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tbe BoHy yet witliout a diftina: prcception oFthe organ§« 
Fig. VL ftiews a bigger Egg, which r>. Ks^fyi^i did o^m 
a fortnight after conceptioD^ finding in it thcfe particulars i 
a: a little Seconding f the Navel firing, by w^^^^ 
' m B. B. B, the memhane, Co^ Child isfafined to the Seeondtne, 
^rlon , Mvidedin four places, E. a ChUd ofi A days after Concept 
C, C. C. C. the mmbrami'km-tiQn^n which the face begins to appear^ 
■mm, divided fo too. ^ \together with the frincifdfms of the 
Fig. Vf L reprcfents iht Sceleton of an Infant, found by the 
fame in one of thele Eggs three weeks after Conception. 
VlII»exhibits£hc«S<r^/e^<?;zofanother Childj found alfo 
by him in an Egg, a moneth after Conception. 
Fig. IX. reprefents ihtSceleton an Embryon ^ ^oxxixd by 
him io an Egg fix weeks after Conception. 
Though this Opinion ( faith Kerk^ivgiui) about the firft for- 
mation of Man in an Egg, as that of all Fowl, is not common, 
yet 'tis tr|ie • and if any find it difficult to believe, he may caft 
his Eyes upon Fig. IK where he will fee ofthofe Eggs reprefents 
ed after the life^as I have found them my felfin the body of 
anany Women open'd by me* 
Thele Eggs are to be met with, not only in the tefticles of 
Women married 3 but alfo in thofe of Maids, even as young 
Hens will lay Eggs without any commerce with a Cock. 
Thefc Eggs are of the bignefs of a pea, and they contain s 
glutinous liquor, which will be hardn'd by the fire, jufl: as the 
White and Yolk in other Eggs> The taftof them is flat and 
unpleafant enough 5 they are inverted with one or two fine 
skins, which ftrech themfelves a little while after the Eggs 
are fallen into the Womb^and change into two membraneSjCall- 
€dAmnm and ChorionAnd as thcfe two membranes are alwaies 
found after wards, enwrapping the Child 5 fo'ds very proba- 
ble, that the Eggs of Women are alfo cover'd with two skins 
from their beginning^though by reafon of their finenefi I could 
not diftinftly lee them. 
It feems, that Fallopius hath ften thele Eggs before me 3 as 
appears in his Anatom. Ohfervdtions, And as to their 
Ufe they have in Generation, it feems eafie to be determined, 
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