The castration of cryptorchid horses and the ovariotomy of troublesome mares / by Fred. T.G. Hobday.

  • Hobday, Frederick T. G. (Frederick Thomas George), Sir, 1870-1939.
Date:
1903
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Credit: The castration of cryptorchid horses and the ovariotomy of troublesome mares / by Fred. T.G. Hobday. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Always in oestrum, and latterly a great nuisance. Squealing and passing urine continually, and lately showing a tendency towards using her heels. Recovery from the operation was uneventful. « On the 20th January 1902 I received a letter to say, As far as I am able to judge the operation on my mare has been completely successful . . . she does not appear to have suffered from the operation at all. I hunted her yesterday for the first time, and she carried me as well as ever. She was no trouble whatever after the operation. In October 1902 I saw the owner and he informed me that the result had been a perfect success. No. 18. 9th December 1901.—Hunter mare, six years old, a kicker. The ovaries were cirrhotic and about half normal size. On the 26th I received a note saying, The mare has made a perfect recovery, and has been at work a week. She never showed the least outward symptom of having been operated upon. The kicking propensities have all vanished, and she has since been sold for ;;^'iGO. No. 19. 8th February 1902.—Polo pony, aged, excellent at her work, but squealed, kicked, and urinated profusely. Her tail swished continually from side to side, she was always in oestrum, and sometimes very unwilling and troublesome. The right ovary was about twice the normal size. Both contained a lot of Graafian vesicles. She became perfectly cured of all her bad habits, but was never so good again at polo. In the words of the owner, a very hard rider, it seems to have knocked all the stuffing out of her. No. 20. 22nd March 1902.—Brougham mare, eleven years old, in owner's possession six years. Worked satisfactorily until a year ago, when she commenced to kick, squeal, and urinate when put in harness. During the last three months she had been quite unmanageable, and at the present time it was