The veterinary obstetrical compendium : for the farmer and breeder of livestock . removal of one fore-limb willpermit delivery; but it is generally necessary to pull on therope that was placed around the neck. Sometimes it willbe found necessary to amputate both fore-limbs, also thehead. These operations are thoroughly explained underEmbryotomy (which see.) LATERAL DEVIATION OF THE HEAD TO THERIGHT OR LEFT. This is a very serious obstacle to birth, and is frequent-ly one of the most difficult to overcome. It is also one ofthe most frequent deviations. It is due to precipitate ortumultuous labo
The veterinary obstetrical compendium : for the farmer and breeder of livestock . removal of one fore-limb willpermit delivery; but it is generally necessary to pull on therope that was placed around the neck. Sometimes it willbe found necessary to amputate both fore-limbs, also thehead. These operations are thoroughly explained underEmbryotomy (which see.) LATERAL DEVIATION OF THE HEAD TO THERIGHT OR LEFT. This is a very serious obstacle to birth, and is frequent-ly one of the most difficult to overcome. It is also one ofthe most frequent deviations. It is due to precipitate ortumultuous labour, •v^ith the mouth of the womb either im- 164 —Domesticatki) Animals. perfectly or not at all dilated. The contractions of thewomb propel the head of the foetus towards the pelvis; butas the mouth of the womb is not open, and as the impellingforce continues, the body pushes the nose against the oc-cluded mouth of the womb, and turns it to one side; thenthe deviation becomes increased with every escape of the waters, spasms of the neck of. Fig. 30. ANTERIOR PRESENTATION: LATERAL DEVIATION OFTHE HEAD TOWARDS THE SHOULDER (CALF). the womb, and torsion of the womb may also cause it. Insome instances there can scarcely be any doubt that thedeviation has taken place some time before gestation iscompleted, as in many Foals at birth the neck cannot bestraightened, and the head is distorted. On examination it is not difficult, as a rule, to distin-guish lateral deviation. Usually both fore-feet are in thegenital canal, but birth does not progress. An important Obstetrics—Domesticated Animals. 1«5 fact to remember is that one limb—that belonging to theside to which the head is bent—seems to be shorter, or lessadvanced, than the other. The hand on being passed be-yond these toward the inlet, comes in contact with a con-vex mass, which renders access to the cavity of the wombdifficult. Patient exploration discovers this mass to be thebent neck;
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