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Excerpt from An Attempt to Prove, on Rational Principles, That the Term of Human Pregnancy May Be Considerably Extended Beyond Nine Calendar Months: Comprising the Substance of Evidence Given in the Gardner Peerage Cause, Before the House of Lords, July 4, 1825
Although the operations Of nature admit, universally, Of being referred to determinate laws, yet we are not warranted in inferring that the results Of these laws are always the same. It IS only so long as the circumstances under which their operation is elicited are simi lar that the effects will be uniform. Thus, if the ordinary food be taken into the Stomach at an unusual time, the process of digestion is either suspended or imperfectly performed.
By such argument we may be brought to con coivo that the growth Of a child in the womb may be retarded, dentition protracted, the period Of puberty delayed, and the natural causes Of death anticipated or postponed. Is it unreasonable to presume that the natural time Of labour may also be deferred?
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