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well with extract of belladonna; give a good sedative (opium or chloral) 

 and wait patiently. But sometimes relaxation does not take place ; 

 then delivery has to be accomplished by cording the feet and head, 

 bringing them into the passage, and by taking plenty of time and 

 care, it may be successfully managed. 



781. The Caesarean Section. — This operation may be performed 

 where the offspring is alive and of more value than the mother. I 

 have been successful on many occasions in saving the lives of foals, 

 calves, lambs, and pigs, but at the sacrifice of the mothers. 



782. Retention of the Foetus is sometimes seen in cattle. At 

 the end of the period of gestation, the cow shows all the signs of • 

 approaching parturition, the udder is distended, the teats pointed, &c., 

 but there are no direct labour pains, and the animal., though feeding, 

 loses flesh ; in a few months after, it begins to pass various bones by 

 the rectum. In other cases the foetus may become mummified, and 

 its presence not discovered till after slaughter. 



783. Eversion of the vagina with the os constricted, is 

 occasionally met with in ewes in-lamb in frosty weather, giving rise to 

 severe straining pains. In such cases apply extract of belladonna, and 

 return the vagina to its position, keeping it there with stitches across 

 the vulva, till the os dilates, give also eight to ten ounces of linseed oil, 

 with four drachms of laudanum. If the weather is mild, these cases 

 may do well, but if the frost continues, they generally terminate in 

 inflammation and gangrene. 



784. Inertia of the Uterus is where the uterus and vagina are 

 intensely dilated, or in a soft flabby condition, with the foetus lying in 

 a natural position, yet no attempt to expel it is made by the mother. I 

 have had most success in such cases by simply introducing the hand 

 into the v/omb, seizing hold of the foetus, and drawing it slowly and 

 gently into the passage. Extraction is generally effected without any 

 assistance from the mother. 



785. Placenta Praevia. — Cases are met with in the cow and ewe 

 where the greater portion of the after-birth comes away prior to the 



