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from that of a walnut to the fist. But sometimes, he states, 
the alteration in the ovarium is caused by tuberculous infil¬ 
tration, and in this case the manipulation recommended 
would be useless. 
The ovarium, it is well known, contains a sort of cyst, the 
follicle of Graefe, filled with serum, and containing what are 
called the ova or eggs. On the formation of the egg, the 
follicle increases in size, and by development of the egg, the 
desire to copulation arises, and with this takes place a change 
in the organs of generation ; the follicle of Graefe bursts, and 
the serum with the egg passes into the ova-duct. After this, 
the “ heat 5 ’ or “ bulling” goes off, whether by impregna¬ 
tion or otherwise. Now, a pathological formation of a c}^st 
in the ovarium has a similar effect, but the vesicle does not 
burst as in the natural state, the heat or rut therefore con¬ 
tinues, which constitutes furor uterinus or bulling in the cow, 
by the permanent alteration of these organs of generation. 
The bursting of the cyst is the only cure for this affection, 
and the way to do it is simple and without any danger. By 
introducing the hand into the rectum, previously emptied of 
the faeces, the enlarged ovarium will be easily felt, on either 
side of the intestine. Either one or both will be found 
enlarged, irregular, and elastic on the surface. A moderate 
pressure with the hand will suffice to burst the cyst. If 
both ovaries are involved, of course they must be treated in 
the same way. For the next few days the affection increases, 
but a little cooling medicine being given, and keeping the 
animal in a quiet, dark place, the cow, after a few weeks, 
comes to her milk, and frequently, in the regular time, she is 
found to be in calf. The peculiar appearance characteristic of 
this disease gradually disappears, and the animal is seldom 
subject to a relapse. 
BRIGHT’S DISEASE OF THE KIDNEYS. 
Numerous dissections of dead animr.ls have shown that 
this alteration of the kidneys is of frequent occurrence in our 
domestic animals. This year a horse and a dog were affected 
with it. In the urine the albumen could be detected, and 
under the microscope the characteristic cylinders were 
satisfactorily traced .—Clinic at the Veterinary School , Zurich. 
