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The text discusses the role of the navel and its function during fetal development. It explores historical beliefs about how a fetus is nourished and mentions theories comparing nourishment through the umbilical cord, skin, and mouth. Additionally, it briefly touches upon the notion that Adam and Eve might have been created without navels.
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Human Limbs

are often greedy and blunt. A slight indentation in the stomach signifies the greatness of the spirit and virtue. Men of good understanding and great judgment generally have a moderately sized stomach.

The NAVEL is located in the middle of the stomach and seems to have its function only during formation in the mother's body. It's there to keep the child attached to the mother and to provide nourishment through the umbilical cord, as is necessary for the development and sustenance of the body, or all the parts the body consists of. It is possibly not so much for the nourishment that young fruit needs to live.

Many people today believe that a child in the mother's body was mostly fed through the mouth, as concluded from the fact that food was found in the stomach and intestines when newborns that died at birth were examined. Similarly, they found other examples where they believed the young fruit was nourished in three ways, namely through the umbilical cord vessels that carry blood and chemical substances into the liver from the placenta, secondly through the skin, and thirdly through the mouth.

They also believe that the finest particles in the moisture surrounding the children can be absorbed through the skin, just as the moisture of the earth can be absorbed by the bark and roots of trees and plants.

Some spirits have argued that our ancestors, Adam and Eve, were created without a navel, reasoning that they existed outside common human procreation.