Elements of medical jurisprudence; or, A succinct and compendious description of such tokens in the human body as are requisite to determine the judgment of a coroner, and courts of law, in cases of divorce, rape, murder, &c : To which are added, Directions for preserving the public health / [Samuel Farr].

  • Farr, Samuel, 1741-1795.
Date:
1814
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Credit: Elements of medical jurisprudence; or, A succinct and compendious description of such tokens in the human body as are requisite to determine the judgment of a coroner, and courts of law, in cases of divorce, rape, murder, &c : To which are added, Directions for preserving the public health / [Samuel Farr]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    suppositious birth depends on the pre- Superfoe- tation, Requis tes. proper signs must be examined, or we must wait the event, should those signs deceive us. | The impregnation of ‘a woman al- ready pregnant, is called a superfoeta- tion. This is either true or false; the former is, when it happens in the womb itself; the Jatter, when one foetus is deposited in the womb, the other in the ovarium, the fallopian tube, or the cavity of the abdomen. | The following requisites are ne- cessary to a superfeetation. Ist. The pregnant woman ought to bear two children, each of a distinct age. 2d. The delivery of these children should be at different times, at a considerable distance from each other. 3d. The woman must be pregnant, and a ‘nurse at the same time. There have been many doubts about the reality of this superfeetation, but