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Table XXVIII. — Lexicocytes 'per Cubic Centimeter in Certified Milk before 

 and after Clarification — Concluded. 



Table XXIX. 



Leucocytes per Cubic Centimeter in Commercial Milk 

 before and after Clarification. 



The tables furnish an understanding of the leucocytic situation in 

 clarification. If nothing else is to be attributed to the ejection of cellular 

 elements, it can be safely said that the clarifier does perform its function 

 very satisfactorily in removing normal corpuscular elements, and, further, 

 should there be accumulations or aggregations due to inflammatory 

 conditions, it doubtless eliminates every particle of this heavier suspended 

 mass, inasmuch as the surface is reduced and its power to remain sus- 

 pended long in the milk destroyed. What is gained by this act is to be 



