A TREATISE ON HORSE-BREEDING. 



(Plate X, Fig. 4.) By noosing the head and presenting fore 

 limb these may be drawn forward into the pelvis, and the 

 oiled hand being carried along the shoulder in the direction 

 of the missing limb is enabled to reach and seize the fore- 

 arm just below the elbow. The body is now pushed back by 

 the assistants pressing on the head and presenting limb or 

 on a repeller planted in the breast until the knee can be 

 brought up into the pelvis, after which the procedure is the 

 same as described in the last paragraph. 



HEAD BENT DOWN BETWEEN THE PORE LIMBS. 



This may be so that the poll or nape of the neck with the 

 ears can be felt far back between the fore limbs, or so that 

 only the upper border of the neck can be reached, head and 

 neck being bent back beneath the body. With the head 

 only bent on the neck, noose the two presenting limbs, then 

 introduce the hand between them until the nose can be 

 seized in the palm of the hand. Next have the assistants 

 push back the presenting limbs, while the nose is strongly 

 lifted upward over the brim of the pelvis. This accom- 

 plished it assumes the natural position and parturition is 

 easy. 



When both head and neck are bent downward it may be 

 impossible to reach the nose. If, however, the labor has 

 only commenced, the limbs may be drawn upon until the op- 

 erator can reach the ear, by dragging on which the head 

 may be so far advanced that the'fingers may reach the orbit; 

 traction upon this while the limbs are being pushed back 

 may bring the head up so that it bends on the neck only, 

 and the further procedure will be as described in the last 

 paragraph. 



If the labor has been long in progress and the foetus is 

 jammed into the pelvis, the womb emptied of the waters 

 and firmly contracted on its solid contents, the case is in- 

 comparably more difficult. The mare may be chloroformed 

 and turned on her back with hind parts elevated, and the 

 womb may be injected with sweet oil. Then, if the ear can 

 be reached, the correction of the mal-presentation may be 

 attempted as above described. Should this fail one or more 



