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A mechanical and critical enquiry into the nature of hermaphrodites / by James Parsons.

  • Parsons, James, 1705-1770.
Date:
1741
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: A mechanical and critical enquiry into the nature of hermaphrodites / by James Parsons. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    my Defign to fome Gentlemen of Learning, they were of Opinion, that it was quite neceffary to exa¬ mine what Authors had faid on that Head; which, indeed, open¬ ed a larger Field than I could have imagined, and lead me on to fwell t this Effay to it’s prefent Size, Some, perhaps, may afk what I have faid in this Treatife, that they did not already know ? or may pretend, they did not believe there were Hermaphrodites in the World j to this I anfwer, that tho’ there are fome who will give their Rea- fon leave to interfere when a my- fterious Matter comes before them, yet of thofe few who may be cal¬ led the learned among Men, how many are there that follow the a 3 Path