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of the milk of cows. It is, therefore, much more easily 

 penetrated by the digesti^'e juices of the stonuich. 



In the case of cow mill^. the peristaltic action of the 

 stomach imder some conditions will throw the large fat 

 globule against the wall of the stomach, where it is held, 

 more or less incapable of digestion. But tiie ^ery small 

 fat globule of goat milk, lield in a more perfect emul- 

 sion, is quickly and perfectly digested ])y the most deli- 

 cate stomach. This one characteristic seems actually to 

 mean the difference between life and deatli for many 

 little babies and invalids. 



Other differences between goat milk and cow milk 

 are: the fact that goat milk is alkaline in its reaction 

 while cow milk is acid, a matter of the greatest impor- 

 tance to persons suffering from hj'peracidity of the 

 stomach, and that the curd formed by goat milk is small 

 and floculent, while that formed by cow milk is larger 

 and quite tough. Again, in many instances, goat milk 

 has proved to be quite laxative in its elTect for children 

 who suffer from improper elimination, establishing regu- 

 lar and normal conditions. Goat milk, in short, has 

 proved to be almost a specific for all infants that are not 

 nursed by their mothers, for all other infants or chil- 

 dren who have difficulty in digesting or assimilating their 

 food, in all cases of malnutrition, for adults suffering 

 from diseases of the digestive tract, for tuberculosis pa- 



