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The medical mirror; or treatise on the impregnation of the human female. Shewing the origin of diseases, and the principles of life and death. With remarks on the general effects of sea-bathing / [E. Sibly].

  • Sibly, E. (Ebenezer), 1751-1800
Date:
1807
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Credit: The medical mirror; or treatise on the impregnation of the human female. Shewing the origin of diseases, and the principles of life and death. With remarks on the general effects of sea-bathing / [E. Sibly]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    man reafon with the mechanifm of Divine Wifdom ; and yet our conceptions may in fome degree unravel the myfteries of nature by caufes and fpeculations, which, in proportionas they captivate our fenfes, and raife our admiration, excite in us a reverential awe of futurity, and a grateful fenfibility of the goodnels and mercy of Him who gave us being. | 3 From the evidence of fcripture it is manifeftly clear, that in the perfon of Adam the male and female properties were orivinally combined; as indeed we now find them in many {pecies of the lower clafs of animals; confequently the expreflion of male and fe- gale, does not neceflarily imply two diftinct bodies. In Genefis i. 27, we read, that God created man in his own image, i. e. of perfection; including or contain- ing the prolific or generating powers, which are dif- tinguifhed by the expreffion of male and femule; and God bleffed them, i.e.thefe maleand female properties, . and faid unto them, Increafe and multiply, and repleni ls | the earth, 1. e. with beings like Adam; for this bene- motion of lve, as every one muft know who reads the firft and fecond chapters of Genelfis. In this plural capacity, therefore, Adam received the bleffing of God, when he faid unto him, Be fruit- ful and multiply, and replenish the earth, and fubdue it’; and have dominion over the fifh of the fea, and over the fowls of the air, &c. The fix days creation were now . completed; and on the feventh day God refted from | all his work; and having formed Adam, and breathed — Into / A