PECULIARITIES OF UTERINE MILK. 



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Analysis of Uterine Milk. 



Uterine Milk of the Cow. — (Prevost and Morin.) 



Water in 100 parts, " . . 86.837 



Solids, 13.163 



Albumen, Fibrine, &c., 11.028 



Gelatiniform matter, ........ .546 



Ozmazone, . ......... .714 



Fat, . 750 



Salts undetermined. 



CAUSES OP STERILITY. 



One of the troubles of breeding is an occasional /atVwre to pro- 

 create on the part of the male or female, and this lecture would 

 be incomplete without a reference to such an unfortunate occur- 

 rence and its more common causes. 



In the male sterility sometimes follows a too early and exces- 

 sive use. The calamitous al)ortions in the dairy parts of New 

 York have been shown to be slightly more abundant where male 

 and female alike have been bred for generations at too early 

 an age. Confining our attention to the male, we see that the 

 spermatozoa are developed in the secreting cells of the testicle, 

 that they require a certain time for development, and that if 



