ON DISEASED OVA1UA. 
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at all, it is quite certain that I have not mis-stated him. And all 
who will take the trouble to examine what we have each said, 
will, I am sure, acquit me of it. 
Mr. Wilson must not be displeased (particularly as he has by 
no means confined himself to my reply in his last articles) that I 
have thought proper, in this Number, to defend my own opi- 
nions. I have endeavoured to treat him as one who had quit- 
ted the field ; and I am sure, Sir, you will acknowledge that I 
have not said behind his back what 1 should have scrupled to 
say to his face. Very respectfully your’s. 
ON DISEASED OVARIA. 
By Mr. Mayer, Sen., Newcastle-under-Line. 
Mr. Editor, 
The following account of diseased ovaria is one which 
I forwarded some years ago to my respected friend, Mr. Sewell; 
and as it will form another interesting addition to the catalogue 
of morbid affections incident to the horse species, I have great 
pleasure in sending it you for insertion in your valuable Journal. 
Fortunately for us it is of very rare occurrence ; for although 
we may palliate and retard its progress, yet it ultimately, sooner 
or later, terminates fatally, unless the enlargement , which is not 
impossible , remains stationary at a certain point which does not 
interfere with the functions of the other surrounding viscera. 
Unfortunately the ovaria goes through its early derangement 
and alteration of structure before we suspect or are aware of the 
true nature of the disease, unless we make an early examination 
of the parts per anum, and which we ought always to do in what 
appears obscure bowel affections. In the human subject, though 
not a common disease, it is of more frequent occurrence, from 
our very artificial and luxurious mode of living; but animals, 
who only act under the simple laws of instinct, and who are freed 
from those varied and exciting causes which are brought into 
operation by the vicious and immoral part of the human species, 
do not so frequently pay the full penalty attached to such habits. 
In the early stages of the disease, had we an opportunity of 
marking its early progress, there would, I think, be detected 
slight and occasional griping pains from time to time, accom- 
panied with febrile action ; the urinary organs would also, from 
sympathy, be temporarily deranged, and the bladder more irrit- 
able : but to common observers this would be lost sight of, and 
the case be merged into one of common gripes or cholic ; nor 
