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assistant, while the operator manipulates in the uterus. If the animal is 

 lying, it must be made to stand. 

 Embryotomy is rarely necessary. 



Fig. 128. 

 Anterior Presentation: Deviation of the Head Upwards and Backwards. 



In the smaller animals — at least in the Bitch — delivery has been effected 

 without reduction of the deviation. 



Fig. i2g. 

 Anterior Presentation : Deviation of the Head Upwards and Laterally. 



1. Charant {Rcaieil de Med.Veterinaire, r85i, p. 895) attended a Mare in labor. With 

 isome difficulty he was able to pass his hand into the uterus, and then found that the foal 



lad its head and neck reversed on the back, the throat pressing strongly against the 

 ipper part of the maternal pelvis and a little to one side. There was also inversion of 

 the bladder, with hernia of the intestines into it. Tlie head and neck were adjusted with 

 lifficulty, and the foal extracted, but the Mare died from the above injuries. 



2. Donnarieix describes a case of this deviation in the Cow, the head of the calf — 



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