thanks! I had never heard of it before. -----Original Message----- From: Doc Mintz <dociiii@sonic.net> To: KYGREENU-L@rootsweb.com <KYGREENU-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Saturday, November 28, 1998 5:03 PM Subject: [KYGREENU-L] milk leg >For those of you who wanted to know about milk leg--it is a condition that >usually arose at the time of a mother's postpartum period whilst she was >nursing. If the woman did not move around enough she could be prone to >"milk leg"--thrombophlebitis--in the great veins of the leg. She could >throw a clot. Rocking chairs helped in preventing this condition by >exercising the legs. Carol > > > >==== KYGREENU Mailing List ==== >Help Instructions at: http://www.zoomnet.net/~chipmunk/SurnamesMail.html >or contact Betty at: chipmunk@zoomnet.net >Your gracious donations to RootsWeb makes this all possible. >Archives: http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?surname=KYGreenu