With this
conviction he approached the young man and told him the
circumstances; the soldier appeared skeptical at first, but
consented to visit the young mother; a friendship ensued which
soon ripened into a happy marriage, and the pair had three
children, none resembling, in the same degree as the first, the
heroic pater familias.
Interesting as are all the anomalies of conception, none are more
so than those of unconscious impregnation; and some
well-authenticated cases can be mentioned. Instances of violation
in sleep, with subsequent pregnancy as a result, have been
reported in the last century by Valentini, Genselius, and
Schurig. Reports by modern authorities seem to be quite scarce,
though there are several cases on record of rape during
anesthesia, followed by impregnation. Capuron relates a curious
instance of a woman who was raped during lethargy, and who
subsequently became pregnant, though her condition was not
ascertained until the fourth month, the peculiar abdominal
sensation exciting suspicion of the true nature of the case,
which had previously been thought impossible.
There is a record of a case of a young girl of great moral purity
who became pregnant without the slightest knowledge of the
source; although, it might be remarked, such cases must be taken
"cum grano salis.
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