PRACTICAL mSTRUCTMS 



IN 



PISHRAISING. 



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M. COSTE, 



UDMBEE OF THB FBBNCH INBTinnz AUD FBOFXeeOR OF THE COLLEGE OF FBANO& 



INTKODUCTION. 



HISTOBT OF THE DISCOVERY OF ARTIFICIAL FECUK- 

 DATION. 



When and by whom was artificial fecundation 

 discovered ? 



When and by whom was the discovery practically 

 and us^ully applied ? 



These are the questions which I here propose to 

 examine. 



About the middle of the last century, in 1758, 

 Count de Goldstein, Grand Chancellor of His Pala- 

 tine Highness for the Duchies of Bergues and Ju- 

 liers, sent to one of his ancestors of the celebrated 

 Fourcroy, an essay on the artificial fecundation of 



