CITY MILK DELIVERY. 719 



Koumiss. 



In all the materia medica there is no remedy that has given a 

 better account of itself for the short time it has been before the gen- 

 eral public, than koumiss. Originally an effervescing preparation of 

 mare's milk, it is now made almost exclusively from cow's milk. It 

 has a sweet flavor, with a pleasant acid taste, and the caseine and al- 

 bumen contained in it are partially digested, It contains a great 

 deal of carbonic acid, which gives it a sedative value, and has made 

 it such a favorite with the medical faculty. In derangements of the 

 digestive functions it is invaluable. The writer of this, when lying 

 very low with gastric fever, found koumiss to be the only substance 

 his stomach would retain. It will be recollected that during the 

 long illness of President Garfield, after his assassination, koumiss 

 was administered to him and sustained life for weeks after otheS 

 remedies had failed. 



Fig. 939.— Lawrence's Refrigerator. 



Fagatte gives the following as a method of preparing koumiss 

 from cow's milk : — 



Milk 1000 parts. 



Water 500 " 



Yeast 20 " 



Honey ....: 20 " 



Alcohol 30 " 



Wheat flour 15 



Millet flour '..A 5 •■•■ 



