Cream
the most oily part of milk.
It is specifically lighter than the other CREATINE constituents, and therefore rises to the surface, whence it is generally skimmed to be used as an adjunct in making tea and coffee palatable, to be eaten with various fruits, or for other purposes.
In chemistry, hydrogen potassium tartarate (KHC₂H₂O), a salt obtained from the crude tartar, or argol, which is deposited on the side of wine casks during the fermentation of grape juice. It is a gritty white powder which forms small rhombic prisms, is sparingly soluble in water, and insoluble in alcohol. Heated in a crucible it evolves inflammable gas and the odor of burned sugar, and leaves a black residue of charcoal and potassium carbonate. In small doses it is a refrigerant and diuretic; in large doses a powerful hydragogue purgative. It is given, mixed with jalap, as a purgative cases of dropsy, and is used as a in febrile affections.