On leaving the convent she married a white man, and nine months after she gave birth to a dark-skinned child.

The supposition was that during her abode in the convent and the nine months subsequently she had the image of her black paramour constantly before her.

Loin speaks of a woman who was greatly impressed by the actions of a clown at a circus, and who brought into the world a child that resembled the fantastic features of the clown in a most striking manner.
Mackay describes five cases in which fright produced distinct marks on the fetus.

There is a case mentioned in which a pregnant woman was informed that an intimate friend had been thrown from his horse; the immediate cause of death was fracture of the skull, produced by the corner of a dray against which the rider was thrown.

The mother was profoundly impressed by the circumstance, which was minutely described to her by an eye-witness.