2 Veterinary Obstcirics 



dangers and diseases occurring in the process of reproduction in 

 domestic animals and our means for avoiding or overcoming them. 

 Under this conception we necessarily include : 



1 . A study of the anatomy of all those organ s having a vitnl 

 relation to the act of reproduction either directly or indirectly : 

 Obstetri c Anatoniv. 



2. A study of the 2hvsiologic functions of the reproductive 

 orgao^. including such phenomena as sexual desire or estrum, 

 ovulation, menstruation, copulation, fecundation, the origin and 

 development of the fetus and the birth of the young : Obstetri c 

 Physioloiiy. 



3. The pathology of breeding, including the accidents and dis- 

 eases dependent upon coition or interfering with fecundation. 



4. Aberrations in the development of the embryo : Teratolop-j . 



5. Accidents and diseases of the mother and fetus during 

 pregnancy ; Pathology of Pregnancy . 



6. Difficult birth : Dystocia. 



7. Accidents and diseases of the mother occurring as a sequence 

 to parturition : Pathology of the Puerperal State. 



8. Diseases and accidents of the new-born acquired during 

 intra-uterine life or referable to the exigencies of birth. 



