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CYCLOPEDIA OP LIVE STOCK AND COMPLETE STOCK DOCTOR. 



long in this condition, the head swells so as to render it utterly impos- 

 sible to push it back, and the calf dies of course, — he is choked to death. 

 In this extreme, the only feasible plan is to cut the head off, then push 

 the body back and get the feet as directed for the first mjlpresentation. 

 Such a case once occurred in the practice of the writer ; it was managed 

 in this way, securing delivery without trouble, and saving the cow. 



The forosroiiig applies only when the head is swollen. When this is not 

 the case, push the head back and bring up the feet as before described. 



Fourth 3IaIpresentatW7i. — In this the fore feet are both presented, 

 but the head is turned back against the side. Tie the rope to the feet, 

 iind carry a piece of it in, with a view of getting it into the mouth and 



FOURTH MALPRESENTATION. 

 The fore feet in the passage, the head turned back on the side. 



around one of the jaws. Failing in the latter effort, hook the straight 

 hook into the eye socket, and then push the feet back, till the head can 

 be brought into the passage. 



Fifth MaJpreseniation, — Here, the foetus is lying on his back, with the 

 poll presented and the feet bent back upon the belly. Delivery may be 

 made in this position, but the nose and feet must be brought into the 

 passage fii'st. To do this, pass in a noose for each foot, and another for 

 the upper jaw, putting it in the mouth ; then push the calf back, so those 

 parts can be liberated and brought "up. Carefully gujrird the womb from 

 laceration by the toes, in all cases. When in a favorable presentation, 

 let an assistant pull, while the main operator raises the withers of the 

 fostus over the rim of the pelvis. 



