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When the womb has conceived the seed, straightway in the majority of
cases it closes up until seven months are fulfilled; but in the eighth month it
opens, and the embryo, if it be fertile, descends in the eighth month. But such
embryos as are not fertile but are devoid of breath at eight months old, their
mothers do not bring into the world by parturition at eight months, neither
does the embryo descend within the womb at that period nor does the womb
open. And it is a sign that the embryo is not capable of life if it be formed
without the above-named circumstances taking place.
After conception women are prone to a feeling of heaviness in all parts of
their bodies, and for instance they experience a sensation of darkness in front
of the eyes and suffer also from headache. These symptoms appear sooner or
later, sometimes as early as the tenth day, according as the patient be more or
less burthened with superfluous humours. Nausea also and sickness affect the
most of women, and especially such as those that we have just now
mentioned, after the menstrual discharge has ceased and before it is yet turned
in the direction of the breasts.
Moreover, some women suffer most at the beginning of their pregnancy
and some at a later period when the embryo has had time to grow; and in
some women it is a common occurrence to suffer from strangury towards the
end of their time. As a general rule women who are pregnant of a male child
escape comparatively easily and retain a comparatively healthy look, but it is
otherwise with those whose infant is a female; for these latter look as a rule
paler and suffer more pain, and in many cases they are subject to swellings of
the legs and eruptions on the body. Nevertheless the rule is subject to
exceptions.
Women in pregnancy are a prey to all sorts of longings and to rapid
changes of mood, and some folks call this the ‘ivy-sickness’; and with the
mothers of female infants the longings are more acute, and they are less
contented when they have got what they desired.
In a certain few cases the patient feels unusually well during pregnancy.
The worst time of all is just when the child’s hair is beginning to grow.
In pregnant women their own natural hair is inclined to grow thin and fall
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- Title
- The Complete Aristotle
- Author
- Aristotle
- Date
- ~322 B.C.
- Language
- English
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- Pages
- 2328
- Keywords
- Philosophy, Antique, Philosophie, Antike, Dialogues, Metaphysik, Metaphysics, Ideologie, Ideology, Englisch
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Table of contents
- Part 1; Logic (Organon) 3
- Categories 4
- On Interpretation 34
- Prior Analytics, Book I 56
- Prior Analytics, Book II 113
- Posterior Analytics, Book I 149
- Posterior Analytics, Book II 193
- Topics, Book I 218
- Topics, Book II 221
- Topics, Book III 237
- Topics, Book IV 248
- Topics, Book V 266
- Topics, Book VI 291
- Topics, Book VII 317
- Topics, Book VIII 326
- On Sophistical Refutations 348
- Part 2; Universal Physics 396
- Physics, Book I 397
- Physics, Book II 415
- Physics, Book III 432
- Physics, Book IV 449
- Physics, Book V 481
- Physics, Book VI 496
- Physics, Book VII 519
- Physics, Book VIII 533
- On the Heavens, Book I 570
- On the Heavens, Book II 599
- On the Heavens, Book III 624
- On the Heavens, Book IV 640
- On Generation and Corruption, Book I 651
- On Generation and Corruption, Book II 685
- Meteorology, Book I 707
- Meteorology, Book II 733
- Meteorology, Book III 760
- Meteorology, Book IV 773
- Part 3; Human Physics 795
- On the Soul, Book I 796
- On the Soul, Book II 815
- On the Soul, Book III 840
- On Sense and the Sensible 861
- On Memory and Reminiscence 889
- On Sleep and Sleeplessness 899
- On Dreams 909
- On Prophesying by Dreams 918
- On Longevity and the Shortness of Life 923
- On Youth, Old Age, Life and Death, and Respiration 929
- Part 4; Animal Physics 952
- The History of Animals, Book I 953
- The History of Animals, Book II translated 977
- The History of Animals, Book III 1000
- The History of Animals, Book IV 1029
- The History of Animals, Book V 1056
- The History of Animals, Book VI 1094
- The History of Animals, Book VII 1135
- The History of Animals, Book VIII 1150
- The History of Animals, Book IX 1186
- On the Parts of Animals, Book I 1234
- On the Parts of Animals, Book II 1249
- On the Parts of Animals, Book III 1281
- On the Parts of Animals, Book IV 1311
- On the Motion of Animals 1351
- On the Gait of Animals 1363
- On the Generation of Animals, Book I 1381
- On the Generation of Animals, Book II 1412
- On the Generation of Animals, Book III 1444
- On the Generation of Animals, Book IV 1469
- On the Generation of Animals, Book V 1496
- Part 5; Metaphysics 1516
- Part 6; Ethics and Politics 1748
- Nicomachean Ethics, Book I 1749
- Nicomachean Ethics, Book II 1766
- Nicomachean Ethics, Book III 1779
- Nicomachean Ethics, Book IV 1799
- Nicomachean Ethics, Book V 1817
- Nicomachean Ethics, Book VI 1836
- Nicomachean Ethics, Book VII 1851
- Nicomachean Ethics, Book VIII 1872
- Nicomachean Ethics, Book IX 1890
- Nicomachean Ethics, Book X 1907
- Politics, Book I 1925
- Politics, Book II 1943
- Politics, Book III 1970
- Politics, Book IV 1997
- Politics, Book V 2023
- Politics, Book VI 2053
- Politics, Book VII 2065
- Politics, Book VIII 2091
- The Athenian Constitution 2102
- Part 7; Aesthetic Writings 2156