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my hand and cutting through. I succeeded in reaching the femur. 
Taking a small stout cord and passing the end under, bringing it 
back, I made a slip-knot; having an assistant draw on it I guided 
it so it encircled the femur in its upper third, then having an as¬ 
sistant use strong and steady traction, and by cutting the muscles 
I soon had it separated at the neck of the femur. 
Leaving the head of the bone in the coxo-femoral articulation 
after the end of the femur was separated, by steady traction it was 
easy to remove the remainder of the leg, which gave me more 
room. I could not turn the foetus so as to get to the outside of 
the other thigh, so I cut down on the femoro-tibial articulation 
the best I could, and by tearing and cutting I at last succeeded in 
getting a cord round the femur just above the tuberosities so that 
the cord would not slip; then the assistant commenced strong and 
steady traction and I succeeded in disarticulating the leg at the 
femoro-tibial articulation. Then, by raising the end of the femur 
above the rim of the pelvis and by hard pulling the femur came 
away. It was then a comparatively easy matter to attach the cord 
to the tibia, and by traction I separated the muscles and removed 
the leg, then getting two stout hooks into the foetus I tried to 
draw the remainder away, but it would not come. On examination 
I found the abdomen of the foetus so distended with gas that it 
was impossible to pull it through the pelvic opening. 
I then carried the knife as far forward as possible, plunged it 
through the abdominal walls of the foetus, cutting them as far 
back as I could. I then emptied the abdomen of all the 
foetal organs through the opening, and with the help of two 
stout men, with a long pull and a strong pull, we succeeded in re¬ 
moving the remainder of the foetus. 
Treatment of the mare .—I washed the womb well out with a 
solution of carbolic acid, and placed the mare under opium and 
whiskey for the night. 
Next da}q September 4, pulse, 60 ; respiration, 24 ; tempera¬ 
ture, 104°; gave quinine in two-drachm doses, digatalis, opium 
and whiskey. 
September 5. Pulse, 48 ; respiration, 16 ; temperature, 101°; 
same treatment; some discharge from vagina; mare eats well. 
