of the loteftinsi that receive their jmce from the Arteries^ 
After this he reprefents the «/^r«/ hnmanus in three very cu- 
rious Schemes 5 one is of the fades anterior 5 the other of the 
fades pofierior uteri puerper<$ 5 the third, of znuterMt Vir^init, 
Where he infercs a veiy odd Hiftory of ihe force of Imagi- 
nation in breeding WoracD^which is this: That a woman at Z;- 
trecht in fuch a condicioHj being (urprifed with the fight of a 
JNegrOj. and fo exceedingly frightened as to become fpecchlefs 
for the timejhad a ftrong fancy. (he fliould bring forth a black 
child 5 but,having recollcdicd her fclf^did by as ftrong a fancy 
devife a remedy to defeat the former 5 which was with hot wa* 
ter to wiffi away that blacknefs* And having, whilft flie was 
thoroughly polTc fled with this latter fancy, waflied her felf ac- 
cordingly from top toroe^ Ihe was at length delivered of a 
child that wai indeed white, yet thofe parts excepted, where 
the water in the -walhing had not touched 5 (uch as the inter- 
ftices of the fingers and toes and fome other places, where the 
manifeft tokens of blacknefs appear'd 5 as this Author had 
been informed by the very Mother of this child. 
They?rWmain particular in this Book is,thc Defcription of 
a way ,fo to prepare the Veins and Arteries and other hollow 
Vedels in an Animal, that they may appear in their genuia 
fhape, whereby their ftrudure,fcitC3duauS;>infcrtionjrife,and 
the likcjmay clearly be feen. This way we fiiall give you at 
length in his own words^therc being as yet but this one Ggpy, 
whence this account is given, in £nglaDd,for ought we^ know. 
J^edfe Cene alba quantum videbitur^ iamque liqurfaUam ruhnt^ 
flavv^viridiy pel qudibet alio colore convenienti tinge ; ^ Jipbone.y 
qui cochlea adJlriBum tuluJum babeat, properanter excipe^ atque in 
majorem vence vd arteria uteri ramsm injicey eavende ne inteifedent 
Aer progrejfum cera impediat: Ae^^ne quidimpedtmentoJit^fangHinem^ 
priufquam opertte acdngas^ex venis quantuffjipote exprime^utut rami 
majores alihs fadEime diflendantur.Perinde autem efi^jive per Arte" 
riam fpermaticam five hypogajlricam Cera injiciatur : Idemque in 
vents obtinet^tantim ut valvulce obtufo Jlylo pertundantnr *^ quofaBif 
una injeUione omnes uteri ven^e^earumque partes vel ab una latere im* 
fieri pojfiintjdem in Arteriis fieri potejl, fi tamen vifibiles earundem 
Anafiomofes fatis magna fmt^ mc Aer progreffum cere impediat^ 
