78 Dr. Baillie’s Account , &c. 
would feem to render it very probable, that the formation of 
hair and teeth in the ovarium does not neceffarily depend on a 
connection between a male and a female (as has been the com- 
mon opinion), but arifes from fome aCtion within the ovarium 
itfelf, which is imitative of generation. 
formation may take place without an intercoufe between the fexes, it becomes 
difficult to account for this peculiarity in them, unlefs by fuppofmg, that they 
have a greater aptitude of running into fuch a procefs than the other parts of the 
body. 
