EXPLANATION OF THE PLATES, 



PLATE XV, 



MILK, 



Fig. I. An example of pus in the milk of woman. 



Fig. 2. The same of the blood corpuscles in human milk. 



Fig. 3. The appearance of the milk after treatment by ether. 



Fig. 4. The same after the application of acetic acid. 



Fig. 5. Caseine precipitated from the filtered serum by acetic 



acid. 

 Fig. 6. A specimen of the milk of the cow in which 



adulteration with starch was revealed by treatment 



with the iodide of potassium. 



For many of the examples of human milk upon which my 

 observations were made, and from which several of the figures 

 were prepared, I am indebted to the kindness- of Dr. Robert 

 Barnes, District Surgeon to the Queen Adelaide Lying-in 

 Hospital. 



