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Wine. (Cheap Australian claret). Cooled to — 5°C, but ice 

 would not separate out. 



ir//i€.— Kept between 77oC and SO^C for 35 minutes, and 

 then boiled briskly for about seven minutes to get rid of 

 alcohol. 



75 c.c. wine subjected to this treatment yielded 45 c.c, 

 (Ij - - 3.240 

 (^) - - 3.238 

 (3) - - 3.241 



Foodstuffs. 



Treacle. — Diluted with water to 1 in 7, and this solution 

 gave— 



A 

 1.730 

 Pej^tonised Milk. — Benger's peptonised milk, as used at the 

 Melbourne Children's Hospital. Carlton, Melbourne, Victoria. 



Bengers Milk ' A.' — (Milk 3, Water 1, peptonised 20 

 minutes. Boiled, sweetened Avith cane sugar about 1 oz. to 1 

 pint milk.) One drop gave pink biuret reaction. 



(1) - - 0.652 



(2) - - 0.656 



Benger's Milk " B." — (Milk, 2, water 1, peptonised 20 minutes. 

 Sweetened.) 



(1) - - 0.630 



(2) - - 0.628 



(3) - - 0.626 



Peptonised Milk. — (Milk 4. water 1, peptonised 20 minutes.) 



(1) - - 0.548 



(2) - - 0.546 



Soups. — An ordinary soup which had been served up, but 

 rejected as unpalatable on account of salt taste. 

 (1) - - 1.984 



Soups. — 



A vegetable soup was made of the following ingredients: — 

 Carrot - - - 100 grms. 



Parsnip - - - 110 ,, 



