EXTRACTION OF A DEAD LAMB. 
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of another lamb within the pelvis. As the ewe was aged and 
roomy, I was enabled to get my hand into the vagina by the side 
of the protruded lamb’s neck, by which means I came in contact 
with the head of the other lamb, which I forced out of the pelvis 
into the body of the uterus. Having done this, I laid hold of one 
of the fore legs, and drew it out ; and then I pulled at the body 
and this leg, and extracted the lamb easily, although the other leg 
lay behind. I next felt for the other lamb ; but here the head only 
presented. I again got one of the fore legs out, and then removed 
this lamb in the same manner as the last. The first lamb was a 
very large one — the other was smaller. She did well, and both 
lambs lived. It is astonishing how lambs will rally and recover, 
although apparently next thing to dead. 
EXTRACTION OF A DEAD LAMB WITH NELSON’S 
FORCEPS. 
By the same. 
A EWE, the property of , has been seen to be uneasy 
for two or three days past ; and this day, 12th March, 1848, 1 was 
called in to attend on her. She was very uneasy, and occasionally 
was straining ; udder not at all distended as for yeaning. The 
vulva is but slightly relaxed, and the os uteri will not admit above 
one finger at once. On passing the finger through the os uteri, 
I could distinctly feel the back of the head and portions of the flat 
bones of the skull. By perseverance I dilated the parts a little, 
and was enabled, through the use of Nelson’s forceps, to lay hold 
of some of the bones of the skull and neck, and so remove them. 
Having done so, I drew out portions of the skin of the neck, to 
which we fastened string to pull with ; by means of which, and 
the forceps together, we got the neck into the passage, and by 
patience and perseverance drew the head out doubled upon the 
neck. I then removed the head, and as much of the bones of the 
neck as I could, and securely fastened a cord round the skin of the 
neck, and then pushed all into the uterus. I now made search for 
the legs, and soon found one doubled up at the knee. I got my 
finger at the back of the knee, and drew the leg out thus doubled; 
after which I skinned it, and tore the limb away. The other was 
got up, and removed in a similar way. We then laid hold of the 
neck, to which a string had been attached, and drew the chest out 
as far as w'e could ; but we found we could not get it completely 
out without removing some of the ribs as well as the contents of 
the thorax. By doing so, we removed the remainder of the foetus 
without much difficulty, and the ewe did well. 
