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third day after parturition, and is often accompanied by sudden 

 turgescence of the glandular mass, increased sensitiveness of the 

 nipple, painful irritation of " the axillary glands and an increase 



FIG. 112. Structural elements of the colostrum. (Bumm.) 1, drops of fat of various sizes ; 

 2, epithelia of mammary ducts ; 3, colostrum corpuscles (leucocytes which have enveloped 

 fatty globules), some of which still possess a nucleus. 



FIG 113 Structural elements of milk. (Bunjm.) 1, drops of fat (milk globules); 2, milk 

 globules with remains of protoplasm of th* glandular epithelium ; 3, milk globules with such 

 protoplasmic remains containing nuclei, i.e. the whole glandular cell. 



in the temperature of the axilla of 0-5-l-0 C. (Milk fever). In 

 a few days and in proportion as the glands are emptied these 

 signs of congestion become less marked and disappear. 



3 Under the microscope the true milk appears to be composed 

 of a clear plasma, in which float many little droplets of fat, some 

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