Hindu Achievements in Exact Science: A Study in the History of Scientific Development c21.8

c21.8

(2) "The hard substances of the fœtus, as hairs, bones, nails, teeth, vessels, ligaments, etc., are produced from the semen, and resemble the same part as in the father; and the soft parts as flesh, blood, fat, marrow, heart, navel, liver, spleen, intestines, etc., are formed principally from the blood of the mother, and resemble her."⁷⁹ This is virtually the Darwinian pangenesis now exploded.