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REPORTS OF CASES. 
with tepid carbolized water and a copious amount of the same 
fluid was injected into the vagina and uterus. On passing my 
hand into the vagina, I found that two of the protruding limbs 
were the front ones, while the other proved to be the right hind 
limb. The head occupied so much space in the vaginal canal, 
that manipulation was performed with the utmost difficulty; it 
required the most strenuous effort on my part to reach as far as 
the calf’s eyes, and owing to the somewhat abrupt formation of 
the frontal bones, hydrocephalus was at first suspected. The 
cow being much exhausted by her expulsive efforts while I was 
making this examination, suddenly ceased straining, which per¬ 
mitted the hand to be carried upward as far as the calf’s occiput; 
the head was then found to be normal. 
It was now decided that the case was one in which the hind 
limb not presenting, had become jammed against the brim of 
the mother’s pelvis and the foetal body had thus become, as it 
were, immovably wedged in the vaginal canal. It was now de¬ 
cided to use gentle traction on the calf’s head for the purpose of 
drawing its body out as far as possible, in order to resect it at 
or as near as possible to the shoulder, and thus be able to per¬ 
form version by returning the anterior position of the body and 
deliver the calf by its posterior extremities. A rope being 
placed over the calf’s head, two men were told to pull gently on 
it, while I endeavored to return the protruding hind limb back 
into the uterine cavity. While thus engaged, I felt the body 
of the calf move forward by the force exerted by the men pull¬ 
ing. Seeing that an easy delivery could be made in this way, 
I at once told the men to pull hard, and the calf, together with 
the foetal membranes, easily came away. The foetus was indeed 
a curious looking object. 
The head and front part of the body was normal, but begin¬ 
ning at the first lumbar vertebra, the spinal column made a 
sharp curve to the left side of the body, so much so, that the 
posterior part of the body lay in close juxtaposition to the side 
of the anterior part. The hind limbs presented their posterior 
surfaces forwards. The right hind limb, the one which pre¬ 
sented, lay close up between the left front leg and the sternum. 
The left hind limb lay along the abdomen and slightly inclined 
to the right side of the body. The right hind limb was abnor¬ 
mally large, being at least twice as large as a normal limb ; the 
left one being much atrophied was about half the size of a nor¬ 
mal limb, which accounted for its absence in the presentation. 
In the right side of the calf, behind the last rib and nearly on 
