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have for the purpose, and extracted, so to speak, a little fel¬ 
low all right, which the mother at once began to take care of, 
at the same time keeping up a severe straining. 
In about five minutes I made another examination, and 
found a head engaged in the pelvic opening. I waited five 
minutes longer for the result by nature, but another examina¬ 
tion showed no progress, so I again applied the forceps and 
relieved the bitch of another pup, and about the same mode 
of treatment was pursued until she was relieved of five pups, 
she not being able to expel them herself. The bitch had been 
a perfect house dog, not being allowed to run at all, and had 
been carried up and down stairs, and fed on cake, etc. She 
was given brandy and milk after her delivery, with a good, 
generous diet of cooked meat. She and her pups are now 
doing well. 
Again, on October 3d, I was called to see a mare, claimed 
to be due to foal on October 25th. She was a large gray, 
five years old, with one foot of the foetus protruding from her 
vulva. On inquiry I found that the mare had been having 
colic for about two hours, getting up and lying down every 
few minutes, but had not perspired much. She had been 
given some Somerville fever drops and some hot whisky, and 
the foot had been out about five minutes before I came. On 
examination I found the head below the rim of the pelvis and 
the other foot turned back at the knee. I got a small rope 
attached to the knee, another to the foot already out, and 
placed the mare off of a platform so that her hind quarters 
were about two feet higher than her forward parts. I placed 
my hand on the back of the neck of the foetus, and a good 
strong man to my back, he being braced against the wall, so 
that, when the mare did not strain, with a good steady shove 
I pressed the foetus forward enough to get the nose up, and 
with a cord on his under jaw and a thumb and fingers on the 
nostrils, by giving a good strong pull on the legs and jaws 
when the mare strained, we succeeded in delivering her of a 
live foal, which by a little artificial respiration, some blowing 
into the nostrils and the good attention of the mare, lived and 
is now quite lively. 
