HUMAN MALE MONSTER. 229 



Of the Duration of the Life of this Monjler. 



As in man and fimilar animals, the direct or indirect influ- 

 ence of refpiration feems necefTary for the continuance of life, 

 and as the lungs were wanting in this monfter, we mud fuppofe, 

 that it could have outlived the feparation from the mother for a 

 very fhort time only. But when we add to this, that, by the 

 ligature of the umbilical cord, a (lop would be mechanically 

 put to the circulation of its blood, it is evident, that its life 

 muft have terminated with its delivery. 



Of the time at which this Monjler muft have acquired the Structure 

 which has been defcribcd* 



As this monfter was provided with a diftincT: placenta and 

 membranes, and its body furrounded with and protected by 

 the liquor amnii ', as no veftige appeared of the brain, cere- 

 bellum, organs of the fenfes, or other parts of the head ; as 

 nervous threads, proper to this monfter, afcended from the up- 

 per end of the fpinal marrow towards the upper parts of its 

 body ; as its fyftem of circulating veflels was complete without 

 a heart, and the manner of their branching different in many 

 refpecls from the common ftructure : it muft furely appear, to 

 an unprejudiced perfon, abfurd to fuppofe, with many eminent 

 authors, that fuch monfters, when firft produced, had the or- 

 dinary ftruclure, and that this was afterwards altered by pre£- 

 fure and other accidents. 



The like obfervation may be extended to many other mon- 

 fters in my pofTeffion, I believe I might fay to almoft all other 



monfters 



