense and smooth. Eventu- 

 ally, with the finger nail, the wall of the largest cyst was 

 ruptured, and the contents allowed to escape into the abdominal 

 cavity. The ovary then collapsed to an extent sufficient to 

 permit of the passage of chain over it, and removal was readily 

 effected. When examined afterwards it was found that there 

 were two enormous cysts, one of which (as accurately as could 

 be estimated by filling with water) would hold 3 ounces, and 

 the other 2 ounces of fluid. The collapsed ovary (without the 

 contents of either cyst) weighed 6 ounces.^ 



On the 22nd of December I received a letter saying : " The 



1 See Fig. 34. 



