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Milk from the Breasts of Newly-born 

 Infants. 



It frequently occurs that the breasts of newly-born infants con- 

 tain considerable quantities of a secretion of the characteristics of 

 milk (Hexenmilch). Slight pressure will furnish it in single drops. 

 The microscope reveals the presence of real fat or milk globules, 

 together with detached cells and colostrum corpuscles. It contains, 

 according to an analysis made by Schlossberger : 



Water 98.750 



Salts 0.050 



Albuminates 0.365 



Fat 0.082 



Milk sugar 0.065 



99.312 

 It has likewise been observed that men and male animals, in 

 rare cases, yield a secretion from the breasts, resembling milk 

 (Bock's milch). 



