REPORTS OF CASES. 
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arsenic), which will result in a slough of the cord without any 
further trouble. The doctor states it is not even necessary to re¬ 
move the packing or dress the wound; it will drop out and the 
parts heal up. 
Case ii. Bay Mare —Poll-evil, presented by Dr. Currie. 
Operated upon by Drs. Eggleston and Frost. 
Case 12. Chestnut Gelding , nineteen years old. This case 
proved of special interest, having been operated on by Drs. Hoi- 
lingworth and Baker at the clinic in Dr. Hollingworth’s hospital 
at the last meeting of the state society in Utica, four years ago, 
for bone spavin; tarsal neurectomy being the operation per¬ 
formed. The great sciatic and anterior tibial nerves were di¬ 
vided at that time, and a grave prognosis given. The horse, 
(which is in the pink of condition despite his advanced years), 
was driven up and down the road and proved serviceably sound, 
with no bad results from the division of the nerve branches, after 
four years. His driver has no> difficulty in making a fifty-mile 
round trip with him in a day and plenty of time to spare between 
the going and coming. 
Case 13. Black Trotting Gelding , lame in off fore. Dr. Mc¬ 
Kinney diagnosed the case as sesamoid lameness, and recom¬ 
mended firing and blistering and the use of an elastic bandage 
when working. Prognosis favorable. 
In the following cases Dr. Williams was able to diagnose and 
describe conditions that he had referred to in his lecture on 
sterility the evening previous, and had illustrated with the lantern 
on the screen, from among his extraordinary collection of speci¬ 
mens. 
Case 14. Holstein Cow, had her last calf in July, 1910— 
although bred regularly since. Dr. Williams made out by ex¬ 
amination per vagina, severe sinking of the broad ligament, ex¬ 
ternal os cedematous; rectal examination further revealed the 
uterus somewhat enlarged; right ovary 2Jd inches in diameter, 
wall very thick, possibly an abscess; right oviduct A of an inch 
in diameter, containing lymph or pus; left ovary 2J4 to 3 inches 
in diameter, encysted; left oviduct y 2 inch in diameter. Diag¬ 
nosis, incurably sterile. 
Case 15. Red Cow (heifer, M / 2 years old), bred regularly 
since eighteen months old; never impregnated. Examinations by 
Dr. Williams as in previous case, with following findings: Uterus 
enlarged; twice normal size, soft and flabby; characteristic of 
endometritis. Right ovary diminished; dimensions, T / 2 inch in 
length by T / 2 inch in breadth; consists of cyst; Graffian follicle 
