Lucina sine concubitu : a treatise humbly addressed to the Royal Society : in which is proved, by most incontestable evidence, drawn from reason and practice, that a woman may conceive and be brought to bed, without any commerce with man / edited by Edmund Goldsmid.

  • Hill, John, 1714?-1775.
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1885
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Lucina sine concubitu : a treatise humbly addressed to the Royal Society : in which is proved, by most incontestable evidence, drawn from reason and practice, that a woman may conceive and be brought to bed, without any commerce with man / edited by Edmund Goldsmid. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Signed: Abraham Johnson. Written and published by Hill as a hoax upon the Royal Society, in revenge for his rejection as a candidate for membership. Cf. Caricature history of the Georges / Thomas Wright. London, 1868, p. 218

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Edinburgh : Privately printed, 1885. (London : Printed by Hazell, Watson, and Viney, limited)

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6 unnumbered pages, 32 pages, 2 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.

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With reproduction of the original t.-p.: London, 1750
Running title: A letter to the Royal Society

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