A
Mechanical and Critical
ENQUIRY
INTO THE
NATURE
OF
HERMAPHRODITES
BY
JAMES PARSONS, M.D.
Fellow of the Royal Society.
LONDON:
Printed for J. Walthoe, over-against the
Royal-Exchange in Cornhill.
M DCC XLI.
To the Honourable
Sir Hans Sloane, Bart.
PRESIDENT,
And to the
Council and Fellows
OF THE
ROYAL SOCIETY
OF
LONDON;
THIS
Mechanical and Critical
ENQUIRY
Into the NATURE of
Hermaphrodites,
Is Humbly Dedicated,
By their most Obedient
Humble Servant,
James Parsons.
THE
CONTENTS.
| INTRODUCTION. | |
| Containing some historical Observations of Laws and other Occurrences about Hermaphrodites. | Page xi |
| Chap. I. | |
| Reasons against the Existence of an hermaphrodital Nature in human Bodies. | 1 |
| Chap. II. | |
| An historical and critical Account of the Causes of Hermaphrodites. | 38[ii] |
| Chap. III. | |
| A general View of other Authors concerning Hermaphrodites. | 79 |
| Chap. IV. | |
| CONCLUSION. | |
| Containing a Description of a Fœtus, and a Recital of the Dissections of such Subjects, by some other Authors, &c. | 144 |
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