It is to be remembered that if the patient desires to take the milk warm, the process of conversion into peptones, which has been stopped by the cold, will be promptly started again when the fluid is warmed, and then a very few minutes will suffice to make it disagreeably bitter.

At first the skimming should be thorough, and for the treatment of dyspepsia or albuminuria the milk must be as creamless as possible.

The milk of the common cow is, for our purposes, preferable to that of the Alderney.

It may be used warm or cold, but, except in rare cases of diarrhoea, should not be boiled.
It ought to be given at least every two hours at first, in quantities not to exceed four ounces, and as the amount taken is enlarged, the periods between may be lengthened, but not beyond three hours during the waking day, the last dose to be used at bedtime or near it.

If the patient be wakeful, a glass should be left within reach at night, and always its use should be resumed as early as possible in the morning.