New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1854-10-23

SoLIDIFrED MIIK,--The last number Of the
American Medical Monthly contains an account
Of o visit made,by committee Of medical gem
tlemen. appointed by the New York Academy Of
Medicine, to the establishment Of Mr.. Blatehr
ford, at Armenia, New York, lsome thirty miles
east Of Poughkeepsie,) where /" sclidiied milk =
is prepared. IL the opinions expressed in the
article referred to, citing the yalue of this
new description Of food, are we'll founded, the
juvenile population, at least Of this city, may,
indulge In hearty self congratulations for
4" swili milk Il has already committed fearful
rayages in their ranks. The editor describes
the process Of sohdifcation as follows: rH9T
+ 10 12pounds Of milk, % pounds of sStuart,s
white sugar were added, and o trivial portion
of bi-carbonate Of soda, a teaspoonful, merely
enough TO ensure the neutralizing of any acid.
eity, which in the summer season is exhibited
even few minutes after milking, although in.
.appreciable to the organs Of taste. The sweet
elSd iron, embedded in warm water heated by.
ssteam. A thermometer was immersed in each
of these water baths, that, by frequent inspec-
tiSn, the temperature might not rise above the
paint which years IF erienee1 have shown
advisable. lia1i pias sss bas ~ Fsa i9 wi ~
i rosfacilitats tie, 1es eapbsatien,s by means Of
sblpwers and other, Ingenious apparatus, o cur;
rent Of air. lished between the covers of
THE pan and the solid flying milk Connected
with the steamrengine ia an arrangement for
stirrers, for agitating the milk slightly while
In about three houfs the milk and sugar ass
stunned q pasty consistency !, and delighted the
pslstes Of all present By constant manipu-
lating and warming, it was reduced to a rich,
creamy looking powder then exposed to the
alb to cool, weighed into parcels Of pound each,
and by ia press, with the force Of a ton or two,
made to assume the compact form Of IA tablet,
Il the size Of d small brick y in which shape, GOV
cred with tinfoil, it ID presented to the public.
Some Of the so1idifed milk Which had been.
grated and dissolved in water the evening pre-
vious, WAS found covered with q rich cream
This, skinned of, was soon converted into ex-
cdllents butter Another solution was speedily
converted into wine whey, by d treatment pre-
cisely similar to that employed in using ordin-
airy milk. 1t fully eaualled the expectations of
all, 50 that if solidifed milk will hereafter rank
among the necessary appendages Of the sick
room. In fine, this article makes paps, GUS
tards, pudding and cakes, eaual-te the best
milk and one may be sure it is an unadultera-
ted article obtained from we'll pastured cattle,
and not the produce Of distillery Stops q neither
can it be watered s4 Coz. -, 80
l For our steamships, our packets, for those
travelling by land or sea, for hotel purposes, OF
use in private families, for young or DID, we re-
commend 1T cordially, as . substitute for fresh
milk y gsdr jsies ssst ! IS .ssis y
X We look with interest for the scienti report
Of the committee Of the Academy of Medicine.
ID which we hope for an exposition of the do
mestic, culinary and hygeinic properties of the
Bolldlhed milk lIFT sf4 zero -frll Jfyr