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complication from the head. When the head is turned upward and 

 forward it will usually be preferable to bring up the hind limb, since, 

 owing to the drooping of the womb into the abdomen, rotation of the 

 fetus will usually be easier in that direction, and if successful the 

 resulting position will be a natural posterior presentation, with the 

 back of the calf turned toward the rump of the cow. Similarly with 

 the croup turned upward and forward, that should be pushed on for. 

 ward, and if the forefeet and head can be secured it will be a natural 

 anterior presentation with the back of the calf turned upward toward 

 the rump of the cow. 



The womb should* be injected with warm water or oil, and the turn- 

 ing of the calf will demand the combined action of the repeller and the 

 hand, but in all such cases the operator has an advantage that the body 

 of the fetus is wholly within the body of the womb, and therefore mov- 

 able with comparative ease. Xo part is wedged into the pelvic pas- 

 sages as a complication. The general principles are the same as in 

 faulty presentations fore and hind, and no time should be lost in mak- 

 ing the manipulations necessary to bring the feet into the pelvis, lest 

 they get in bent or otherwise displaced and add unnecessary complica- 

 tions. 



With a transverse direction of the calf, the head being turned to one 

 side, the pressure must be directed laterally, so that the body will 

 glide around on one side of the womb, and the extremities when reached 

 must be promptly seized and broiight into the passages. Sometimes s 

 fortunate struggle of a live fetus will greatly aid in rectifying tht 

 position. 



BREAST AND ABDOMEN PRESENTED ALL FOUR FEET IN THE PASSAGES. 



In this form the calf lies across the womb with its reached back 

 turned forward and its belly toward the pelvis. All four feet may be 

 extended and engaged in the passages, or one or more may be bent on 

 themselves so as to lie in front of the pelvis. The head, too, may usu- 

 ally be felt on the right side or the left, and if detected it serves to 

 identify the exact position of the fetus. The position may further be 

 decided upon by examination of the feet and limbs. With the limbs 

 extended the front of the hoofs and the convex aspect of the bent pas- 

 terns and fetlocks will look toward that flank in which lie the head and 

 shoulders. On examination still higher the smooth, even outline of the 

 knee and its bend, looking toward the hind parts, characterize the fore 

 limb, while the sharp prominence of the point of the hock and the bend 

 on the opposite side of the joint, looking toward the head, indicate the 

 hind limb. (Plate xvn, Fig. 5.) 



The remedy for this condition is to be sought in repelling into the 

 womb those limbs that are least eligible for extraction, and bringing 

 into the passages the most eligible extremities. The most eligible will 

 usually be those which project farthest into the passages, indicating 



