About the beginning of this month, a girl was born near Toulon, in France, whose whole face resembled a hare, excepting her ears; she was otherwise fair and well shaped. Her mother declares, that at the beginning of her pregnancy she had a strong inclination to eat the raw heart of a hare, which her husband brought home one day, but could not prevail with herself to make known her desire.
Another very remarkable fact comes authenticated from the same quarter. The wife of a considerable merchant, who constantly attended mass, and used to give charity to a poor man who had lost his right arm, was soon after brought to bed of a son who wanted his right hand, which the mother attributed to the impression the maimed appearance of the man made upon her mind.
But what is still more remarkable; this son is grown to maturity, married, and has now a son, who, without any such impressions, was
born without a hand. How will the naturalists account for this
phenomenon?
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