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The Natural History of Pliny, Volume 2 (of 6)

Note 839 — BOOK VII.835 MAN, HIS BIRTH, HIS ORGANIZATION, AND THE INVENTION OF THE ARTS.

John Bostock translation

It seems to have been the custom among the ancients to place the newborn child upon the ground immediately after its birth.

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