MILK

n. Mi"lk. A.-S., melee. Gr., yaAo. Lat., lac. Fr., lait. Ger., Milch. It., latte. Sp., leche. 1. The white opaque fluid secreted by the mammary glands. In the human female it consists of from 86 to 90 per cent, of water, 3 to 3'9 of casein, 37 to 3'9 of lactose, 2'5 to 3'8 of butter, O'l to P27 of lactoprotein, traces of albumin, and 0'5 per cent, of various salts (chiefly calcium phosphate). According to Sebelien, lactalbumin and lactoglobulin are also present. Its opacity is due to fat globules (see M. CORPUSCLES), forming, according to Bechamp, distinct cells provided with a pellicle of proteid matter, and suspended in a clear serous menstruum. [A, 17, 440 (a, 17); " Proc. of the Am. Pharm. A oc.," xxxvii, xxxviii (a, 46).] 2. Any fluid resembling milk; an emulsion. Acid of in. Lactic acid. [BI Artificial a 's m. Lat., lac asininum artificiale. Fr., lait d'dne e artiftciel. A preparation made by boiling 6 snails and 11 grammes each of hartshorn, pearl barley, and eryngo-root in 720 grammes of water until reduced one half, and adding 30 grammes of syrup of maiden-hair. [B, 119 (a, 38).] Artificial human (or mother's) in. Cow's milk so treated for purposes of infant feeding as to have properties resembling those of human milk. [a, 48.) Blue m. Fr.. lait bleu. An alteration in m., due to the Bacillus cyano genes, which flourishes best at a temperature of 15 to 18 C. and dies at 37 C. As far as known, blue m. is not unwholesome. [A, 301 (a, 17); B, 270 (o, 38).] Bone m. See LAC oslum. Itutti'im. Lat., lac ebutyratnm. Fr., lait de beurre. The thin liquid constituting the residue after butter has been separated from cream by churning. Carbonated m. Fresh m. charged with 2 to 24 volumes of carbon dioxide. To improve the taste, rs gramme of sodium chloride and 0'5 gramme of sodium bicarbonate are added to each quart. [" Proc. of the Am. Pharm. A oc.," xxxvii (a, 46).] Concentrated m., Condensed in. Lai.. l '.-( taurus. It contains le m. sugar than human m., anil nearly twice as nmi-li casein and fat. Its sp. gr. Ls about 1 030, the total solids varying between 1T63 and l.Y7:i |x>rcent. [" Proc. of the Am. Pharm. A oc.." xxx i (a, 46).] Determination of m. Fr., niontSr (In Init. Ger, A, ape; A*, at; A>, an; A, all; Ch, chin; Ch>, loch (Scottish); [s. 784]