A letter from a male physician in the country, to the author of the female physician in London; : plainly shewing, that for ingenuity, probity, and extraordinary productions, he far surpasses the author of the narrative. To which is added, a short dissertation upon generation, whereby every child-bearing woman may be satisfied, that 'tis as impossible for women to generate and bring forth rabbets, as 'tis impossible for rabbets to bring forth women.

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1726
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A letter from a male physician in the country, to the author of the female physician in London; : plainly shewing, that for ingenuity, probity, and extraordinary productions, he far surpasses the author of the narrative. To which is added, a short dissertation upon generation, whereby every child-bearing woman may be satisfied, that 'tis as impossible for women to generate and bring forth rabbets, as 'tis impossible for rabbets to bring forth women. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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London : Printed for T. Warner, at the Black Boy in Pater-Noster-Row, 1726.

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79 pages, 1 unnumbered page ; 8vo (20 cm)

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Includes decorative head and tailpieces.
Copy 1. Attributed to Dr John Maubray in ink on title-page. Part of a collection of printed tracts and ms extracts relating to Mary Toft, assembled by Edward Hawkins c. 1851. From the library of Edwin Clarke.

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ESTC, T55623.
ESTC T55623

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