MAMMAKY SECKETION. 



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The following tables represent various analyses of this secretion 

 in different animals : — 



I. Composition op the Milk of Different Animals. (After Gorup- 

 Besanez, Liebermann, Gatjtier, etc.) 



Constituents. 



Woman. 



Ass. 



Cow. 



Goat. 



























Colos- 





















trum. 













Water, 



36.27 



88.91 



87.77 



84.08 



90.70 



86.56 



86.76 



83.30 



82.84 



Solids, 



13.72 



11.09 



12.23 



15.92 



19.30 



13.44 



13.24 



16.69 



17.16 



Casein, ? 

 Albumen, $ 



2.95 



3.92 



2.34 



3.23 



1.70 



< 3.50 

 I 0.58 



2.92? 

 1.31 s 



5.73 



1.64 



Butter, . . . 



5.37 



2.67 



3.68 



5.78 



1.55 



4.03 



4.48 



6.05 



6.87 



Milk-sugar, . . 



5.13 



4.36 



5.55 



6.51 



5.80 



4.60 



3.91 



3.96? 

 0.68 S 



8.65 



Inorganic salts, 



0.22 



0.14 



0.23 



0.35 



0.50 



0.73 



0.62 



II. 



In 100 Parts. 



Cow. 



Goat. 



Sheep. 



Ass. 



Mare. 



Sow. 



"Woman. 



Water, . 



85.7 



86.4 



84.0 



91.0 



82.8 



82.4 



88.8 



Solids, . 



14.3 



13.6 



16.0 



9.0 



17.2 



17.6 



11.2 



Casein, 

 Albumen,. 



4.8 

 0.6 



3.3 I 



1.2 J 



5.3 



2.0 



1.6 



6.1 



3.5 



Fats, . 



4.3 



4.4 



5.4 



1.3 



6.9 



6.4 



3.5 



Sugar, . 

 Salts, . 



' 4.0 

 0.6 



4.0 

 0.7 



4.1? 

 0.7 S 



5.7 



8.7 



( 4.0 

 I L1 



4.0 

 0.2 



Asses' milk is nearest in composition to women's milk ; cows' milk 

 has one-half more fat and almost one-half more albuminoids. 



III. The Ash of Milk in 



100 Parts. 









Cows' 



Milk. 





Women's Milk. 

 (Wildenstein.) 

















(Weber. ) 



(Haidlen.) 



Sodium, . 



4.21 



6.38 



8.27 



Potassium, . 



31.59 



24.71 



15.42 



Chlorine, 



19.06 



14.39 



16.96 



Calcium, 



18.78 



17.311 





Magnesium, 



0.87 



1.90 } 



56.52 



Phosphoric acid, . 



19.00 



29.13 J 





Sulphuric acid, 



2.64 



1.15 





Ferric oxide, 



0.10 



0.33 



0.62 



Silica, 



trace 



0.09 





