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COLOSTRUM

Volume 3 · 51 words · 1778 Edition

the first milk of any animal after bringing forth young, called beefling. It is remarkable that this milk is generally cathartic, and purges the meconium; thus serving both as an aliment and medicine.

An emulsion prepared with turpentine dissolved with the yolk of an egg, is sometimes called by this name.