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iog Eggs without any congrcfs of a Cock 5 the place where 
they are bred fliews enough, that Man contributes nothing 
to their prjodudion 5 all thai he can do^ being nothing but an 
attraction of the Eggs ouc of their Confervatory , and 
the making themdelcend into thQ uterus^ ut ibi irrorentur k 
femine, ^ fmunditatem acquirant s even as the Juices of the 
Earth do ¥ivifie all the Plants by infinuating themfelves into 
the grains ^ and penetrating their skins* And it may be^ it is 
the alteration that befalls thefe Eggs^ when they are retain- 
ed too long, which caufeth the abundance of Vapors and 
di^forders, which other parts are accufed of. On which oc- 
cafion he alledgeth a notable example of a young Maid of 
' quality, that lately died in the i8^i year of her age 5 who 
was fubjedt to very frequent Hyfterical fits of vapors /of 
which the was one day affaultcd with fo great violence, that 
it coft her her hfe. Her Body being opened , Tefticulus dexter 
if at fiacddus y ■& figura Jolit£ ; at Jimfier adeo tumidus (Sinfla* 
tusy Ut Ovi Anatis aeqiiaret magnitudinem : Eoque aperto^Ovum 
fuit intuj repertum^ Olivam figura & magnitudine referens ^ & 
feparatu ngquaquam difficile. This^ he faith ^ is ftill kept by 
MotS^QmCbarm^ 
B. Since thefe particulars were fentto the Prefx^ there 
came to the Publifliers hands the very lately printed Book 
of that diligent and expert Anatomift J^egnerus de Graaf^ in- 
tiiuhd TraUatus mvm d^ Mulierum Organis generationiinfers 
vientibus 5 in which the above-recited difficulties, mov<sd by 
M, Gaulois^ and others alfo, are amply taken notice of, and 
iogenioufly folved : Concerning whicb^ we may by the next 
opportunity give the Curious Reader a fuller accompt; 
as aHb,wherein the faid Graaf differs from Ker^wgiuf^m this 
matter, which, for want of cime ^ could not be done 
at prefent. 
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