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Veterinary Obstetrics 



In some cases the obstetrist may find one or more feet project- 

 ing from the uterus into the vagina, which may be readily 

 reached and grasped. In a large proportion of cases, however, 

 no portion of the fetus projects into the vagina, and before the 

 operator can bring his hand into immediate contact with any por- 

 tion of the fetus he must reach far forward and then, bending 

 the hand downward and backward, touch the ventral portion of 

 the fetus or some of the extremities which are folded along it. 

 In order to accomplish this, he reaches clear over the body of 

 the fetus, passes beyond its ventral line and then, after passing 

 the point of version where the floor of the vagina ends, turns the 

 hand downward, and more or less backward, into the uterine 

 cavity. These peculiarities serve to differentiate this condition 

 from any other known in veterinary obstetrics. 



Fig. 121. BicoRNUAi, Pregnancy. Second stage, the fetus having made 

 one-half revolution on its long axis. (Schematic). 

 V, Elongated vagina and uterine body. 

 UF, Floor of uterine cornua, now become the root. 

 UR, Roof of uterine cornua, now become anterior wall. 

 BL, Broad ligament. 



