[8]

Mole: "A somewhat shapeless, compact fleshy mass occurring in the uterus, due to the retention and continued life of the whole or a part of the foetal envelopes, after the death of the foetus (a maternal or true mole); or being some other body liable to be mistaken for this, or perhaps a polypus or false mole." (Whitney's Century Dictionary.)

[9]

Griffin's claw, a peculiar hooked instrument.


CHAPTER XII

Of Conception and its Signs, and How a Woman may know whether it be Male or Female.