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in size (Vorberg); finally emaciation sets in, also weakness, and 

 sometimes cachexia/ 



B. In the mare. We observe in her also at the start unusual 

 heats, which are remarkable for their frequency and the loud man- 

 ner in which they are expressed. We notice an uuusual restlessness, 

 anxiety of expression, and vivacity of the eye ; the mare neighs 

 frequently ; she extends her body and makes exertions of micturi- 

 tion ; the lips of the vulva are opened and closed successively ; the 

 clitoris is turgescent ; the urine, which is ejected in small quantity, 

 is mixed with mucus, which renders it viscous and gives it a yel- 

 lowish-white aspect. Conception only rarely takes place, notwith- 

 standing repeated coitus, and when happening by hazard abortion 

 soon occurs. 



Nymphomaniac mares are ticklish and excitable ; when the shafts, 

 reins, traces, the leg or spur happen to touch the hindquarters we 

 notice symptoms which have been the cause of the name " urinat- 

 ing mares'': there are also piercing cries, a salient condition of 

 the clitoris, emision of a few drops of urine, wagging of the tail, 

 reaction against the rider's foot, a lowering of the croup, kicking, 

 propensity to biting; these animals often become very dangerous 

 (see Immobility). Soon we can see aberration of the appetite, 

 emaciation, convulsive paroxysms, and maniac excitement. In a 

 mare affected by nymphomania, Eletti has observed rabiform 

 symptoms, tetanic attacks, grinding of teeth, dysphagia, contrac- 

 tions of the abdominal muscles, cardiac palpitations, etc, (this case, 

 which is quite exceptional, presents a certain analogy with the hys- 

 teria of woman). When the disease exists for a long time the 

 general sensitiveness becomes depressed, a state which is similar to 

 immobility (" ovarian tic " ) appears ; at times there are periodical 

 exacerbations which correspond with the periods of heat. While 

 in certain cases the described symptoms disappear for a time after 

 copulations, they lead, however, in the end to serious trouble of 

 the general system, which is due to the constant excited condition 

 of the animals. 



1 In a memorial addressed recently to the Société centrale de Médecine Vétérin- 

 aire, Champagne (veterinarian at Montmirail) called attention to the exterior char- 

 acters of the cows which constantly return to heat, and particularly, first, to the 

 disposition of the posterior edge of the sacro-sciatic ligament, which is concave, hard, 

 and distended ; second, to the depth and unevenness of the depressions of the posterior 

 part of the pelvis on each side of the base of the tail. — n. d. t. 



