1000000031

5 )

out, .nd

~he

pl.,e finin,ed

(craping o[\' lloe rough–

nc(s, fo as

Icave the figure on

lltl.!

pl ate. The out·

Jinl!s and clccpell Ch"dt's are

n Ol

(cr2pt::d at all, the oext

IhAd::s are fcra p. .;d

bUI

liulc, tbe

nCXl

more, and fa

on: ,il! ,he fhades gr.dual ly fal! ing olF, lea ve ,he p' p<r

white, in whic.:h lile: places dl e pltul' 1S ne Ltly burniO)cd.

ao an(ul

difpu(jrion

of the (hades,

and different

pans of

íl

figure on ddTcrent p!ates, mczzoti ntos have

beeo priQted in colQu rs, fo as nearly to rC'prefent very

bea utirul pJimi,.gs.

rvIIAS~ 1.-\ ,

;¡mong pb yficiJns, denotes the contagious

effiuvia

p:Hilent ial

dirc?-{~s ,

whereoy they are

con¡–

munic.ttcd

pcople

al '"

di llance.

MICA. ,

GLIMI\t ER{

n dtu ral

hdlory, a gcnus (lftales.

The brigh, appearance oC lhe gold anel (ilver glim–

mers , has led fome to

imAgine

chey weré gold and

filver ole's ; bUl che truth is, they conlain not the

lean

graio of either of thde melals, being mere

tale,

accideotally coloured. Sce

T A LC.

MI C.-\H, or lhe

bo. ~

o.f

yI' CAH , a eanonical book of

the Old T eCLtm:-nt . writleo by rhe pi opht t Micah,

wllo is the Ceventh of the twdve Ic{fc:r prophets"':

H e

is ci«d by J eremi.h , and

prophcr.cd

in ,he days of

] otham, Ahn, and Hez'·ki"h.

I le cenfu res the

reiening vices of Jerur.d t m and

Samuia.

and denounces

the j udgmenlS of C od ag.infl bOlh kingdoms. He

likewife foretells the contulion of the

en~mies

lhe

J ews, the coming of ,he ,

vIefli.lh,

and the glorious fuc–

ceCs of his church .

MICHAELMAS , or

ft-jl

o.f SI

CHA.EL

and al! an–

id"

a feltival of ,he Ch riltian church, obferved on Ihe

29th of

Se~tember .

MICHE LIA, in botany, • genu.

,he polyandri. po·

Iygynia claCs . The calix confills of eigh, Cegments, and

the ('orrolla of elghl petals; and the berries contaio

maoy

Ceeds.

There is but one fpecies. a native of In·

dia.

MICROCOS, iD botany, a genus of the polyandrl. mo-

1DWIFER

,he . rtof affi fling nOlure in bringing

fonh

perfta fa:tus, or chdd, from Ihe womb of

the mother.

The knowledge

th is art dcpends grcatly

0 0

ao ¡nti·

mate acq'.laintdnce wit h the anatOmy of the: pans of ge·

lIeration

women, both intern.d ' and external. But,

as lhoCe have already been Cul! y defctibed under ,he ,,"cle

A NATOMY,

\Ve mult refer

the diffc::rcnt p;tns

,h;n

{c¡rnce upon which

the

knowlr.:dgé of midwifcry depf'nds.

For Ihe

BONE S

of the

.P ELV¡- S,

(ee

ANATOMV,

J71 ,

&c.

For the

PARTj Of G ENERA Tt ON

F[ JI.'A LES,

both

externa!

3o.d

intnn.d,

fC'e

AN ATO~lV .

274,

&e.

For {he

difFén:nl

(ht.ones of

Co~eEPTloN,

rt.·e

GE '

N liItATJOH.

O.f Ih, ;ncr",J' o.f lhe

UT ERUS

a.fler C01:crPI;011.

is Cuppofcd, Ihat the ovum Cwims :n a lluitl, which

V"L,

JIL N°, 77,

nogyr,ia cla(,. T he calix confifl, of

r.ve

I. ..e.,

~nd

l he coroll.

five petal.. There are IWO fpecies, bo,b

n;ttivcs of India.

M ICROCOSM , a Greck term, C,gnifyi ng ,h e little world;

uCed by fome for man, as being Cuppo(ed an epi tome of

the uOlverre or great world .

MI CROG RAPHY, lhe doCcrip,ion of ohj eéls too mi–

nute to be viewed without the afii(hnce of a microfcope.

S ee

rvf

o seo

P E.

MICROMETER , a machine, which, by meaDS of a

{cre\V,

Cerves to mearure extremely fmall diUances to .

::t

great

degrec of accuracy.

MI C RO PUS, in bo,any, a genus oflhe Cyngenefia poly–

gam:a fegregata c1ars. The recepl4{c1e is paleaceous ;

has no pappus;

and

the corrolla have no radii.

There

are t\Vo fpecies, noc e of lhem natives of Britain .

MICROSCOPE, an optical innrU",. nl , by means whe,e:'

of very minute objeéts are repreCcnted . See OPT les.

M IDAS -EAR's

H.eL,

lhe (mooLh ovalo.oblong bucci–

nu01, \Vith an obJong aod very narrow mouen .

coo–

fills of

fix

volution9, bUI the lower one alone makes up

almofl lhe \Vhole fhel!.

M ID·H EAVEN, the poi

lhe ediplic that culminales,

or in which it

CUts

the

meridia n,

MIDDLEBURG, tbe capital ci,y of Zealand, one of

the United Provinees, r.tu.ted iu lAe illand of WeI–

cherin , twenty .fix miles Donh·eafi of Bruges.

MIDDLESEX, .COUnty ofEngland , in which London,

lhe metropolis, Oands .

is twenty four miles long,

and only founeen broad; and i, bounded by H enford–

lhire, on

the

nonh; by the river

L ea,

which divides

it from Elrex, on the

eall;

by the r¡ver Thames,

which feparates lt from

Su~rry,

the

fout h; and by

lhe brook Coln; vlhich divides il froro Buckinghamfhire,

on Ihe wef!.

MIDHURST, a borough-lo\Vn

surrex, ten miles

nonh of Chicheller; which fends two member, to par–

liarneot.

E R

it .Horbs (o as lo increaCe gradually in magnitude, til! it

comes in contad with

aIJ

the inner Curface of Ihe rundus

uteri ;

and Ih is being

di Hended

in propon ion

the auga

mentar.ion of it9 cont cnu, the llpper

put

of the neck be.

gins alCo 'o be IIrelched.

About the third month of genation,

the

ovum in big..

ners eql1als

goofr:: egg; and then neady one fourth of

the neck, al ilS upper part, is diHended· equal with the

fundus. At the fifth month, lhe fundus is increafed to

much grealer magnitude,

and

rifes l1pwards to Ihe mida

die

Cp<1ce ben vixt the ,upper pan of the pubes and the

navel ; ano

at th:n period , one half of lhe oerk is

ex·

tc:nded.

I\t lhe fe venth

mOOlh,

lhe

(oJnrJl1S rCdches as

high

ílS

the na,·c:l; at

Ihe eighl h monlh ,

advanced

nllJwíly betwcc:n the

n"vd ?nd

jCTGbi!'ldfJJ

ecrdiJ;

and

in tI,,:,' nimh mOllth, is r.lifed quite up to Ihis

!;\/t

O1en·

tiontd P"' lt, Ihe nt't"k or lhe womb b":lIlg tlJeo ahogelhc:r

diftcnd<d. S.. P lale CXI. fig.

3 .

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