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use her hind parts at all. The vulva was enormously swollen 
and congested. On inserting my arm up the vagina I found 
that the muzzle of the foetus was about six inches from the 
external opening of the vulva. The presentation of the foetus 
was dorso-sacral, with the left fore leg over the back of the 
occipital bone, cross-wise, and pait of it in the vaginal canal. 
I at once straightened out the leg, put torsion cords on each 
fore pastern, and slipped a noose over the head, handing the 
cord to two assistants, with directions to pull when I gave the 
word. When every particular requirement for the retraction 
was made and ready, the traction was made on the cords, the 
foetus yielding. After a few seconds delay, the foetus was 
brought away, followed by the envelopes, with a large quantity 
of fluid. The colt was dead, but of full term. After delivery, 
the mare laid extended at full length, with all four legs 
straight and stiff. The pulse was very weak, the temperature 
low; in fact it was a desperate case. The animal was placed 
under stimulants, the vaginal canal washed out, and after six 
hours the mare was raised by six assistants; but unable to 
stand, she was allowed to lie down, and the same treatment 
continued. The following morning, found her in about the 
same condition. She was put in slings on the third day. At 
that time there was a strong odor coming from the vulva, 
which was considerably swollen. I punctured the right and 
left walls of the vagina, and directed carbolized lotions. She re¬ 
mained in about the same condition for several days, but at 
last her appetite began to return, her countenance improved; 
pulse became stronger, and she stood better in the slings. On 
the 11th day after delivery the labia sloughed off, with portions 
of the mucous membrane of the vagina, leaving, with the lacera¬ 
tion of the perinseum, already existing, a ghastly opening. The 
perinoeal laceration was treated by sutures and zinc lotion, and the 
parts kept clean by carbolized washes. On the sixteenth day the 
mare was taken out of the slings and allowed to move about, but 
being found very weak, was returned to them and remained there 
for a week longer, after which she began to rapidly improve, and 
to-day, after two months of a tedious convalescence, has made a 
full recovery and has resumed her work. 
