The anatomist dissected: or the man-midwife finely brought to bed. : Being an examination of the conduct of Mr. St. Andre. Touching the late pretended rabbit-bearer; as it appears from his own narrative. / By Lemuel Gulliver.

  • Swift, Jonathan, 1667-1745.
Date:
1727
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Credit: The anatomist dissected: or the man-midwife finely brought to bed. : Being an examination of the conduct of Mr. St. Andre. Touching the late pretended rabbit-bearer; as it appears from his own narrative. / By Lemuel Gulliver. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    fc ral p arts are put together in their pro- * iC per order, they manifcflly malic up cc and appear to belong to the abovcmcn- cc tiond Animals. 1 confefs the Vif- iC cera are wanting in four or five of “ them; but that is not very materi- <c al j that Defedt is amply fupply’d u by this one remarkable Circumflance, (C which is, that mofi o] thefe Animals u (for Rabbits I will not call them) u as far as I can judge, arc Females. cc The Flejh of thcje Creatures, parti- cc cularly of that which 1 extracted, has “ the Smell of Rabbits jufi kill'd; and <c the Subflance of their Bones are, in u all refpeBs, like the Bones oj Foetus <c Rabbits. (How particular, how “ dilucid, and exadt is this part of |<c his Ledture!) From all thefe Con- u jiderations (and many more too te- :£ dious and impertinent to be reci- D 3 ted