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M

D

w

pIes, anJ whorc

mi~k

comes

[reely,

ue: fcllfom

or

n(Ver

lubj.:"q

tO

this difordc r, whi ch is more íocidcnt

la

lhofe

" ha do

nOl

tiv:: fu ck, :lnd

ocUlea

to

preven{ lhe

recre–

tion

iD

tim:: ; ar,

,t,.'hen

lhe

milk

is Ct:crc ted .

take

no

meA·

{ures for

cm:ltyin~

lheir

bl'c~lts. ~rhis

(e\'er Jikcwife hap–

¡>

e.ns

10

\IIomen wha

lry toO

foon

to

fud:le,

and

cantinue

thcir

drurts

lOO

long

al

one time ;

by

which mcans,

lhe

l1ipples . and confequently

lhe

brca(ls, are

OrlCn

inftd.mcd,

fwd lcd, and

obnru~ed.

le nrder to pre\"Cot

tOO gre1't:

a turg'!ncy in

lh:

vdrc:ls

of Ihe

brc..lls, and

lhe {ecrelion of

milk,

in thoft: \Vomen

who do not ehufe to fuekle , it wil l be proper to m ake

extern.1 .pplication o( thofe things whieh by Iheir pref–

fure .nd repcreulliye (orce will hinder the blood from

Aowing

in toO great

quantity

la

this

pan ,

which is

now

more )'ie:Jd¡ng than

al

any

ol~ler

time: for

this

purpofe,

Jct the breans be cOl"ered with

emp. de 1/Iit:io,

di'1/,alma,

or

tmp.jimp.

fpread upon linen, or cloihs dirped in eam..

phoratod (pirilS , be (requently 'ppli<d lO thcfc p"" . "d

,he armpiu ; ",luJe! tbe p,uient

1,

d,et tlnd

Jrink

1S

of lhe

lighteO kind, and giyen in fmall quantilies. NOlwilh–

Handing (heCe precautions,

a

lurgency

commonly bC'gins

about Ihe thild da.y ; but by rell, modera« fweating, and

the ufe o( thefe applieations, the tenGon and paio \ViII (ub–

lide about the fifth or r""h d.y, efpecially if the milk

runs

out

at

the

nipples :

bUI

if

the

womao

catches

cold,

or i. of a full habit o( body, and not ye ry abllemious,

the lenfton aod pain inereafing, will bring on a eold OlÍ–

TCring fuceeed ed . by • ("er;

w~eh

may obllrutl the o–

tber

txcretion"

as

well as

thore

of

the

brean.

In thi. eafe, the fuCl.orifics above reeommended mun

be prefcribed; and if. pleOli(ul fweat cn(ues, the patient

will be

r~lieved;

at

the fame time the milk mull be ex–

rratled from her brean., by fueking wilh the moulh or

¡¡I.tre.: fhould thefe m<thods fail, and ,he (e. er inereafe,

Ole o.ght to be blooded lO' the "m; aod inlleRd o( the

external

applic.uioDs

hilherto ufed, emollient Jinimcou

aod cataplafms mun be fubnitut cd, iD order tO fo(ton and

relax . 1(, iD fpite o( thefe cndeavours, lhe fcyer pro–

ceeds for fome day., the pttient is (requently relieved by

critical Cwtau, a J:u¡:c rlifch,¡rge (rom the Uleros.

miliary

cruptions. or loofe

Jl~ols

mixed Wilh milk, which is

curdlod in Ihe inlellinos; bUI, OlOuld Done of thefe eu-

M

L

MIGRATION , ,he

patr.ge

or removal o( a thing out

of one place or

ftA.te

into another.

M ILAN, the c.pital o( the Milantfe, or dutchy of Mi–

I.n, inhaly: E. long.

9° 30',

N . lat .

45° 25'·

MILBORN · r o.

T,

' a borough- town or SomerfctO,ire,

tIVenty-fiye mil" fOUlh o( I:lath.

lt

f<nds

""O'

me

m–

bers to p3.r1iame-nt.

MILDE W, a difeafe happeninp, to plan", eaufed by

a

d<wy moin ure fu ppof<d by fome tO be a fpeeies of

blighl.

