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3. — Dropsy of the Foetus. 



Dropsy of the brain, hydrocephalus, as well as dropsy of 

 tlie skin, anasarca, and dropsy of the abdominal cavity, ascites, 

 form obstacles to parturition. 



(a) hydeocephalus. 



A great deal of fluid is found in the cranial cavity, causing 

 atropy of the brain, distention and atropy of the cranial 

 bones (fig. 19). 



Fig. 19. — Hydrocephalus. 



Symptoms. — When the hydrocephalus enters the pelvic 

 inlet, resting on the fore legs, the claws of the fore feet extend 

 as far as the vulva and no further. As a rule, the calf does not 



