Medical Officers of the Army ofIndia.

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Number
of speci-
men.		 Number
of corre-
sponding
specimen
of unboil-
ed milk in
Table I.		 Date at
which
pro-
cured.		 Source. General
condition when
obtained.		 Nature and treatment
of individual
samples.		 Subsequent condition.
          3. Boiled in a steri-
   lised tube and
   set in the incu-
   bator at 37ºC.		 May 26th. Fully coagulated and
separated.
          4. Residuum in the
   flask, clean but
   non-sterilised, in
   which the speci-
   men was pro-
   cured. Twice
   boiled like I and
   2, and left in the
   open laboratory.		 May 26th. Did not undergo
coagulation on being boiled
anew.
XII X May
27th.		 Bazaar. Reaction neu-
tral; faintly
alkaline on
drying.		 I. Boiled in a steri-
   lised flask and
   set in the open
   laboratory.		 May 28th. Not visibly coagu-
lated until reboiled, when coagu-
lation and separation occurred.
          2. Boiled in a steri-
   lised tube and
   set in the incuba-
   tor at 37°C.		 May 28th. Fully coagulated and
separated; reaction acid, becom-
ing neutral on drying.
XIII XI May
29th.		 ,, Obtained in a
sterilised flask		 1. Boiled in a sterilised
   flask and set in
   the laboratory.		 May 30th. In soft, loose coagu-
lum. Full coagulation and
separation taking place on
boiling.
          2. A portion, after the
   cream had been
   allowed to rise and
   partially skim-
   med off, treated
   as above.
          3. Cream: boiled in a
   sterilised tube and
   set in the incuba-
   tor at 37ºC.		 May 30th. Fully coagulated
and separated.
          4. Skimmed milk:
   treated as 3.
          5. Residuum in the
   flask remaining
   after the milk for
   the previous speci-
   mens had been
   removed; boiled
   and set in open
   laboratory.		 May 30th. Remaining unaltered
and not coagulating on being
boiled anew.
XIV XII May
31st		 ,, Siphoned into
separate sam-
ples from the
top and bot-
tom.		 1. Top-sample; boiled
   in a sterilised
   tube and set in
   the incubator at
   37ºC.		 June 1st. Fully coagulated and
separated: reaction acid.