Hindu Achievements in Exact Science: A Study in the History of Scientific Development c21.20

c21.20

The fœtus for a time remains indeterminate, and then takes on a definite male or female character. In the second month the sexual character is indicated by the shape of the fœtus, the shape of a round joint (?) indicating the male sex, and the elongated shape, as of a muscle (?), the female sex.⁵⁹