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been unattended by any extraordinary features, except that after 
her fourth month, she had appeared very large, and was supposed 
to carry twins. In tiie morning, she had some pains, which had 
increased. The sacs not having ruptured, and exploration fail¬ 
ing to recognize any part of the calf, Mr. B. was sent for. 
The examination was difficult. The vulva was sufficiently 
moist, and a little swollen ; the vagina well dilated, as also was 
the neck of the uterus, and the size of the pelvis in good condi¬ 
tion. Nothing appeared to prevent the delivery, and still no 
trace of a foetus was detected. Pushing the hand into the uterus 
a round mass was felt, soft and easily displaced by pressure, but 
returning to its position as soon as the pressure ceased. This ball¬ 
shaped mass was formed by the true and false ribs of the right 
side of the chest, and were opposite the neck. Exploring from 
right to left in the uterus, and expecting to find the head and 
neck, the hand, on the contrary, touched the iliac angles, the sac¬ 
ral vertebra and the tail. Feeling further along the curvature of 
the spine, the lumbar region was soon recognized by discovering 
the front of the illium, and a little further down, and under the 
flat of the thigh, the prominence of the stifle joint. Exploring 
now towards the right, guided by the line of the spine, it was easy 
to observe tiiat the neck was bent back into the right iliac fossa, 
with the head thrown into the right flank of the cow, powerfully 
flexed between the anterior legs, and extending from right to left- 
The sternum of the calf rested on the inferior wall of the 
uterus. 
The position of the calf was by the right costal region of the 
thoracic cavity, forming a first curvature in the left iliac fossa of 
the vertebral column, from right to left on a level with the loins; 
and, again, in the right iliac fossa, a second curvature, also from 
right to left, embracing all the forward parts of the foetus, turned 
toward the hind legs on the left side of the chest of the calf. 
After several attempts, continuing several hours, the cow was 
delivered of a dead calf, by directing the assisting efforts to 
straightening the curvature of the anterior portions of the animal. 
Forty-eight hours after the delivery the animal had entirely re¬ 
covered. 
