BUT that we may more particularly satisfy such _MIDWIVES_, of our _Method_ of repressing these BONES, and _Delivering_ the _WOMAN_ in the abovesaid _Cases_; I must add, that, after placing the _PATIENT_ in the most convenient _Posture_ for a _WOMAN_ in _Labour_, as before fully enjoin’d[168], I would direct _Her_ to be _supported_ by two Women, and mov’d so far off the BED or COUCH, that the _Point_ of the OS SACRUM may be free to yield or give way _backwards_, without any the least _Impediment_: Then I would pass my whole _Hand_ at once (being first well anointed or dipp’d in _Oil_) into the _VAGINA_, and from thence (if the _Head_ will admit it) into the _WOMB_, as occasion should require: where, upon opening my _Hand broad_, that it may press equally every where, I turn the _PALM upwards_, and the _BACK downwards_ against the _RECTUM_, and the _OS SACRUM_: Thus I extend my _Fingers_ as far as possible to the _Head_, thrusting it a little _backwards_, rather than hinder my _Hand_ from being firmly placed against the OS COCCYGIS: Upon my _Hand_ being thus properly placed, as soon as the _PAIN_ begins to threaten (which I commonly perceive before the _WOMAN_) I advise her, to make good Use of the approaching _Pains_, in order to _Labour_ mutually, and depress with all her Power, promising her my most faithful _Assistance_: By which Time, as soon as the PAINS have seiz’d her, and she doing her _Part_, I press my HAND _backwards_, first _softly_, and by degrees more _strongly_, against the _Point_ of the SACRUM, bringing it at the same time gradually _downwards_, that I may thereby make Room for the _Head_ sliding the same way; so that the more _severe_ the _PAINS_ are, the more I depress still, and the _harder_ I press down with _Effectual PAIN_, the more vigorously and successfully the _WOMAN_ is able to _Labour_. THUS I enlarge the _Passage_ with great Moderation, so that the INFANT’s _Head_ succeeds or follows my _Hand_, as I bring it by little and little _back_ again; and this adviseable _Method_ I would reiterate as often as the _Case_ should require, always encouraging my _WOMAN_, by the most obliging Words: Upon which _She_ suffering no _PAIN_ in vain, finds immediate _Relief_, recovers her _Strength_, recollects her _Spirits_, and by jointly _labouring_ her _Best_ with all her Force and Might, at last produces her CHILD with Comfort and Satisfaction, whilst I congratulate her upon the Success of being a _joyful MOTHER_.