74 Dr. Baillie’s Account of a 
of them in'clofed in a proper capfule, which arofe from the 
inner furface of the ovarium, and confifted of a white thick 
opaque membrane. Attached to the capfules of three of the 
teeth, there was a white fpungy fubftance. The membrane of 
the ovarium itfelf was of fome confiderable thicknefs, but 
unequal in the different parts, was very fmooth in its inner 
furface, and more irregular externally. The uterus was fmal- 
ler than it is commonly at birth, was perfectly healthy in its 
ftruCture, and upon opening into its cavity it exhibited the 
ordinary appearances of a child’s uterus at that period. The 
left ovarium was very fmall, correfponding to the ftate of the 
uterus. It appears clearly from this, that the uterus had not 
yet received the increafe of bulk, which is ufual at the age of 
puberty. The hymen was entire, fuch as is commonly found 
in a child of the fame age ; and there was juft beginning a 
lanugo upon the labia, not more than what is often found on 
the upper lip of a boy of fifteen years old. Such are the cir* 
cumftances attending this fingular cafe, and they prefent to the 
mind various grounds of confideration. 
The formation of hair and teeth is a fpecies of generation, 
for in faCt it makes a part of it, and ftrikes the mind as being 
very different from any irregular fubftance which is formed by 
difeafe. This formation too takes place in a part of the body 
which is fubfervient to generation, and where a complete 
foetus is fometimes formed. The whole of this looks very 
much as if the production of hair and teeth in the ovarium was a 
fort of imperfeCt impregnation. But when we take another view* 
of it, there are reafons at leaft equally ftrong for believing that 
fuch productions may arife from an aCtion in the ovarium itfelfi 
without any ftimuiusfrom the application of the male femen. 
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