MLL E,

millt P"¡!UJ,

a meafure of Icngth or dillance, con–

u ining

ci~ht

rurlongs,

Oc.

Tl.e

Eogl.nl

nalul.·n"le is fourCcore chains, or

1,60

prd,;

Iha! is.

5280

(ect.

O L ,

¡l!.

. ,

7Y.

2

F

E

lt

Y.

cualions

h:lppcn, ano

che: ion

un:n:ltion

cominu:

with

in~

cre?fing

\'iolence, therc

ís naoger

of

fll1

impc..(!lluml'.

which is toobe

brought

lO

m:llurit)',

ann 1111n;¡ gcd Ji'.< c

other

infl.Lmm.1toJy tumOl1f s ;

and no . firingents

('Il!~hl

to bc applied, len they nlOul.d produce f,hi rrhous fwd l ·

ings in the glands.

As the

cnlis

of this

fC \'cr,

as wcll

:\5

of that

hl1

c!.:.

Ccribed,

often

confifis in

mil iary

eruptions

over

che ",

hole

furface of Ihe boey, bu, p1rtieul.t1y

op

the ncek and

brean, by which lhe

{ever

is carricd off,

notlllng

OUgh l

to

be

gi,

en,

which

will

either grc:uJy

¡ncreare or dimi·

nin, lhe eireulating force, but (ueh only as will keep

OUl

the eruplions.

BUl

ir,

not \\'ithO?l1ding there:

crup–

lians,

the feve r,

in nead of

ab:Hing,

is augmcntcd,

it

\ViII be

ne:cel'rary

to diminiOl

¡lS

force,

amI

prcvcnt ¡ts in·

creare.

by

thofe

cV3cuation,

we

have mcmioned

abú\'c.

On

the contrary, Ihould the pulfe

link,

lhe

cru ptions be–

cin

to retrcat

inwardly,

and lhe morbific mauer be in

daoger of frtlling upon the "Ifcera, \Ve muO: endeavour

lO

kcep' them

OU1,

by opiates

and

Cudorific

medicines;

anJ

here blit\ers may be applied \Yith fuccefs.

Ol lht Evacualionr nta.J!ar)' al Ihe tnd 0llhe 1110fllh

.JIU

D eli"'rJ .

TH oSE who have h.d a fuf!i,;icnl di(eharge of the la –

chia,

pleDty

of milk, and fuck Je their o

NO

chiJdrcn , com–

manly recoyer Wilh eare; and as lhe fuper11uous fiuius

o( the body are draiced off

at

the nipples, (cldoro require

evacuations al lhe cnd

or

the. month : but

i(

thcre are

8,oy complain u

from fulJnefs,

fu eh

as pains and llitcher.

after the twentíeth

da

y,

fome

blood

oughl

lO

be

taken

(rom the arm, .nd t he bclly gently opened by (requ,.,

glyf1:ers, or repeated doCes of

Jaxative

medicines.

1f

the patien, has lolerably reeoyered, Ihe milk ha–

.ing been

at

firO (ucked or difeharged from the oipples,

and

afterwards

difculfed, no c"acuations

are

necdfa.ry

befare lhe third

or

fourth

weck;

and

fometitiles nOl

liJI

.(ter th e firll flowine of the menfes, whieh eommonly

h.ppens about the fif,h week; if ,hey do not "ppoar

within

lhar

time. gentle evacu:uions muH be"prefcribcd.

to

carry ofI

tI\C

plethora, aod brine down the cata–

mcni a.

L

We nlall he,. give a u ble o( the miles in ufe arr.ong

the princi pal natioos of Europe, in geomctrical paces,

60,000

o( whieh

m.ke

a

degrce of the equator.

Mile o( Rulli1

o(

I

"Iy

o( England

o( Seotland .nd !reldad

OIJ le. gue o( Flanee

T hc

fmall Ic.gue,

ihid.

T he mean league,

¡lJid.

The grcat league of France

Mlle o( P oland

of Spaio

3 <Z.

t

G

comerrieal

pace!.

7 5°

10 0 0

125°

15° 0

1 500

200 0

"5°°

,COO

Soco

32 ~ S

l Ile