BOOK VII

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MAN, HIS BIRTH, HIS ORGANIZATION, AND THE INVENTION OF THE ARTS.

1. Man 117

2. The wonderful forms of different nations 122

3. Marvellous births 135

4. The generation of man; the unusual duration of pregnancy; instances of it from seven to twelve months 139

5. Indications of the sex of the child during the pregnancy of the mother 141

6. Monstrous births 142

7. Of those who have been cut out of the womb 143

8. Who were called Vopisci 144

9. The conception and generation of man _ib._

10. Striking instances of resemblance 145

11. What men are suited for generation. Instances of very numerous offspring 148

12. At what age generation ceases 150

13. Remarkable circumstances connected with the menstrual discharge _ib._

14. The theory of generation 153

15. Some account of the teeth, and some facts concerning infants _ib._

16. Examples of unusual size 155

17. Children remarkable for their precocity 158

18. Some remarkable properties of the body _ib._

19. Instances of extraordinary strength 160

20. Instances of remarkable agility 161

21. Instances of acuteness of sight 162

22. Instances of remarkable acuteness of hearing 163

23. Instances of endurance of pain 164

24. Memory _ib._

25. Vigour of mind 166

26. Clemency and greatness of mind _ib._

27. Heroic exploits 167

28. Union in the same person of three of the highest qualities with the greatest purity 169

29. Instances of extreme courage 170

30. Men of remarkable genius 173

31. Men who have been remarkable for wisdom 174

32. Precepts the most useful in life 178

33. Divination 179

34. The man who was pronounced to be the most excellent _ib._

35. The most chaste matrons 180

36. Instances of the highest degree of affection _ib._

37. Names of men who have excelled in the arts, astrology, grammar, and medicine 182

38. Geometry and architecture 183

39. Painting; engraving on bronze, marble, and ivory; carving 184

40. Slaves for which a high price has been given 185

41. Supreme happiness 186

42. Rare instances of good fortune continuing in the same family 187

43. Remarkable example of vicissitudes 189

44. Remarkable examples of honours _ib._

45. Ten very fortunate circumstances which have happened to the same person 191

46. The misfortunes of Augustus 195

47. Men whom the gods have pronounced to be the most happy 199

48. The man whom the gods ordered to be worshipped during his life-time; a remarkable flash of lightning _ib._

49. The greatest length of life 200

50. The variety of destinies at the birth of man 203

51. Various instances of diseases 206

52. Death 208

53. Persons who have come to life again after being laid out for burial 210

54. Instances of sudden death 213

55. Burial 217

56. The Manes, or departed spirits of the soul 218

57. The inventors of various things 219

58. The things about which mankind first of all agreed. The ancient letters 236

59. When barbers were first employed _ib._

60. When the first time-pieces were made 237

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