What must the physician do before and during the extraction of an obstructed fetus?

Detailed answer

Verses 54-56 call the extraction very hard. The physician informs the king and the woman's relatives, inserts a nail-trimmed hand smeared with slippery drugs and ghee, and draws the fetus out compassionately by pulling it as it lies, turning it, sliding it or pulling at once as its position requires; the verse adds that mantras are recited.