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of amateurs. It was soon discovered that the head of the foetus could not be adjusted, 

 and that version was impossible ; ablation of the fore-limbs was therefore i-esorted to 

 early, and carried out as in the other case. Extraction of the foetus was soon accom- 

 plished, and in five days the Mare was convalescent. 



4. Recordon {Rerueil de Med VeterinairCy 1877, p. 26) was called to assist a Cow in 

 parturition. Before his arrival it had already given birth to a living and well-formed 

 calf without any difficulty, and in the normal position. The Cow was lying on the left 

 side, making a few expulsive efforts ; all the limbs presented, the body of the Calf was 

 horizontal — transversal to the greater axis of the uterus ; it lay on the right side, the 

 head turned back in the left flank of the mother, the hind-quarters corresponding 

 to the right flank. The head could be reached with great difficulty, and the belly was 

 the only part that was readily accessible. The calf being dead, embryotomy was had 

 recourse to, as no change could be effected in the position of the foetus. A bistoury 

 cachee in the right hand removed the left shoulder of the calf in about ten minutes, and 

 this reduction in volume allowed the head to be reached and brought towards the inlet, 

 but it could not be brought into it. The abdomen was opened throughout its length, 

 and the asternal ribs cut across ; the viscera were then removed, and the great reduction 

 in volume which resulted permitted the head to be seized and carried outside the 

 vulva ; slight traction on the head and fore-limbs caused the immediate expulsion of the 

 foetus ; but to the astonishment of the operator and his assistants, a third calf appeared 

 in the natural presentation ; this was born in its envelopes, though it was dead. So 

 that of the three calves, two were in the normal presentation, and the other was hori- 

 zontal and transversal. The Cow did well, rumination having recommenced next day. 



