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She now lay down, and I had her well bolstered up with straw, 
so as to raise the hind quarters, and she lay on the off side. I 
now got a person to push the calf back towards the thorax, by 
forcing the hand against the hind parts, while l laid hold of the 
foot; but by this proceeding we gained very little ground. 
As she was a very roomy cow, I got the man to firmly and 
steadily force the point of the hock forwards, while I pulled at 
the foot, by which means I got it up, and brought it straight 
into the passage. 
By getting the near leg up more room was made to raise the 
other, and which, by pulling at the foot with a pretty strong 
effort, we also got straight, and so had both the legs in the passage. 
We now secured a cord around each leg, just above the fetlock, 
and applied a little oil on the vagina, and commenced pulling; 
but we soon found that the calf was completely stopped by the 
smallness of the passage: we then fastened a necking strap from 
the hams around each leg just above the hock, by means of 
which it made more room to pull at and nearer the parts. By 
severe pulling we got the hind parts through ; but when we arrived 
at the chest the passage was tighter than ever, and we almost 
despaired of accomplishing our object. 
I then tied a part of the cart-rope round the body of the calf, 
by which means two of us pulled at it with great effect, and so 
.we got it away. We then gave the cow some gruel, with nearly 
a tea-cupful of brandy in it; and soon afterwards she got up, and 
we applied a truss. She also ate a little hay, and then lay down. 
She was ordered to be fed moderately, and in the course of the 
night she cleansed. 
10 th . — This day the owner called, and said the cow had been 
going on well ; but he thought her very hot and feverish, and 
not so well this morning, and she had rather failed in her usual 
quantity of milk. I therefore went over, and found her as de- 
scribed ; but her bowels were acting well. She was shuffling 
about on her hind legs, like a cow that had the epidemic coming 
on her. I gave a little medicine, and took two quarts and a half 
of blood from her, and ordered her to be well fomented about the 
hind parts. In a few days after this she got better, when we com- 
menced giving slight doses of cordial medicine, and in the course 
of a short time she quite recovered. 
Observations . — To extract a calf in this position will often be 
found a very difficult affair, especially in heifers, or those cows 
whose passages are small. I know of a cow that had twins, one 
of which came away in the natural position, but the other was a 
breech presentation. In this case the calf was not a very large 
