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II. An argument for divine providence, taken from the constant regularity observ'd in the births of both sexes. By Dr. John Arbuthnott, Physitian in Ordinary to Her Majesty, and Fellow of the College of Physitians and the Royal Society

John Arbuthnot

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London · 1710 · 284 citations · 0 references

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Abstract Among innumerable Footsteps of Divine Providence to be found in the Works of Nature, there is a very remarkable one to be observed in the exact Ballance that is maintained, between the Numbers of Men and Women;