...Contrivance, we muft obferve that the external Accidents, to which Males are fubject (who muft feek their Food with Danger) do make a great havock of them, and that this Lofe exceeds far that of the other Sex, occafioned by Difeaies incident to it, as experience convinces...

...over females, but instead of reasoning like Bernoulli he tries to put this fact to his own purposes: To judge of the wisdom of the contrivance, we must...must seek their food with danger) do make a great havoc of them, and that this lot exceeds that of the other sex, occasioned by diseases incident to...

...a higher death rate than females because, as he put it, "the external Accidents to which are Males subject (who must seek their Food with danger) do make a great havock of them." Because these two phenomena canceled each other out, he concluded that "among innumerable Footsteps...

...basis of his calculation for coin-tossing that 'it follows, that it is art, not chance, that governs': To judge of the wisdom of the contrivance, we must...are subject (who must seek their food with danger) make a great havock of them, and that this loss exceeds far that of the other sex, occasioned by diseases...

...explanation. For that, Arbuthnot needs a miracle. So he adds another wrinkle to his argument: he notes that "the external Accidents to which Males are subject...must seek their food with danger) do make a great havoc of them, and that this loss exceeds that of the other Sex." To repair that discrepancy, he asserts,...

...birth gradually gives way to an even sex ratio at the age of marriage. "We must observe," he says, that the external accidents to which males are subject...wise creator, brings forth more males than females. At the end of the paper, Arbuthnot adds, as a scholium, that polygamy is contrary to the law of nature...