CONTENTS. 



ANATOMICAL EXERCISES ON THE GENERATION OF ANIMALS; TO 

 WHICH ARE ADDED, ESSAYS ON PARTURITION ; ON THE MEM- 

 BRANES, AND FLUIDS OF THE UTERUS ; AND ON CONCEPTION. 



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Dedication . . 145 



Introduction 151 



Of the manner and order of acquiring knowledge .... 154 



Of the same matters, according to Aristotle ..... 158 

 Of the method to be pursued in studying Generation . . . .163 



ON ANIMAL GENERATION. 



Wherefore we begin with the history of the hen's egg . . . . 169 



Of the seat of generation 171 



Of the upper part of the hen's uterus, or the ovary . . . . 172 



Of the infundibulum 179 



Of the external portion of the uterus of the common fowl . . . 180 



Of the uterus of the fowl . .190 



Of the abdomen of the common fowl and of other birds . . . 195 



Of the situation and structure of the remaining parts of the fowl's uterus . 1 98 



Of the extrusion of the egg, or parturition of the fowl, in general . . 201 



Of the increase and nutrition of the egg 202 



Of the covering or shell of the egg 204 



Of the remaining parts of the egg 211 



Of the diversities of eggs , 216 



Of the production of the chick from the egg of the hen .... 225 

 The first examination of the egg ; or of the effect of the first day's incu- 

 bation upon the egg 228 



Second inspection of the egg 232 



The third inspection of the egg 234 



The fourth inspection of the egg 243 



The fifth inspection of the egg 252 



The sixth inspection 256 



The inspection after the tenth day 257 



The inspection after the fourteenth day 259 



Of the exclusion of the chick, or the birth from the egg . . . 264 



