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The result of these has been quite confirmatory o t previous 

 conclusions, namely, that gelatine may be advantageously mixed 

 with albumen, fibrine, gluten, &c, and those other ingredients 

 which exist in meat, soup, and bread, but that when taken 

 alone, it has little more power of sustaining life than sugar or 

 starch possesses." 



"We know that an animal may be effectually starved to death 

 on sugar or starch ; and many articles of diet hitherto con- 

 sidered highly nutritious have failed to support life. — See Lie- 

 big's Chemistry. 



From these and other considerations, which we might urge, 

 milk is superior to every other agent in the treatment of pulmo- 

 nary consumption. The principal drawback in cases of great 

 prostration, however, is, that the digestive apparatus may be in- 

 volved in the deterioration of the system, and be unable to digest 

 the fatty constituent, (butter ;) hence, in the exhibition of a daily 

 allowance of milk, attention must be paid to the nutritive func- 

 tion, or such a simple article as milk may prove a barrier to our 

 efforts at cure. In a recent case of pulmonary consumption in 

 a horse that came under the author's care, one pint of milk, 

 mixed with two ounces of lime water, was given twice a day, 

 with decided benefit ; on omitting it for a few days, the horse 

 rapidly grew worse, but seemed to rally in a most surprising 

 manner on resuming the milk treatment. The case was not seen 

 by us until it had become confirmed, or it might, perhaps, have 

 terminated favorably. This, however, may be considered as 

 assuming too much ; but we have great confidence in the milk 

 and lime water treatment, aided by whatever medicinal agents the 

 nature of the case seems to require, and therefore recommend 

 our readers to give it a fair trial. 



We use lime water in conjunction with milk with the same 

 view that human physicians have in prescribing phosphate of 

 lime for a " breaking up of the constitution," and lime water is 

 considered very useful for irritable stomach and other maladies 

 of the digestive apparatus. 



Proceeding on the dietary principle, with a view of supplying 

 materials to repair the waste of the body, we recommend green 

 vegetables, with the addition of oat-meal, pea-meal, linseed-meal, 



