The ovaries may be found in the labia majora as a congenital defect, or in the inguinal or crural canal, or in the foramen ovale, as congenital or acquired herniæ. =Inflammation= is but rarely met with in post-mortem examinations in an isolated form. It generally is associated with affections of the uterus or its appendages, in connection with the puerperal condition. It does, however, occur as an idiopathic disease, and then generally attacks but one ovary. In the congestive stage there is more or less engorgement with blood, even amounting to extravasation, enlargement and softening of the organ. =Abscesses.= As a result of acute inflammation, abscesses may form in the substance of the ovary. These may reach considerable size, and may burst into the peritoneal cavity, resulting in death; or they may discharge into the rectum, vagina or bladder, and end in recovery. Morbid Growths. =Ovarian Tumors= or _Ovarian Dropsy_, are generic terms for a class of affections characterized by the formation of cysts, which have a tendency to excessive development. The disease affects married females more frequently than the single, and the age from thirty to forty years is that most subject to it. According to statistics, the right ovary is more frequently the seat of the malady. Various forms of the disease are met with. The cysts may be simple or unilocular, compound or multilocular, or cancerous. _Simple cysts_ have but a single, undivided cavity, containing fluid, and enclosed within the ovary or external to it. We may find one or more, varying greatly in size, some being no larger than a pin’s head or pea, while others contain several gallons of fluid. The contained fluid also, presents great varieties; it may be clear, straw-colored, highly albuminous, or present a viscid, glairy, more or less opaque character; or we may find it of a coffee color, or greenish, with a large quantity of oily matter floating on the surface. In the latter cases the appearance is due, as shown by the microscope, to the presence of blood corpuscles and cholesterine plates. These simple cysts may acquire an enormous size, filling the abdominal cavity, and crowding the viscera from their position. In a case examined for Dr. B. Berens, in 1855, a free incision was made through what appeared to be the abdominal walls alone, when the cavity was found filled with a straw-colored, slightly gelatinous fluid, of which several gallons were removed.