The anatomy and diseases of the breast .. . -maintained, it is often kept on board ship to supplythe wants of the crew and passengers. In the EastIndies, goats milk is much used for the children ofEuropean parents, as in that climate the pasture forcows IS parched up in the intervals of the rainy sea-son. In the West Indies, also, a great number ofthese animals are kept, as the milk in that climateagrees well with children. The cream of the goats milk is rich, but the butter is notso firm as that of cows. After the cream was agi-tated for two hours it produced butter of a white ap-pearance. Ab
The anatomy and diseases of the breast .. . -maintained, it is often kept on board ship to supplythe wants of the crew and passengers. In the EastIndies, goats milk is much used for the children ofEuropean parents, as in that climate the pasture forcows IS parched up in the intervals of the rainy sea-son. In the West Indies, also, a great number ofthese animals are kept, as the milk in that climateagrees well with children. The cream of the goats milk is rich, but the butter is notso firm as that of cows. After the cream was agi-tated for two hours it produced butter of a white ap-pearance. Abundance of cream is produced after forty-eight hours,although at twenty-four hours it had been skimmed,and the cream removed. TFrench ? del St-rvcla^s Zttk Pkilal In seven days abundance of curd or albumen was precipi-tated. Alcohol also threw down abundance of curd. The whey has a sweetish taste when the curd is separated. The milk has sometimes both the taste and odour of theanimal. Specific gravity, 1036. 100 parts of the milk contain,— Butter 4-08 Curd 4-52 Residue of whey . . 586 Water 8550 Luiscius and Bondt,— Cream ..... 7-05 Butter 4-56 Casein 9-12 Sugar 4-38 On the Mamillary Gland of the Rhinoceros. Professor Owen, to whose genius and labours the RoyalCollege of Surgeons is so much indebted, gave mea portion of the mammary gland of the rhinocerosthat I might investigate its structure, but upon con-dition that I returned a part of the preparation whichI might make from it to the College. The gland was placed under the skin of the abdomen, form-ing a thin and expanded substance. Fig. 3. The teats, two in number, are shown and each teatcontained twelve mamillary orifices. These open-ings led in
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