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DRINKS,
service
in
all
those
disorders
where
the
body
is
defec-
tive
either
in
nourishment
or
strength."
And
he
further
proved
the
benefit
of
the
milk-wine
on
three
patients,
two
consumptive,
and
one
syphilitic,
sending
them
to
the
Steppes
among
the
Tartars,
whence
they
returned
stout,
and
in
perfect
health.
From
time
to
time,
until
the
middle
of
this
century,
phthisical
patients
were
sent
to
Tartary
to
undergo
this
milk
cure
;
but
life
among
these
nomad
tribes,
with
its
filth
and
priva-
tions,
was
hardly
congenial
to
a
sick
man,
so
that
although
some
returned
cured,
others
came
back
only
to
die.
But
In
1858
Dr.
Postnlkof
started
an
establish-
ment
for
the
cure
of
diseases
by
fermented
mare's
milk,
at
Samara,
in
Eastern
Russia,
and
a
similar
establishment,
about
forty- five
miles
distant,
was
started
by
the
late
Dr.
Tchembulatof,
both
of
which
have
been
extremely
well
patronised,
as
their
places
were
well
ordered,
and
the
Koumiss
was
prepared
in
a
cleanly
manner.
So
successful
were
they,
that
the
Russian
Government,-
in
1870,
started
a
place
of
their
own
for
the
cure
of
sick
soldiers
belonging
to
the
Kazan
district.
Here
are
beds
for
100
soldiers
and
20
officers.
The
curative
effect
of
fermented
mare's
milk
set
people
thinking
whether
the
milk
of
cows,
which
is
much
more
easy
to
procure,
would
not
answer
the
same
purpose.
It
was
tried,
and
a
new
drink
was
given
to
the
civilized
world,
as
also
a
new
name,
which
was
coined
expressly
for
it
Galazyene,
from
70X0,
milk,
and
XpM,
a
ferment.
It
can
be
obtained
in
London
from
the
large
dairies.