184 MASS. EXPERIMENT STATION BULLETIN 187. 



Note. — The slime was macerated in a definite quantity of physiological solution and the 

 cells determined in the suspension. All cells, however, are not released from the slime by this 

 method. 



Table XII. — Leucocytes per Gram in Slime from Commercial Milk. 



Sample. 



Number 

 per Gram. 



300,000,000 

 400,000,000 

 200,000,000 



Savplb. 



Number 

 per Gram. 



350,000,000 

 270,000,000 

 420,000,000 



Note. — This slime was treated in the same manner as in the case of certified milk. 



Further discussion of this subject will be deferred to the discussion of 

 corpuscular elements of milk, on page 196. 



The Fibkin (so-called) in Slime: 



The constituent of milk which has been designated as fibrin because it 

 responds to the methods of staining fibrin is approximately completely 

 removed, as wiU be gathered from the tables given later (see page 202). 



