204 DR. LEGEAR'S STOCK BOOK. 



OIK- in which delivery is very frequently renders I impossible, or 

 can IK- made only with the greatest difficulty. We have had cases 

 of this kind in large marcs, where we have worked six hours or 

 more before delivering the foal, and in some cases delivery is im- 

 possible without cutting up the foal and taking it, away in pieces. 

 You must try and push the colt forward, and either try to turn it 

 around or get hold of the hind feet, and get them in the passage, 

 and then delivery may be effected quite easily. After the mare 

 has been trying to foal for two or three hours, the colt will as a 

 general thing be dead; so now every effort should be made to save 

 the mare by getting the colt away as best you can. A pair of partu- 



Fig. 39. Haussmann's Obstetrical Shears. 



rition shears (Fig. 39) are very useful in cases of this kind. By 

 pushing the foal forward you can then loop a rope around the 

 hind legs above the hocks and straighten them back into a hori- 

 zontal position. Then insert your parturition shears and cut off 

 the legs above the hocks as far up as possible; then the foal may 

 be delivered. The jaws of these shears can be opened and closed 

 by turning the lever at the end of the handle. 



Occasionally there may be one fore-limb and one hind-limb 

 presented. In such cases great care should be taken not to pull 

 on these two limbs, as it would be impossible to deliver the foal 

 in this way. After making an examination and you decide to 

 It ring the colt away backwards, push the front leg back into the 

 womb and secure the other hind leg, and then tin 1 foal may bo 

 delivered; or vice versa. 



