Upon the
Womb side it had a Cavity full of white and thick _Pus_, without any
noisome Smell. On the Opposite Side 'twas hollow, and resembled the
convex Side of an Oister. The rest of the Womb was in its Natural State,
and they met with no considerable Accident in the Neighbouring parts.
They cut out the Mass, and carried it to the Surgeon's House, to be
view'd at their leisure. The whole Mass was encompass'd with a callous
Matter, under which they found all the Parts of a Child harden'd and
half putrified; and these weigh'd Eight Pound. They cut up all the
_Viscera_ in the three Cavities, the particulars whereof may be read in
Mr. _Baile_'s Book of Anatomy. This is the Account given by Mr. _Baile_.
I come now to extraordinary Conceptions.
Some Authors affirm, that a young Man having spilt some Seed in a Bath,
a Girl afterwards Bathing in the same Water, the Seed was suck'd in by
the Girls Womb, and she became with Child. But Monsieur _Dionis_ is not
of this Opinion: He will not allow the Womb an attractive Faculty, so as
to suck up from the outer Extremity of the Neck, and oblige it to repair
to its Cavity. And the Seed being a Liquor, would be so blended with the
Water, that 'tis impossible all its particles should rally, and continue
their Activity and prolifick Quality, till their Arrival in the Womb.
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