MILK AS A MEDICINE. 



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The author found diabetic milk to have the following com- 

 position (Table CLVIL) : 



TABLE CLVIL 



Water, 

 Fat, . 

 Lsevulose, 

 Milk-sugar, 

 Protein, 

 Ash, . 



90-50 percent. 

 248 

 4-41 

 0-12 

 2-44 

 0-45 



Koumiss is a remedial agent of great use in gastric disorders 

 and many other diseases (see p. 350). 



It owes its value to the fact that it is, first, a food of great 

 digestibility ; and, secondly, owing to the presence of alcohol, a 

 stimulant. It is retained in cases where absolutely no other 

 food can be given. 



