200 DISEASES OF CATTLE. 



ward, and if the forefeet and head can be secured it will be a natural 

 anterior presentation, Avith the back of the calf turned upward 

 toward the rump of the cow. 



The Avomb should be injected with warm water or oil. and the turn- 

 ing of the calf will demand the combined actioi;^of the repeller and 

 the hand, but in all such cases the operator has an advantage that the 

 body of the fetus is Avholly within the body of the womb, and there- 

 fore movable with comparative ease. No part is w-edged into the- 

 pelvic passages as a complication. The general principles are the 

 same as in faulty presentation fore and hind, and no time should be 

 lost in making the manipulations necessary to bring the feet into the 

 pelvis, lest they get in bent or otherAvise displaced and add unneces- 

 sary complications. 



With a transverse direction of the calf, the head being turned to 

 one side, the pressure must be directed laterally, so that the body 

 w^ill glide around on one side of the Avomb, and the extremities Avhen 

 reached must be promptly seized and brought into the passages. 

 Sometimes a fortunate stiuggle of a live fetus will greatly aid in rec- 

 tifying the position. 



Breast and abdomien presented — All -four feet in the passages. — In 

 this form the calf lies across the womb with its roached back turned 

 forw^ard and its belly toAvard the pelvis. All four feet may be ex- 

 tended and engaged in the passages, or one or more may be bent on 

 themselves so as to lie in front of the pelvis. The head, too, may 

 usually be felt on the right side or the left, and if detected it serves to 

 identify the exact position of the fetus. The position may further be 

 decided upon by examination of the feet and limbs. With the limbs 

 extended the front of the hoofs and the convex aspect of the bent 

 pasterns and fetlocks will look toAvard that flank in which lie the 

 head and shoulders. On examination still higher the smooth, even 

 outline of the knee and its bend, looking toAvard the hind parts, 

 characterize the fore limb, Avhile the sharp prominence of the point 

 of the hock and the bend on the opposite side of the joint, looking 

 toward the head, indicate the hind limb. (PI. XVII, fig. 5.) 



The remedy of this condition is to be sought in repelling into the 

 Avomb those limbs that are least eligible for extraction, and bringing 

 into the passages the most eligible extremities. The most eligible Avill 

 usually be those Avhich project farthest into the passages, indicating 

 the nearer proximity of that end of the calf. An exception may, 

 hoAvever, be made in favor of that extremity Avhich w ill give the most 

 natural presentation. Thus if, owning to obliquity in the position of 

 the fetus, the hind extremities promised a presentation Avith the back 

 of the fetus turned doAvn toAvard the udder, and the anterior extremi- 

 ties one with the back turned up toAvard the spine, the latter should 

 be selected. Again, if the choice for the tAvo extremities is evenly 



