Chapter 20

[1] The _Romish_ Rituals direct the baptizing of the child, in cases of danger, _before_ it is born;—but upon this proviso, That some part or other of the child’s body be seen by the baptizer:——But the Doctors of the _Sorbonne_, by a deliberation held amongst them, _April_ 10, 1733,—have enlarged the powers of the midwives, by determining, That though no part of the child’s body should appear,—that baptism shall, nevertheless, be administered to it by injection,—_par le moyen d’une petite canulle_,—Anglicè _…