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Section II. — Dystokia Due to the Head 450 



Downward Deviation 451 



Indications 453 



Lateral Deviation to the Right or Left 455 



Indications • 457 



Deviation Upward and Backward 464 



Indications 464 



Section III. — Dystokia Due to Misdirection of the 



Hind-limbs in the Anterior Presentation 466 



Extreme Abduction of the Hind-limbs 466 



Indications 467 



Deviation of the Hind-limbs in the Pelvis, the Anterior 



Part of the Body Presenting 467 



Indications 469 



CHAPTER II.— DYSTOKIA DEPENDING ON THE POS- 

 TERIOR PRESENTATION 473 



Section I. — Dystokia Resulting from the Lumbo-pubic 



AND LUMBO-ILI AL POSITIONS 474 



Lumbo-pubic Position 474 



Indications 475 



Lumbo-ilial Positions 476, 



Section II.— Complications Caused by Deviation of 



THE Hind-limbs 476 



Fetlock Presentation 477 



Hock Presentation 477 



Indications 478 



Thigh and Croup Presentation 482 



Indications 482 



Dystokia from the Head and Fore-limbs in the Posterior 



Presentation 487 



Indications 487 



CHAPTER III.— DYSTOKIA FROM TRANSVERSE PRE- 

 SENTATIONS 488 



Dystokia from the Dorso-lumbar Presentation 489 



Indications 491 



Dystokia from the Sterno-abdominal Presentation 494 



Indications 495 



BOOK III.— OBSTETRIC OPERATIONS 500 



CHAPTER I.— MECHANICAL MEANS FOR THE EX- 

 TRACTION OF THE FCETUS 501 



Cords and Bands 501 



Head-cord or Head-collar 505 



Crotchets or Hooks 510 



Forceps 515 



The Employment of Force in Dystokia 523 



