Plate 2.
At the eighth month, all the parts are more developed; the infant measures sixteen inches, and weighs between four and five pounds.
At the ninth month, the infant has acquired the perfect form of the human species; the two substances of the brain are quite distinct; the muscular system well developed, the bones are strong, the motions of the child quick and lively, the heart pulsates rapidly, and the circulation has become very active. The length of the body is generally twenty inches, and the weight seven or eight pounds; the crown of woman’s bliss—the true effects of wedded love.
Plate 3.
Plate 4.
PERIOD OF GESTATION.
