A short narrative of an extraordinary delivery of rabbets, perform'd [on Mary Toft] by Mr. John Howard surgeon at Guilford.

  • St. André, Nathanael, 1680-1776.
Date:
1727
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: A short narrative of an extraordinary delivery of rabbets, perform'd [on Mary Toft] by Mr. John Howard surgeon at Guilford. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ges that happen to adult Animals, by Food - and Air, they carry’d within them the ftrongeft Marks of Foetus's, even by fuch parts as cannot exift in an Adult, and without which a Foetus ^rinot poflibly be fuppofed ’ to live. This, ’ I think, ptoves in the ftrongeft Terms poflible. that thefe Animals were of a particular kind, and not bred in ^ natural Way ; nor will there be any doubt remaining (even with the leaft knowing in thefe matters) when thofe parts which are fubleryie'nt to the Cir¬ culation of the Blood, and Nourifh- ment between an adult Creature and its Foetus are brought away 5 which I am fully fatisfied muft fhortly happen, or, if retained, be the Caufe of this Woman’s Death. All thefe Fadts were verify’d before hisMajeftyjOn Saturday A'(?t;.the 26th, by the Anatomical Dexnonftration of the