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organized substance within termed pus-cells. That is a definition 

 of pus. 



Q. Where do you find pus ? A. Pus may be found in various 

 conditions in various parts of the body. 



Q. Is it a morbid secretion ? A. It undoubtedly is a morbid 

 secretion. 



Q. Had this a healthy or unhealthy appearance ? A. It was 

 certainly unhealthy, it was a morbid product. 



Q. Do you call this substance normal milk? Q. It may contain 

 the elements of milk, but it certainly has other substances added 

 which makes it as a whole not milk as a natural normal product. 



Cross-examined by Mr. LAWEENCE : 



Q. When did you receive this bottle containing the pus ? A. I 

 received it yesterday. 



Q. When did you test it ? A. I tested it yesterday afternoon, I 

 commenced the test of it yesterday afternoon. 



Q. Where is it now ? A. Well, I have used it up, a good deal of 

 it. 



Q. Where did you get it from? A. Prom Dr. Chandler here. 



Q. Now can you state what that fluid was originally : A. No, sir. 



Q. Can you state what the reaction was or what it would have 

 been if tested when fresh ? A. No, sir. 



Q. Now, sir, can you state whether the alkaline reaction was due 

 to ammonia or potash ? A. It was not due to ammonia. 



Q. What was it due to ? A. It may have been one or the other 

 of the alkalies ; I made no test to examine for that. 



Q. May not the reaction have been different a day or two before 

 the time you made your test? A. It might have been. I do not 

 know anything about its history before, as far as my own knowledge 

 goes. 



Q. Did you ever analyze milk that had been a long time from 

 the cow? A. No, sir. 



Q. Well, now, sir, have you ever taken the reaction of milk as 

 it came from the cow ? A. No, sir. 



Q. Then how do you assume because there action is alkaline that 

 it is unhealthy ? A. Because I know that milk in that period, or 

 rather the period that I was informed was the length of time ex- 



