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KOUMISS; OK, FERMENTED MARE'S MILK: AND ITS USES 



IN THE TREATMENT AND CUBE OF PULMONARY CONSUMPTION AND OTHER 

 WASTING DISEASES. With an Appendix on the best Methods of Fermenting 

 Cow's Milk. By GEORGE L. CARRICK, M.D., L.R.C.S.E. andL.R.C.P.E., 

 Physician to the British Embassy, St Petersburg, &c. Crown 8vo, 10s. 6d. 



" Nor is Dr Carrick content with mere assertions, however much they may 

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 Athenaeum. 



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of preparing Koumiss, and of the best means of preserving and employing it 



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" Dr Carrick deals very thoroughly with the history of Koumiss its constitu- 

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remote localities where it can most beneficially be drunk His work is 



pleasantly and lucidly written." St James's Gazette. 



" Dr Carrick writes with judgment, and shows a complete knowledge of his 

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 his views." Dundee Advertiser. 



ELEMENTARY HAND-BOOK OF PHYSICS. With 210 



Diagrams. By WILLIAM ROSSITER, F.R.A.S., &c. Crown 8vo, pp. 

 390. 5s. 



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PROFESSOR JOHNSTON'S CHEMISTRY OF COMMON 



LIFE. New Edition, revised and brought down to the present time. By 

 ARTHUR HERBERT CHURCH, M.A. Oxon., Author of 'Food, its Sources, 

 Constituents, and Uses;' 'The Laboratory Guide for Agricultural Students,' 

 &c. Illustrated with Maps and 102 Engravings on Wood. Crown 8vo, pp. 

 618. 7s. 6d. 



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A MANUAL OF BOTANY, ANATOMICAL AND PHYSIOLO- 

 GICAL. For the Use of Students. By ROBERT BROWN, M.A., PH.D., 

 F.R.G.S. Crown 8vo, with numerous Illustrations. 12s. 6d. 



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the best and most reliable of the many works on botany yet issued His manual 



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