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the farm to find out what was the matter with the cows ; I found 

 out that it had a very strong alkaline reaction which I never before 

 saw in a sample of genuine milk, and that it did not lose this re- 

 action, but retained it as long as it remained in my possession ; I 

 found further, that on allowing it to stand a scum formed upon it 

 which was quite different from cream ; a slimy scum ; I determined 

 the water in it, which was 91.64 per cent.; I examined it under the 

 microscope, and it had an appearance entirely different from that 

 of any sample of milk that I ever examined ; it had, besides the fat 

 globules which it contained, and exhibited under the microscope, 

 objects which I had occasionally seen in urine containing pus, and 

 not being a medical man and not specially familiar with morbid 

 secretions, I turned the specimen over to Dr. O'Connor, who was an 

 expert on such subjects, with the request that he examine these 

 unusually strange objects to ascertain their nature. 



Q. Did you test these other samples that were brought back on 

 December 24th ? A. I saw them tested.- 



Q. You have heard the testimony in reference to them ? A. Yes, 

 sir, I have ; the only test which I saw applied was the test of re- 

 action with litmus paper. 



Q. For what? A. To see whether they had the usual reaction 

 of milk or exhibited this extraordinary alkaline reaction. 



Q. What was the case ? A. They were all very strongly alkaline. 



Cross-examined : 



Q. Do I understand you, sir, you never found an alkaline re- 

 action before in sour milk ? A. I never did. 



Q. Now sir, did you ever taste milk before that was a week old ? 

 A. I do not think I have because milk a week old is soured gen- 

 erally and its appearance forbids the application of the tongue. 



Q. Would it not be likely to have a very offensive taste ? A. 

 Sour milk certainly, but this was not sour. 



Q. Now, suppose a sample of milk had been kept a week and 

 had been so kept that it could not get sour, what kind of a taste 

 would it have ? A. Natural taste I should say ; I never kept a 

 sample a week, however, without getting sour. 



Q. That is not anything more than your opinion, is it ? A. That 

 is all. 



