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REPORTS OF CASES. 
The subject was a six-year-old thoroughbred mare called 
Lady Emily, sired by Three Cheers ; dam Queen Emma, by 
Woodburn; bred by John Arnet, of Pleasanton, Cal., and at 
present owned by J. B. Chase, of San Francisco, and handled 
by the well-known trainer, Thos. G. Jones. 
The mare since she was three years old had been bred to 
several first-class horses, such as Imp. Cheviot, Imp. Friar 
Tuck, etc., but without success. 
Last June Mr. Jones, seeing that she was rapidly losing 
her health (and in fact she commenced declining so fast that 
it became absolutely necessary to have some medical or sur¬ 
gical attention for her), had her examined by several rep¬ 
utable veterinarians, who diagnosed her case as prolapsus 
uteri, and she was considered by them as incurable. The 
mare kept getting worse until Mr. Jones decided to take her 
to Oakland and have her examined by Dr. Pierce, who (as 
will be shown later) correctly diagnosed her trouble as being 
due to a disease of the right ovary, and he decided that it 
would be necessary to extirpate the diseased organ before it 
would be possible for the mare to regain her normal condi¬ 
tion. 
He found that there was a continual discharge of a reddish 
brown fluid mixed with mucous from the genital organs, and 
the uterus and vagina were in a highly catarrhal condition. 
The right fallopian tube was also found to be enlarged, and 
indurated to the touch. 
Having gained permission from the owner to operate on 
the mare, he invited Drs. Spencer and Lord to assist him. 
He then proceeded to prepare the animal as follows : A 
few days prior to the operation laxatives were administered 
until the fluid (slightly fseculent) evacuations showed that the 
intestinal canal had been emptied. The uterus and vagina 
were washed out twice daily with a weak solution of phenol. 
The animal was pronounced ready for the operation on 
July 31st, when the visiting surgeons, on Dr. Pierce’s invita¬ 
tion, made a thorough examination, agreeing with Dr. Pierce 
in that the removal of the right ovary was necessary to save 
the animal’s life. Owing, however, to the inflammatory and 
