k 4m ) 
loofa'd? And here Ker^r/^ji^/ afferts theafermativei as hath 
been feen above. Thofe that are of the contrary Opmion^faf^ 
thatit is fure, that that bladder j like ao Eggj in whichthe 
f^tm is form'd ^ corns not from elfewhere ^ fioce 'tis koowo^ 
that it is produced ia the place of conceptioOj aod evea how 
it is there produced 5 as appears out of Harvej/^ihid. & tra£l:» de 
Concepte BefidesjJSy ibey:^ the veficles found io the body 
pf WomeOj are fo fafto'd there, that naturally they caooot be 
ieparated from thence 5 and fuppofdnhey were loofn'dj there 
is in the fame place , where they are^ no paflage large enough 
to get through. They add, that if you will give the name of 
Eggs to all the veficles, to be found in the parts of Geoerat^ 
CD) there would alio be Eggs ia the body of Men, it being 
known, that at the fide of th^ vafa deferenHa thevc are found 
divers vcRclcs^which A ffaUmJis compare Co a Clufter of Grapes 
l;)y reafon of their figure. 
The Reader, faith this JoHrndlifi ^ is left to decide this 
Queftion. He only intimates, that in the many Animals , 
diflcftedin the Royal Philofophic^l Academic at F^ri/ there 
were never found any vcficles aftually loofe. But thatg as to a 
paflage for them 5 there had been, 3 years fince, differed a 
Woman, and found in each of the /»^^e^/eri a manifeft cavity 
going into the bottom of the mMrix : Adding, that though 
thefe conduits appear not open ordinarily, they may yetdi- 
late thcrafelves at the time of Conception : As the conduit, 
through which the Eggs of the Fowl do pafiout of iht ovarium 
into the matrix^ is ufually very clofej but yet opensfomc^ 
times. 
4. To return to De«;^/ 5 he obferveth^ that all other ani- 
mate creatures f not to fpeak now of Plants ) are produced 
by the meanes of Eggs 5i as Birds 5 Infeds of all forts, Fifhes 
( of which laft fort though Whales, Sea^Calves and Dolphins 
bring forth live creatures of their kind, yet they firft breed 
them within their Bodies in Eggs:) And why not Quadrupeds 
alfo and the Femals of Mankind ? 
5. As for Eggs, by Kerk^ingius to have been found in 
Virgimbns , the fame M. Deffys efteems that probable enough* 
For, faith though we had not: the loftance of Hens^ lay- 
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