Observations on certain parts of the animal oeconomy : inclusive of several papers from the Philosophical transactions, etc. / by John Hunter ... ; with notes by Richard Owen.
- John Hunter
- Date:
- 1840
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Credit: Observations on certain parts of the animal oeconomy : inclusive of several papers from the Philosophical transactions, etc. / by John Hunter ... ; with notes by Richard Owen. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![from the beginning destined to produce a fixed> number, beyond which they cannot go, although circumstances may tend to diminish that number; but that the constitution at large has no power of giving to one ovarium the power of propagating equal to both; for m the present experiment the animal with one ovarium produced Jen pigs less than half the number brought forth by the sow with both ovaria. But that the constitution has so far a power of influ- encing one ovarium as to make it produce its number in a less time than would probably have been the case if both ovaria had been preserved, is to be inferred from the above-recited experiment. 6. THE CASE OF A YOUNG WOMAN WHO POISONED HERSELF IN THE FIRST MONTH OF HER PREG- NANCY. BY THOMAS OGLE, SURGEON, GREAT RUSSELL-STREET, BLOOMSBURY. To which is added, an Account of the Appearances after Death; by the late John Hunter* Mary Hunt, servant to a gentleman in Charlotte-street, Bedford- square, twenty-five years of age, had for some time shown a par- tiality for one of the footmen in the same family. She became all at once exceedingly dejected, which was supposed to proceed from his neglecting her; and on Thursday, the 19th of April, at twelve o'clock at night, took half an ounce of white arsenic, and imme- diately afterwards drank a quart of wine; about one o'clock she had so much pain in her stomach as to be obliged to call for assistance. The symptoms were excruciating pain in the stomach, sick- ness, vomiting, excessive thirst, and a small tremulous pulse; these were followed by pain in the bowels, and several purging stools. She drank brandy and water, wine and water, and several quarts of plain water, to relieve the thirst and ease the pain. Some hours after taking the arsenic she became easier, expressed a desire to be left alone, being inclined to sleep, and remained several hours in a dosing or comatose state, from which she did not recover, and died about one o'clock on Friday, thirteen hours after taking the arsenic. Upon inspecting the body after death there were found the fol- lowing appearances. * [Originally published in the Transactions of a Society for the Improvement of Medical and Ohirurgical Knowledge, vol. ii., p. 63. Communicated to the Society by Everard Home, and read August 5, 1794.] 9*](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21131545_0055.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
