Lacc:i.e. of milk; firstly of goat's milk which is moderate in its quality. Sheep's milk, which is gross and fatty. Cows' milk, which is thinner and richer. The best of all milks is goat's milk; every milk is at its best just as it comes from the udder; milk serves well for people with the dry complexion, unless there be humours in the stomach at the time. Milk is very harmful to people who have apostumes, externally or internally; it is harmful to people with [chronic] headache, and also in the case of every illness that is caused by the phlegmatic humour; milk is bad for people with wounds, and for people with painful brains, because it darkens the vision. In the case of illness of the eyes, it is good to express mother's milk into them, because this stops their inflammation, and relieves them. If freshly expressed milk be boiled by the use of [hot] stones or iron, this will relieve flux of the abdomen. As Avicenna says, milk