It may be asked, How this Part of the Milk comes to be serviceable in
the Gout, and other scorbutick Disorders? Because its Parts are slimy,
chalky, and earthy, they gently temper the Acrimony of the Humours, and
imbibe and absorb it; and this is the Reason why the Milk of Nurses
who feed upon Acids, or whose Blood hath a Tendency that Way, soon
turns; for such acid Particles being separated in the Glands of the
Breasts, by coagulating and thinning the Milk, by separating from the
other Particles of the Milk, and staying behind, are the Occasion that
the Milk comes out unfit for Nourishment.