Note 322 — Chapter I · THEORY OF EDUCATION.—BIRTH OF CHILDREN.—INFANTICIDE.
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Plat. de Legg. l. vii. t. viii. pp. 4. et 11.—During the pregnancy of women great care was taken not to bring into the house the wood of the ostrya or carpinus ostrys, the appearance of which was ominous of difficult births, or even of sudden death. Theoph. Hist. Plant. iii. 10. 3.