THE MILK OF OTHER ANIMALS. 
The milk of other animals — continued. 
131 
Reference 
Animal. 
Water. 
( lasi inogen. 
Albumin. 
Fat. 
Lactose. 
Salts. 
to Notes 
IpiIow. 
Sheep 
80-42 
I--11 
9-66 
4-4 1-1 
1 
Mare 
90-06 
1-89 
1-09 
6-65 
0-31 
2 
90 
1-8 0-3 
1-3 
5-5 
0-3 
3 
92-5 
1-8 0-3 
0-6 
4-7 
0-3 
4 
91-0 
1-05 
1-3 
5-7 
0-3 
5 
Ass . 
90-0 
2-1 
1-3 
6-3 
0-3 
6 
Ass 
90-5 
1-7 
1-4 
6-40 
/ 
Ass 
89-0 
3-5 
1-8 
5-0 
0-5 
8 
Pig 
82-37 
6-09 
6-4 
4-04 
1-06 
9 
Pig 
83-0 
7-0 
7-0 
2.0 
1 -05 
10 
Pig 
81-8 
5-3 
6-0 
6-0 
0-08 
10 
Mule 
89-3 
2-6 
1-9 
6-03 
0-53 
11 
Hippopotamus . 
90-0 
4 5 
o-i 
12 
Camel 
86-3 
3-7 
2-9 
5-8 
0-6 
13 
Elephant . 
67-85 
3-09 
1-95 
8-84 
0-65 
14 
Dolphin 
48-67 
43-76 
0-46 
15 
Buffalo . 
82-20 
4-13 
7-95 
4-75 
0-97 
16 
Rabbit 
69-50 
15-54 
10-4 
1-95 
2-56 
17 
Salts of dogs ami mares' m ill: — These may be compared in the 
following table of Bunge's ls with those we have already studied : — 
Human. 
Dog. 
Cow. 
I. 
II. 
I. 
II. 
K„0 
0-78 
0-71 
1-41 
1-6S 
1-76 
1-04 
Na 2 . 
0-23 
0-26 
0-80 
0-69 
1-11 
0-14 
CaO 
0-33 
0-34 
4-53 
4-28 
1-59 
1-23 
MgO 
0-06 
0-06 
0-19 
0-21 
0-21 
0-12 
Fe 2 3 . 
0*003 
0-006 
0-02 
o-oi 
0-003 
0-015 
P 2 3 . 
0-47 
0-47 
4-93 
4-67 
1-97 
1-31 
CI . 
0-43 
0-44 
1-62 
1-8 
1-69 
0-31 
Total ash per 1000 
2-22 
2-1S 
13-15 
12-96 
7-97 
4-17 
1 From Pizzi. Sheep's milk contains a high percentage of fat. 
2 From Konig. 
3 From Biel, Jdhresb. il. d. Fortschr. d. Thier-Chem., Wiesbaden, 1864, S. 171. 
4 From Soxhlet, ibid., 1878, S. 152. 
5 From Weiske and Schrodt, ibid., 1S78, S. 151. The caseinogen of mares' milk is more 
like that of human than of cows' milk. This is the milk originally used in the preparation 
of koumiss and similar fermented liquors in Russia. 
6 From Konig. 
7 From Gubler and Quevenne, Gmelin's "Handbuch," Bd. via. S. 267. 
8 From Vernois and Becquerel. Asses' milk is much used by invalids. 
9 From Konig. 
10 From Leutner, in Gorup-Bcsanez, "Lehrbuch," S. 424. 
11 From Aubert and Colby, Chem. News, London, vol. lxviii. p. 168. 
12 From Chem. Centr.-BL, Leipzig, 1871, S. 149. 
13 From Dragendorf, ibid., 1867, S. 78. See also Vernois and Becquerel for analyses of 
camels' milk. 
14 From Konig. 
15 From Frankland, Chem. News, Loudon, 1890, vol. lxi. Note the enormous percentage 
of fat. 
16 From Pizzi. For buffaloes' milk, see also Pappel and Richmond, Juurn. Chem. Soc., 
London, 1894, p. 754. 
17 From Pizzi. 
18 Diss., Dorpat., 1874 ; Ztschr.f. pkysiol. Chem., Strassburg, Bd. xiii. S. 399. 
