I. OF the _external_ and _internal Parts_ of Generation, and the _adjacent Parts_; together with a competent Skill of the respective _Substance_ and _Nature_, _Connexion_ and _Function_ of each of _These_ in the Time of _BIRTH_.
II. OF the PELVIS, or _Bason_, and its _Contents_; together with the true Knowledge of its _Bones_, their _Form_ or _Figure_, _Office_ and _Connexion_, &c. upon that Occasion.
III. OF that Wonderful _Body_, the MATRIX, and its _Vagina_ or _Neck_; together with the understanding of its _Substance_ and _Structure_, _Duty_ and _Function_ in Time of LABOUR.
IV. OF the Strange Natural _Qualities_, and amazing singular _Faculties_ of This _Body_, in distinguishing all its peculiar _Properties_.
V. OF the TOUCH, or _Handling_ the _Woman_; together with knowing its many various _Uses_, and manifold distinct _Advantages_.
VI. OF the _Genuine_, and _Real_; as well as of the _Spurious_ or _Bastard-Labour-Pains_: How they differ in themselves, and are to be carefully distinguished.
VII. OF the _Method_ of LAYING the _Woman_, and _Manner_ of extracting the AFTER-BIRTH; together with all the _heterogeneous_ and _preternatural Contents_ of the WOMB.
THESE _speculative Heads_, in short, shall be the particular _Subjects_ of the respective _Chapters_, of the consequent Part of this SECTION, for the requisite _Instruction_ and indispensible _Qualification_ of all young _MIDWIVES_: As the _Practical Part_ shall be the _Subject-Matter_ of the two next following SECTIONS. Which _Practical Part_, I shall now likewise reduce to the _Three_ subsequent general _Heads_; of which she ought also to have a full and compleat _Knowledge_, viz.
I. OF the various _Methods_ to be taken for the present _Ease_, and expeditious _Relief_ of the LABOURING _Woman_.
II. OF the discreet _Method_ of TURNING an ill-situated _INFANT_, (whatsoever the preternatural _Posture_ may be) and drawing it forth _safely_ by the FEET.
III. OF Her own personal _Duty_ (as _MIDWIFE_) both to the _MOTHER_ and the _CHILD_ after _Delivery_; as also towards all _Labouring Women_, to whom she may be call’d, upon _critical Conjunctures_.
THESE I call _practical Heads_, because they depend more upon _Practice_ and _Experience_, or _Judgment_ and _Charity_, than upon any _fundamental Rules_; which however yet ought also to be reckon’d _Branches_ of her _THEORY_.