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Read Ebook: The Works of William Harvey M.D. Translated from the Latin with a life of the author by Harvey William Willis Robert Translator
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The male and the female are alike efficient in the business of generation 296
Of the matter of the egg, in opposition to the Aristotelians and the medical writers 297
In how far is the fowl efficient in the generation of the egg, according to Aristotle? And wherefore is the concurrence of the male required? 300
The perfect hen's egg is of two colours 303
Of the manner in which the egg is increased by the albumen 305
Of what the cock and hen severally contribute to the production of the egg 307
Of the cock and the particulars most remarkable in his constitution 309
Of the hen 313
Of the sense in which the hen may be called the "prime efficient:" and of her parturition 318
Of the manner in which the generation of the chick takes place from the egg 323
In how many ways the chick may be said to be formed from the egg 325
Fabricius is mistaken with regard to the matter of the generation of the chick in ovo 327
What is the material of the chick, and how it is formed in the egg 333
Of the efficient cause of the generation of the chick and foetus 340
Of the manner in which the efficient cause of the chick acts, according to Aristotle 344
The opinion of Fabricius on the efficient cause of the chick
is refuted 350
The inquiry into the efficient cause of the chick is one of great difficulty 355
Of the efficient cause of animals, and its conditions 360
Of the order of generation; and, first, of the primary genital particle 372
Of the blood as prime element in the body 379
Of the inferences deducible from the course of the umbilical vessel in the egg 392
Of the order of the parts in generation from an egg, according to Fabricius 397
Of the order of the parts according to Aristotle 407
Of the order of the parts in generation as it appears from observation 414
Of certain paradoxes and problems to be considered in connexion with this subject 423
Of the nutrition of the chick in ovo 434
Of the uses of the entire egg 442
Of the uses of the yelk and albumen 444
Of the uses of the other parts of the egg 454
An egg is the common origin of all animals 456
Of the generation of viviparous animals 461
The generation of viviparous animals in general is illustrated from the history of that of the hind and doe, and the reason of this selection 466
Of the uterus of the hind and doe 467
Of the intercourse of the hind and doe 474
Of the constitution or change that takes place in the uterus of the deer in the course of the month of September 476
Of what takes place in the month of October 478
Of what takes place in the uterus of the doe during the month of November 482
Of the conception of the deer in the course of the month of December 492
Of the innate heat 501
Of the primigenial moisture 513
ON PARTURITION 521
OF THE UTERINE MEMBRANES AND HUMOURS 551
Of the Humours 557
Of the Membranes 560
Of the Placenta 563
Of the Acetabula 566
Of the Umbilical Cord 567
ON CONCEPTION 573
ANATOMICAL EXAMINATION OF THE BODY OF THOMAS PARR 589
LETTERS.
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