THE _Woman_ is to be placed in BED, with the _Upper_ and _Lower_ Part of her Body almost _equal_, then the MIDWIFE is gently and gradually to introduce her _Fingers_ into the _Orifice_, dilating it cautiously with _one_ or _two_, until she can enter them _All_; when opening the MATRIX by Degrees, she gets in her _Whole Hand_, and thereby _first_ carefully tears the _Membrane_ with her _Nails_, if the _WATERS_ are not previously broke: Then she puts her _Hand_ in the same _Membrane_ to the INFANT’s _Feet_, seeking them in their _Place_, where they are to be found, when they don’t present themselves at _First_: Because, the _Hold_ by the _FEET_ being _Better_, it is more easy to _deliver_ by _Them_, in this Case, than by the _HEAD_, or any _other Part_. After _this_ the _FEET_ being found, the CHILD is easily _turn’d_, as long as the WOMB is loose and slippery, and the _Humours_ not quite flown off; which being nicely done, the _FEET_ are to be drawn out _both together_, if possible; but if otherways, _they_ must be drawn down _separately_, with _great_ Caution: And so being conjoin’d or held fast together, they are to be drawn forward with _one Hand_, whilst the _other_ is circumspectly thrust towards the _Knees_ or _Buttocks_ of the CHILD, in order thereby to turn also the whole Body of the INFANT, so that its _Face_, _Belly_, and _Toes_ may tend downwards towards the _RECTUM_. IN this _Posture_ the CHILD may be gently and gradually extracted with Ease; next the _SECUNDINE_ must be fetch’d away in its Turn, and lastly the WOMB is to be thoroughly cleans’d of all _heterogeneous_ Bodies, as formerly directed[166]. And thus the WOMB (having yielded up its _Contents_) immediately contracts, by which _MEANS_ of divine Appointment, the Vessels close and shut firmly, and consequently the _FLUX_ ceases, together with all the concomitant _SYMPTOMS_. BUT it is to be well remembred, that this _Operation_ ought to be _timely_ perform’d; that is, before the WOMAN has lost too much _Blood_, or is too much spent; in which _Condition_ such a painful Attempt would but accelerate her _Death_. As to her _Regimen_ next, upon this melancholy Occasion, _She_ must be duly provided for _beforehand_, that she may be able to undergo and stand out such an extream difficult _DELIVERY_; and afterwards, that she may recruit her _Spirits_, and retrieve her exhausted _Strength_: For which Purposes, she ought to be supplied from time to time with some good _Broths_, _Jellys_, and a little generous _Wine_, smelling continually _Rose-Vinegar_, and applying repeated warm _Toasts_ dipt in _Wine_ (in which _Cinnamon_ has been infus’d or boil’d) to the _Region_ of her HEART, as also _Napkins_ dipt in a Mixture of _Water_ and _Vinegar_ about her REINS, in order for turning the _Course_ of the FLUX.