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SUBSTITUTE  FOR  THE  STOMACH  PUMP. 
Determination  of  Casein  and  Albuminous  3faterial  was  made 
by  slightly  acidifying  with  acetic  acid  at  a  gentle  heat,  filtering, 
and  drying. 
Determination  of  Salts  by  incineration.  The  further  examina- 
tion of  the  ash  showed  that  it  contained,  like  the  ash  of  pure 
cow's  milk,  upwards  of  40  per  cent,  of  phosphates,  and  that  one- 
half  consisted  of  potash,  soda,  lime,  and  sulphates. 
The  amount  of  sugar  in  the  samples  varied  between  25.  and  30 
per  cent.  ;  the  amount  of  milk  sugar,  between  14  and  18  per 
cent. 
The  following  table  gives  the  general  results  : — 
Constituents. 
Water  .  . 
Fat  .    .  . 
Caseine  and 
Albumen 
Ash .    .  . 
I. 
Cham. 
22-180 
12-260 
28-100 
2-180 
II. 
Sassin, 
18-824 
12-625 
24-240 
2-482 
III. 
Kempten, 
22-421 
12-030 
25-960 
2-673 
IV. 
Kempten, 
18-810 
13-650 
24-900 
2-430 
Y. 
Standar(J. 
20-770 
12-830 
29-600 
2-865 
All  of  these  samples,  dissolved  in  four  or  five  times  the  volume 
of  water,  furnished  milk  which  in  appearance  and  taste  perfect- 
ly resembled  fresh  boiled  milk,  except  that  it  was  sweet,  owing 
to  the  admixture  of  sugar. — Pharm.  Journ.^  July  30,  1870, 
from  Vierteljahresschi'ift  fur  Praktische  Pharmacie. 
A  SIMPLE,  CHEAP  AND  EFFICIENT  SUBSTITUTE  FOR  THE 
STOMACH  PUMP. 
By  John  T.  Hodgen,  M.D., 
Professor  of  Anatomy,  Saint  Louis  Medical  College. 
About  a  year  ago,  I  had  a  case  of  stricture  of  the  oesophagus 
so  narrow  that  my  patient  could  not  swallow  even  liquids.  To 
sustain  life  I  resorted  to  a  small  stomach  tube  (a  gum  catheter, 
in  fact),  as  a  means  of  injecting  liquid  nourishment ;  to  this  I 
fixed  the  elastic  tube  of  one  of  Davidson's  syringes. 
On  one  o.ccasion  the  vessel  containing  the  liquid  happened 
