INFLAMMATION OF THE UDDER, &c. G37 
I scarcely knowhow to describe the diseased ovaries; they 
looked like a complete mass of what I may term organized pus, 
completely filling the pelvis, so that I was obliged to saw the 
bones asunder at the symphysis. On cutting into the substance 
it presented the appearance of a scirrhous gland. Here and there 
were observed abscesses containing a sort of pus of a yellow cast, 
and some small hard substances resembling tubercles, and covered 
with a dense case or capsule. 
In cutting into the substance of the left ovary it presented a 
leaden hue. There were no remains of its original shape or 
structure. It was a complete scirrhous mass, and weighed above 
twenty-eight pounds. The functions of utero-gestation appeared 
to have been suspended for some time, for the foetus was not 
larger than a young kitten, and the uterus contained an enor¬ 
mous quantity of the liquor amnii. 
The contents of the thorax were sound, with the exception of 
the pericardium, the internal layer of which shewed inflamma¬ 
tion, and there was a greater quantity of fluid than usual. 
I can assign no reason for the diseased ovaries : the owner 
was only in possession of the cow a short time, and her history 
1 cannot make out. In diflBcult cases of parturition the uterus 
is sometimes expelled, and suft’ers great injury before it is re¬ 
turned. Might this have been a cause? or had sexual intercourse 
any thing to do with establishing this singular case ? 
I am totally unable to answer these queries. 
A CASE OF INFLAMMATION OF THE UDDER, AND 
HYDATIDS IN THE LIVER. 
Mr. J. Stoddard, Richmondy Yorkshire. 
I WAS called in to see a cow on the 16th August. I found 
her lying in the middle of a field, in a dying state, and the case 
terminated fatally in about two hours afterwards. She was sup¬ 
posed to be labouring under a violent inflammation of the lungs. 
On inquiry, I found that she had been unwell for some months, 
and had gradually lost condition. She was in an excellent 
pasture, and they had only milked her once in the day for 
some time, with a view to get her dry and feed her for the 
butcher. 
Sectio cadaveris .—On opening the abdomen I found between 
two and three buckets full of serous fluid, of a dark yellow colour. 
The stomachs were full of aliment, and appeared healthy ; but 
