Anatomical exercitations, concerning the generation of living creatures: to which are added particular discourses, of births, and of conceptions. 1653

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TO THE Venerable, & highly Accomplish't, THE PRESIDENT & FELLOWS of the COLLEDGE of Physitians in LONDON, GEORGE ENT Wisheth Health and full Felicity.

To the Incomparable Dr. HARVEY, On his Books Of the MOTION of the HEART and BLOOD, And of the GENERATION of ANIMALS.

THE PREFACE.
Of the Manner and Order of attaining knowledge.
Of the former matters, according to Aristotle.
Of the Method to be observed in the knowledge of Generation.
The Reason why we begin with a Henns Egge.
Of the place of Generation.
Of the Ovary, or upper part of the Henns womb.
Of the Infundibulum, or Tunnel.
Of the Exteriour part of the Uterus of the Henne.
Of the Privities of a Henne.
Of the Belly of a Henne, and other Birds.
Of the scituation and fabrick of the rest of the parts of the Womb in a Hen.
Of the generation of the Egge.
Of the Growth and departure of the Egge from the Womb.
Of the Egg-shell.
Of the rest of the parts of the Egge.
Of the difference of Eggs.
Of the generation of the Foetus out of a Hen-egge.
The first Inspection of the Egge, what the first day of Incubation doth produce in the Egge.
The second Inspection of the Egge.
The third Inspection of the Egge.
The fourth Inspection of the Egge.
The fifth Inspection of the Egge.
The sixth Inspection of the Egge.
The Inspection after the tenth day.
The Inspection after the four|teenth day.
Of the Exclusion, or Birth of the Chick|en out of the Egge.
Of Twinne-Egges.
CERTAIN THEOREMS taken out of the foregoing Hi|story of the Egge.
What an Egge is.
That the Egge is not the Production of the Womb, but of the Soul.
That the Egge is not made without a Henne.
How a perfect and fruitfull Egge is produced by Male and Female, according to Aristotle.
The Benefit of this Disquisition con. cerning Fecundity.

That the Egge doth not proceed from the Cock and Henne, after that manner which Aristotle would designe.
Nor after that manner which Physiti|ans phansie.

That both the Male and Female, are the Efficients of Generation.

Concerning the Matter of the Egge, contrary to Physitians and A|ristotelians.

How far the Henne is an Efficient Cause in the Generation of the Egge, according to Aristotle: and why the assistance of the Male is required.

A perfect Henne-egge hath two Colours.

How the Egge is supplied with its White.

What the Cock and Henne do conferr to the Generation of the Egge.

Some things worthy observation con|cerning the Cock.

Of the Henne.

In what respect the Henne may be cal|led the Primum Efficiens, the first or Chiefe Efficient. And also of her issue.

How the generation of the Chicken is procured out of the Egge.

How many waies the Chicken may be said to be made out of the Egge.

Fabricius is mistaken concerning the Matter of the Generation of the Chicken out of the Egge.

What the Matter of the Chicken is, and how the Chicken is formed in the Egge.

Of the Efficient Cause of the Genera|tion of the Chicken, and Foetus.

How the Efficient cause of the Chicken doth operate, according to Aristotle.

Fabricius his Opinion concerning the Efficient cause of the Chicken is confuted.

The Efficient cause of the Chicken, is hard to be found out.

What the Efficient cause of Animals is; and what its Conditions.

Of the Order of Generation, and first, of the first Genital Particle.

Of the Blood, as it is the Prin|cipal Part.

What Observations are to be collected from the Ramifications of the Umbilical veines in the Egge.

Of the Order of parts in the Genera|ration out of an Egge, accord|ing to Fabricius.

Of the Order of Parts in Genera|tion, according to Aristotle.

Of the Order of Parts in Generation, as it appears by our Observations.

Certain Paradoxes, and Problemes to be considered of, concerning this Subject.

Of the Nutrition of the Chicken in the Egge.

Of the Uses of the whole Egge.

Of the Benefits or Uses of the Yolk and White.

Of the Uses of the other parts of the Egge.

That an Egg is the Common Original of all Animals.

Of the Generation of Vivi|parous Animals.

The History of the Generation of Hinds and Does, is layed down as the Example of all other Animals: together with the reason of our so doing.

Of the Uterus of Hindes and Does.

Of the Coition of the Hinds and Does.

Of the Constitution or Alteration of the Uterus of the Hind and Doe in the moneth September.

What befalls them in the moneth of October.

What things happen in the Uterus of Deere in November.

Of the manner how the Conception of Hindes, and Does, is found to be in the month of De|cember.

Of the Innate Heat.

Of the Primigenial Moisture.

Of the Birth.

Of the Membranes and Humours of the Uterus.

Of the Conception.

ERRATA.