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to seize the neck firmly with a pair of forceps, 

 and by traction at each time of straining, extract 

 the puppy. Care must be taken not to injure the 

 bitch, or inflammation, which may prove fatal, 

 will occur. 



In other cases the head may be bent in a back- 

 ward direction, the front of the neck presenting. 

 These cases, though somewhat more difficult, 

 require similar treatment to the previous kind. 

 When all other means have failed, the neck may 

 be divided and the head removed by forceps ; the 

 body will then generally come away by itself. 



The foetus assumes numerous other positions 

 besides those mentioned — as, for instance, lying 

 transversely, the puppy's side presenting to the 

 mouth of the womb, and when the labour pains 

 are strong, no amount of manipulation will put 

 the body in a normal position. Rather than let 

 the bitch waste her strength uselessly, the puppy 

 should be divided or broken up by means of a 

 sharp-cutting hook, and removed by means of 

 forceps. 



When a fore and a hind leg are presented into 

 the vagina, the former should be pushed back 

 into the womb, and the hind leg seized with 

 forceps and made fast with a piece of tape. (It 

 is easy to distinguish one leg from the other by 

 feeling for the hock-joint in the hind limb.) When 

 this is done, the other back leg should now be 

 felt for, and when its position is ascertained, it 

 should, if possible, by means of a small pair of 

 forceps (ordinary dressing forceps answer very 

 well for this purpose) or crotchet, be drawn into 



