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Large globules are generally observed after a protracted period 

 of nursing, and if the mother is advanced in age, an increase of 

 the size of the globules has also been observed, and is then accom- 

 panied by the appearance of colostrum corpuscles at the period of 

 menstruation, as also in cases of sickness accompanied by fever. 



Yery small globules predominate in the milk of insufficiently 

 nourished or sick mothers. The children show then frequently 

 symptoms indicating an insufficiency of food, as rachitis, atrophia, 

 anaemia, leucaemia, etc. 



Colostrum corpuscles may often appear in the milk, and betray, 

 generally, sickness of the mother (feverish emotion, menstruation, 

 etc.) If present in large numbers, they cause dyspepsia. Their 

 occasional appearance is of no consequence. 



Woman's Colostrum. 



Blood Corpuscles are found in cases of inflammation of the 

 breasts, excoriation, ulceration, etc. 



Pus ia found in cases of abscess of the pareachym of the 

 glands. 



Chemical Analysis. 



The reaction is determined in such manner as has been de- 

 scribed in cows' milk. 



The methods of coagulation of albuminates and fat, as de- 

 scribed by Hoppe-Seyler, Tolmatschoff, Brunner, Schukoffsky, 



