l 2 THE HISTORY OF ANIMALS. [B. Til 



nor do they usually feel when they are tickled, but they sleep 

 the greater part of their time. As they grow, the period ot 

 wakefulness continually increases ; and it is evident that they 

 dream, but it is some time before they remember their imagi 

 nations. There is no difference in the bones of other ani 

 mals, but they are all born perfect. In children the bone 

 called bregma is soft, and does not become strong for some 

 time. Some animals are born with teeth, but children begin 

 to cut their teetli in the seventh month. The front teeth 

 naturally appear first, sometimes the upper teeth and some 

 times the under. Children cut their teeth more easily if 

 their nurses have warmer milk. 



CHAPTER X. 



AFTER parturition and purification women become full 

 of milk ; and in some it not only flows through the nipples 

 but through other parts of the breast, and sometimes from 

 the cheeks ; and if this fluid is not matured nor secreted, 

 but remains full, hard knots are formed, which remain for 

 a long time ; for every part of the breast is so spongy that, 

 if a hair is swallowed with the drink, pain ensues in the 

 breasts, until it either escapes spontaneously with the milk, 

 or is sucked out, this is called reiyjqv. They continue to 

 have milk until they conceive again. It then ceases, and 

 is quenched in other creatures as well as in the human 

 subject. The catamenia seldom take place while milk ia 

 secreted, though this sometimes occurs in women while 

 nursing. On the whole, an effusion of fluid seldom takes 

 place from many parts of the body at the same time, and 

 those that have haemorrhoids have usually less purifica 

 tion. In some it takes place through ixise (varices), and 

 is secreted from the loins before it reaches the uterus ; and 

 those who vomit blood when the purification is suppresse&amp;gt;l 

 suffer no harm. 



CHAPTER XI. 



CHILDREN are very subject to spasms, and especially those 

 that are in a good condition and have abundance of rich 

 milk, or whose nurses are fat. Wine is injurious in thia 

 complaint, and dark-coloured wines more so than those that 

 are pale, and food that is not fluid, and windy aliments, ami 



