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THE MICROSCOPE. 



articles of food more liable to adulteration and this 

 of the grossest description than milk." In a sample 

 of good milk shown below you will observe myriads 

 of beautifully-formed globules of fatty matter, of 

 various size, and reflecting the light strongly. Some- 



Milk, showing fat-globules (a) and pus corpuscles (b). 



times the milk is rendered unwholesome from the 

 presence of a number of pus corpuscles, as in the 

 figure ; where the fat-globules are few, the milk is 

 poor or deficient in cream, representing the state 

 known popularly known as " skim milk." 



" The most prevalent and important adulteration of 



