In position B, if the patient’s face be away from the palpater it will be necessary to stand with back toward patient and body twisted, and to change hands for counting, resting the free hand on patient’s head to insure its steadiness. Disagreements If there be any apparent disagreement between findings in positions B and A, re-examine carefully in both positions, whereupon that which seemed a disagreement will probably prove to have been an error in one or the other palpation. If apparent disagreement persists after searching examination, position A furnishes the safest guide to adjustment because the patient is in his most usual attitude as regards the spinal curves, muscle tension, etc. But it is usually wisest when in grave doubt not to adjust the doubtful vertebra at all. PALPATION IN POSITION C Since palpation in this position, patient lying on his back with head supported by palpater’s hands, cannot be so reliable as that done in position A, the chief point to be observed is an accurate count. Only the Cervicals below the first can be properly palpated in this position. Induce the patient to relax the neck muscles as much as may be, and use in palpation the first three fingers of one hand if the count alone is desired or the first three fingers of _both_ hands if you desire to ascertain the _direction_ of any vertebra. In the former case let the fingers press aside the muscles and glide _downward_ from the second Cervical, being careful to lift the head high enough so that the third Cervical is not overlooked beneath the overlapping second. In the latter case let the fingers of both hands glide gently downward while the patient’s head rests upon the palpater’s wrists or knee. Palpate the transverses in much the same manner, paying special attention to their _laterality_, felt as a prominence on one side lateral to a transverse process and a corresponding depression on the opposite side. Do not be deceived by exceptionally long transverses where both project outward to an equal degree. [Illustration: Fig. 3. Locative palpation of Cervical spinous processes in Position C, preparatory to Rotary or Break.] Since the greater mass of the vertebra is divided with fair equality by the intertransverse line, laterality of transverses indicates laterality of the whole vertebra with the possible exception of the anterior portion of the body. Laterality of a Cervical _spinous_ process may indicate laterality of the entire vertebra or merely rotation around its vertical axis, in which the one articular process is separated from its fellow of the adjacent vertebra while the other remains in partial apposition. Disagreements