GOAT'S MILK. 



4. Goafs milk. 



Goat's milk is a very rich white fluid, of specific gravity 

 1036, with a peculiar disagreeable odour arising from the hircic 

 acid which is present in the butter. Its solid constituents are 

 as abundant as those of cow's milk, and it contains in 1000 parts : 



Chevallier 



Stip., Luisc. 



and Henri. Clemm. Boysson. John. Payen. and Bondt. 



[An analysis of the mammary secretion of a he-goat has 

 been recently made by Schlossberger. 1 The animal was four 

 years old, and had given undoubted proof of his generative 

 powers. The fluid obtained by repeatedly milking the animal, 

 had the colour, consistence, and taste of milk, and was perfectly 

 devoid of any unpleasant odour. Under the microscope, the 

 globules appeared numerous, and a considerable amount of 

 cream separated after standing for some time. The milk was 

 analysed according to Haidlen's method, and found to contain : 



Water 



Butter 



Casein (with salts insoluble in alcohol) 



Sugar (with salts soluble in alcohol) 



850-9 

 26-5 

 96-6 

 26-0 



The milk left '782 of ash, of which -325 were soluble, and 

 457 insoluble in water. This case is interesting in reference 

 to the theory of secretion ; it seems to show that the secretion 

 of milk is independent of any peculiar condition of the blood 

 incident to pregnancy, but that it depends far more upon the 

 development of the secreting organ.] 



1 Annalen der Chemie und Pharmacie, 1844. 



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