MILK. 



443 



Ill 



Butter, 

 Sugar, 

 Casein, 



Solid matters, 

 Water, 



11-66 



88-34 



9-37 

 90-63 



8-57 

 91-43 



100- 100- 100- 



When milk is examined at the beginning, middle, and end of 

 the same milking, the last drawn milk is the richest. This will 

 appear from the following table : 



First drawn. 



Butter, . 0-96 



Sugar, . 6-50 



Casein, . 1-76 



End. 



1-52 

 6-45 

 2-95 



Solid matters, 

 Water, 



9-22 

 90-78 



10-45 

 89-55 



10-94 

 89'66 



100- 100- 100- 



M. Peligot found that when iodide of potassium, common salt, 

 or bicarbonate of soda was mixed with the food of the ass, the 

 presence of these substances in the milk became sensible. 



Henri and Chevalier state the constituents of ass's milk in 

 its normal state to be, 



Casein, . 18-2 



Butter, 1-1 



Sugar of milk, . 60-8 

 Salts, . 3-4 



Water, . 916-5 



1000-0* 



'Ass's milk, after the animal had undergone great fatigue, 

 yielded, 



Jour, de Pharm, xxv. 340, 



