Health knowledge : a thorough and concise knowledge of the prevention, causes, and treatments of disease, simplified for home use . Copaiba. CAMPHOR—CARAWAY — CAMOMILE — CALOMEL—CATNIP 1157 Caseine is that part of milk which forms cheese or curds. Itis produced by the union of a substance, caseinogen, dissolved inthe milk, with lime salts also dissolved in the milk, the union be-ing produced by the action of rennin, a ferment from the stomachof the calf. The same change occurs in the human stomach asthe first step in the digestion of milk, and therefore when milkis vomited curdled it merely sh
Health knowledge : a thorough and concise knowledge of the prevention, causes, and treatments of disease, simplified for home use . Copaiba. CAMPHOR—CARAWAY — CAMOMILE — CALOMEL—CATNIP 1157 Caseine is that part of milk which forms cheese or curds. Itis produced by the union of a substance, caseinogen, dissolved inthe milk, with lime salts also dissolved in the milk, the union be-ing produced by the action of rennin, a ferment from the stomachof the calf. The same change occurs in the human stomach asthe first step in the digestion of milk, and therefore when milkis vomited curdled it merely shows that digestion has begun. Calomel, or subchloride of mercury, is not to be confoundedwith corrosive sublimate or perchloride of mercury, a far moreactive drug and a deadly poison. Cannabis Indica, or Indian hemp, consists of the floweringtops of Cannabis sativa. It is, in small doses, a stimulant andintoxicant, and in larger doses a narcotic. In the stage ofintoxication persons under its influence become much moreexcited than do the devotees of alcohol, and one name of thedrug, hashish, is associated with the name of the s
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