Lucina sine concubitu : a treatise humbly addressed to the Royal Society : in which is proved, by most incontestable evidence, drawn from reason and practice, that a woman may conceive and be brought to bed, without any commerce with man / edited by Edmund Goldsmid.

  • Hill, John, 1714?-1775.
Date:
1885
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    ments from the Depth of Philosophy, yet I choose to answer this Query by another; Whether the present Race of Fathers, especially those in high Life, under the Circumstances I have described, are qualifyed to beget Children at all ? But when Women are left to breed of themselves, and the Venereal Disease is banished fi'om among us, we may then hope to see an Offspring robust and healthy; British Valour will then recover its ancient glory; new Cressys, new Agincotirts, new Blenheims succeed to grace our Annals, Nor Henry be the last that conquers France. Wherefore, not doubting but my Scheme will immediately take Place, I shall apply very soon for a Patent to secure to myself the sole Advantage of this Discovery; and in the mean Time I have taken a House in the Hay-market, dajts le marche an foin, where I shall give Attendance to all W^omen desirous of breeding, from the Hours of Seven or Eight in the Evening, till Twelve at Night; and if they will quietly submit themselves to my Experiment, I will ensure their Pregnancy at the proper Time, calculating from the Hour they did me the Favour of their Visit. Let them consider that the Glory and Interest of Great Britain are noiv innmibent tipon them, that it is in their Power to raise our Vigour, and, as I may say, to mend the Breed of Englishmen. In so doing, their Names will be recorded in History, as the illustrious Propagators of Heroism, the Founders of a new Sect of Men, and be handed