654 THE DISEASES AND DISORDERS OP THE OX. 



together with the head, may appear. If so, a cord should 

 without delay be fastened securely round the lower jaw, and 

 another round the foot presented, so as to make sure of these 

 two structures. Next, the hand, holding the slipping noose of a 

 rope, should be gently introduced into the uterus, and the other 

 flexed fore-limb should be found. From the point of that leg 

 which is first touched, the hand should be carried down towards 

 the fetlock, and when this is reached, the noose should be 

 slipped on the fetlock. While the cord is being pulled with the 

 object of straightening the flexed limb, matters may be facili- 

 tated by pushing the foetus backwards into the womb. 



(b,) The fore-feet may be presented, while the head is 

 doubled more or less completely backwards, lying close to 

 the side of the young animal, so that the side of the neck is 

 presented. {See Fig. 88.) 



In the figure below the calf is represented as having its two 

 fore-legs passed through the mouth of the uterus into the vaginal 

 passage, while the head is turned back and lies in contact with 

 the side of the young animal. This presentation is of common 

 occurrence. 



This position of the foetus arises from the head being turned 

 a little aside. The difficulty of adjusting the foetus, and eff'ecting 

 delivery will be proportionate to the distance the head is placed 

 backwards. In some cases it will be within our grasp, while in 

 others we can only succeed after repeated efiforts have been 

 made to reach the ear or the orbit. 



We must secure the fore-legs by passing round each, just below 

 the fetlocks, a cord having a running noose. The legs are then 

 to be returned into the body of the uterus. The head should 

 then be sought for, and, if possible, a rope should be fastened 

 round the lower jaw, or, if this cannot be efi'ected, a hook 

 should be fixed cautiously, firmly, and securely, so that it can- 

 not possibly slip, into the orbit of the foetus. The hook is, 

 of course, fastened^ to a rope, or fixed by means of a hinge to 

 one end of a steel rod provided with a cross handle at the 

 other end. Then the chest of the foetus must be pressed back, 

 so as to cause the foetus to sink deeply down into the womb, 

 after which pressure is to be made upon the curved side of the 

 neck or chest, which pressure must resist the propulsive eff'orts 

 of the mother, when it will be found that the neck will be thus 



