Lucina sine concubitu. A letter humbly address'd to the Royal Society; in which is proved by most incontestible evidence, drawn from reason and practice, that a woman may conceive and be brought to bed without any commerce with man / [By Abraham Johnson i.e. Sir John Hill].

  • Hill, John, 1714?-1775.
Date:
1750
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Credit: Lucina sine concubitu. A letter humbly address'd to the Royal Society; in which is proved by most incontestible evidence, drawn from reason and practice, that a woman may conceive and be brought to bed without any commerce with man / [By Abraham Johnson i.e. Sir John Hill]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    hucina fine Concubitu* A LETTER Humbly addrefs’d to the ROTAL SOCIETTi IN WHICH Is proved by moft Inconteftible Evidence, drawn from Reafon and Pradtice, that a Woman may conceive and be brought to Bed without any Commerce with Man. »■' 1 11 ' —....- ... Ore omnes verfiae in Zephyros flant rupibus altis, Exceptantque leaves auras, et f&pe Jine ullis Conjugiis vento gravida (mirabile didlu) Saxa per, et fcopulos et dcprejfas convalles Diffngiuni, &c> Vi rg. Georgiq. g. Cur ego defperem fieri fine conjuge mater, Et parere intadlo, dummodo cafia, viro ? Ovid. Fail. 5, Or as other Authors fing, Ehe frolic Wind that breathes the Spring, Zephyr with Aurora playing. As he met her 07ice a Maying, Fill'd her with thee a Daughter fair. So buxom, blithe, and debonnair. Milton’s L’AlIegraJ LONDON: Printed *, And Sold by M. Cooper, at the Globe, in Pater-nofter-Row. 1750.