HUMAN MILK. 



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TABLE CVIII. — Mean Composition of Human Milk. 



TABLE CIX. — Variations in Composition of Human Milk 

 During Lactation. 



1-995 per cent. 

 0-201 „ 



* Leeds gives the average composition as : — 



Water, . S(i-733 per cent. Protein, 



Fat,. . 4-131 „ Ash, . 



Sugar, . 6-936 „ 



His figures, however, do not agree with the average deduced from his 



analyses. There is internal evidence that his analyses are not so reliable 



as the other series, and comparatively little weight must be given to his 



series. He examined sixty-four samples derived from eighty women, some 



of his samples being the mixed mUk of six women. 



