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RURAL VETERINARY HECRETH 



FIG. 52 



CEPHALO-SACRAL POSITION OF THE FOETUS. 



This position can hardly be changed into normal without the aid of in- 

 struments and a skillful veterinarian. 



As it is almost impossible for the layman to gain access, to 

 either the head, or extremities, where he might possibly attach the 

 rope or ordinary hooks in an attempt to turn the foetus. The human 

 arm is not long enough to make a proper exploration of the exist- 

 ing conditions, therefore no time should be lost in calling in an 

 (expert. Even the most skilled veterinarian is not always successful 

 in bringing about a favorable delivery in such cases, especially when 

 the patient has been allowed to go unattended for a long time. The 

 foetus very often dies before the owner's attention is aroused be- 

 cause the patient, as a rule, refrains from violent straining because 

 of the unusual position of the foetus. 



