III. AGAIN sometimes the INFANT is born with a KNOB or TUMOUR on the _Crown of its Head_, occasion’d by its hard _Pressure_ against the ORIFICE, or by its strict _Compression_ in the same: In which _Condition_, I would immediately foment it with _warm Wine_ or _Aqua-Vitæ_, and apply a COMPRESS to it, either wet in the _same_, or in the _Oil of Roses_ and _Wine_ beat together; and the same _Fomentation_ and _Compress_ may serve for any other Part of the Body, which may be swell’d by _rough Usage_, or otherways, in a _difficult_ BIRTH. But in _Case_ of _Suppuration_, it must be open’d in a proper place with a LANCET, applying afterwards a _Plaister_ of _Betony_. As also in _Case_ of a _Fracture_, or any sort of _Dislocation_, the _Parts_ must be join’d and reunited, and duly retain’d in their _Natural Position_ by convenient _Boulsters_ or _Splinters_, until they be firmly closed and reconjoin’d. Moreover IV. IN _Difficult_ BIRTHS, it very commonly falls out that the HEAD is pressed into an _oblong Form_ by the _Bones_ of the _Pelvis_, because the SCULL not being made of one piece, is not equally _hard_ or _firm_; the _Sutures_ being only surrounded with _Membranes_, especially the _Top_ of the HEAD is so _Membranous_ and soft, that the _Bones_ forming the SCULL may be easily pressed one upon another; from whence we have this _oblong Figure_ of the HEAD. However, in short, this may be corrected and reduced to its _Natural Shape_, by frequent, but cautious and skilful, _Handling_. V. WEAK CHILDREN, and such as come _præmaturely_, or before their Time, into the World, have the _Mould_ and _Sutures_ very open, and the _Bones_ far distant: In which Condition they are only to be softly bound about with a small _Cross-Cloth_, committing the rest to _Nature_; which in time, and by degrees, will close up and consolidate these _Sutures_; and sooner or later, according to the _innate Heat_ and _Moisture_ of the INFANT, unite and join the _Bones_ of the HEAD. VI. SOMETIMES also it happens that the Child is _Tongue-ty’d_, by the too strait _Astriction_ of its BRIDLE; so that this _Member_ cannot freely extend or move itself, thro’ the _Capacity_ of the MOUTH; which in the _Infancy_ impedes or hinders its _Sucking_, as in riper Years it does the _Faculty_ of SPEAKING: In this _Case_, the TONGUE, being supported or held up, on each side of the String, by a small forked _Instrument_, ought to be _cut a-cross_ by sharp SCISSORS as much as is needful; which however must be done with Caution, not to hurt the _Veins_ under the TONGUE. VII. THE INFANT is also sometimes troubled with a small round _Tumour_ under the TONGUE, fill’d with _vitious Blood_, or _pituitous Matter_; which _Aëtius_ and _Paulus Ægineta_ call’d RANULA LINGUÆ; Which _Case_ may be managed, and the _Tumour_ dissolved by a little _Ammoniac Salt_, or such other proper _Remedies_; but if Occasion require, the same may be open’d by a _Lancet_.