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of the sternum, push the foetus back into the uterus, while 

 at the same time traction should be judiciously applied 

 to the fetlocks, and thus convert into vertebro-sacral. 



VERTEBRO-SACRAL. 

 With Fore-Limbs Flexed at the Knees, 



This is sometimes a most difficult presentation. If 

 the head can be reached, cord it before anything else 



Fig. 22. 

 Vertebro-sacral Position ; Fore-limbs Flexed at the Knees. 



is done. Then elevate the quarters of the parent, and, 

 with a repeller applied to the chest, endeavor to push 

 the foetus into the womb. If the foetus has been 

 returned, cord the fore-limbs as near the fetlocks as 

 possible, and apply traction with the cord until the 

 fore-limbs can be grasped at the fetlocks. If the 

 fetlock can be got hold of, grasp it firmly, flex that 

 joint, and all the other joints above it, and by this 



