BUT supposing the _INFANT_ to stick very fast upon the PUBIS (which commonly happens by _Loss of Time_, or by misimproving a critical _Minute_;) and that the capable MIDWIFE finds both the MOTHER and the CHILD in this miserable _Condition_, thro’ the Neglect and Ignorance of _Another_: In this _Case_ I would lay the _Woman_ altogether upon her _BACK_, with her _HEAD low_, and her _BODY_ a little _elevated_; then by the abovesaid _Method_ I would try to depress the _Infant’s HEAD_, observing however yet not only to press it _down_ from _above_, but also first to _thrust it back_, and _depressing_ it at the same Time: By thus _repelling_ it, I would save the tender _HEAD_ from being hurt by the _Depression_; since otherways these BONES would leave a _Dent_ or an _Impression_ upon it, if not also wound it over and above. MOREOVER, supposing that the _MEMBRANE_ should break by Chance, and that by enlarging the _Orifice_, the _HEAD_ should be much _bared_: Then I would let the _Border_ of the WOMB alone, and endeavour to thrust my _FINGERS_ betwixt the _HEAD_ (towards its _Upper Part_) and the _OSSA PUBIS_; by which means One may most probably draw the _HEAD downwards_, along with the _Orifice_. However, in fine, this _Case_, (as well as all other _preternatural BIRTHS_) absolutely requires a sound _Judgment_, a quick _Comprehension_, a good _Conduct_, an easy _soft Hand_, and a dextrous gentle _Method_ of treating the _parturient_ and _patient WOMAN_. But, farther—— WE will again in the next Place _state_ the _CASE_ thus, that suppose the _HEAD_ is too Big, and the CHILD so much compressed, that it cannot be brought into the _PELVIS_ without great Trouble and Difficulty: In this _Condition_, before _Matters_ come to an Extremity, I would (without Loss of Time) find out the FEET; in order to which, the _Orifice_ (which is now commonly less _open_) ought to be cautiously _open’d_ with a gentle _Force_, by thrusting first _one_, and then more FINGERS _upwards_, which are to be gradually _distended_, until at last the whole _HAND_ is entered up to the _Wrist_: Whereby (after prudently breaking the _MEMBRANE_) I would now and then _thrust back_ the HEAD, and put it upon one _Side_, as much as possible by ART.