. Elementary lectures on veterinary science, for agricultural students, farmers, and stockkeepers ... mb over the body of the foetus. The linseed jelly notonly distends the womb and floats the foetus, but acts as a lubricantin place of the natural waters. If the head cannot be got intoposition after this (which is often the case), the finger-knife or largeembryotomy knife {Plate LIL, Figs. 1 and 7) must be introduced andcarried as far on to the shoulder as possible, and then the skin shouldbe cut and divided down the whole length of the limb to the to cutting, a cord ought to
. Elementary lectures on veterinary science, for agricultural students, farmers, and stockkeepers ... mb over the body of the foetus. The linseed jelly notonly distends the womb and floats the foetus, but acts as a lubricantin place of the natural waters. If the head cannot be got intoposition after this (which is often the case), the finger-knife or largeembryotomy knife {Plate LIL, Figs. 1 and 7) must be introduced andcarried as far on to the shoulder as possible, and then the skin shouldbe cut and divided down the whole length of the limb to the to cutting, a cord ought to be fixed round the pasternjoint, which an assistant should pull steadily outward. The skin isnext detached from the shank-bone and secured by a small cord;then with the fingers the skin is separated from the rest of the limb,up and well over the shoulder, as far as can be reached. The knifeis again introduced, and the muscles between the shoulders and thebody (pectorals) are divided. Strong traction is then applied to therope round the fetlock or above the knee, when the limb generally PLATE XLVI. Fig. 6, par. 773. Fig. 7, par. 774.
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