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X. THE INTERCHANGE OF GASES BETWEEN MILK FRESH FROM THE COW AND 



CONFINED AIR. 



To ascertain whether changes indicated above took place fresh milk was taken and 

 flasked as in the previous experiments and after a time the confined air analyzed. 



However, before detailing the results of these experiments it may be desirable to quote 

 the work of Dr. Felix Hoppe ("Arch. f. Path. Anat. u. Physiol, u. f. klinische Medicin" 

 Bd. 17, S. 417, (1859) whose results are as follows: — 



E. Mathieu and D. Urbain (Compt. rend. 75, 1482) have the following experiments 

 which indicate an interchange of carbon dioxide and oxygen when air is confined over 

 milk: 



10 c. cm. of milk was employed 

 at 10° C. 



