20 NOVEMBER 1875, Page 24

Milk in Health and Disease. By A. Hutchinson Smee. (E.

Newman.) —The author details a series of numerous analyses and experiments on milk taken from cows, under various condition; and fed on a variety of food. He establishes conclusively that sewage-grass is the worst pos- sible food for cows, that typhoid fever has been traced to milk impuri- ties, and that the present system of analysis is wholly inadequate to test the real purity of milk and the amount of adulteration. The book is a valuable contribution to our knowledge of this article of diet.