Medicine in ancient Rome mother's milk (or colostrum) is actually a rather effective treatment. Colostrum has been shown to prevent the growth of "Staphylococcus" bacteria, which are a known cause of several types of infection. Colostrum is about half as effective as some antibiotics prescribed to patients today. Colostrum is also effective against the bacterium chlamydia; this is the cause of a sexually transmitted disease and also can cause severe sight impairment, if not blindness. Thus, colostrum was a rather effective treatment in the ancient world – perhaps that is why it was viewed as a divine treatment. The interpretation of dreams was another
Invariant of a binary form the form itself of degree 1 and order 1. The algebra of invariants of the quadratic form "ax" + 2"bxy" + "cy" is a polynomial algebra in 1 variable generated by the discriminant "b" − "ac" of degree 2. The algebra of covariants is a polynomial algebra in 2 variables generated by the discriminant together with the form "f" itself (of degree 1 and order 2). The algebra of invariants of the cubic form "ax" + 3"bx""y" + 3"cxy" + "dy" is a polynomial algebra in 1 variable generated by the discriminant "D" = 3"b""c" + 6"abcd" − 4"b""d" −