cium in teeth and bones, and weighs .
9. Silicon, a solid, found united with oxygen in the
hair, skin, bile, bones, blood, and saliva, weighs
Lbs.
Oz.
103
2
18
11
4
14
4
14
1
12
0
8
0
4
0
3
0
0
Grs.
335
150
0
0
25
0
150
300
14
70 THE BODY AND ITS COMPOSITION.
ELEMENTS OF THE HUMAN" BOBY. — Continued.
10. Magnesium, a metal found in union with phos-
phoric acid in the bones
11. Potassium, a metal, the basis of potash, is found
as phosphate and chloride ; weighs .
12. Sodium, a metal, basis of soda; weighs .
13. Calcium, a metal, basis of lime, found chiefly in
bones and teeth ; weighs
14. Iron, a metal essential in the coloring of the
blood, and found everywhere in the body ;
weighs
15. Manganese. ) Faint traces of both these met-
16. Copper metals. ( als are found in brain and blood,
but in too minute portions to be given by
weight.
Total
Lbs.
Oz.
0
2
0
3
0
3
3
13
0
0
154
0
Grs.
250
340
217
190
65
The second table gives the combinations of these ele-
ments ; and, though a knowledge of such combinations is
not as absolutely essential as the first, we still can not well
dispense with it. The same weight — one hundred and
fifty-four pounds — is taken as the standard.
COMPOSITION OF THE BODY.
Lbs.
Oz.
Grs.
1. Water, which is found in every part of the body,
and amounts to
2. Fibrine, and like substances, found in the blood,
and forming the chief solid materials of the
flesh
3. Phosphate of lime, chiefly in bones and teeth, but
in all liquids and tissues .....
109
15
8
0
10
12
0
0
0
THE BODY AND ITS COMPOSITION.
COMPOSITION OF THE BOBY. — Continued,
71
Lbs.
Oz.
Grs.
4. Fat, a mixture of three chemical compounds,
and distributed all through the body
4
8
0
5. Osseine, the organic framework of bones; boiled,
gives gelatine. Weight
4
7
350
6. Keratine, a nitrogenous substance, forming the
greater part of hair, nails, and skin. Weighs
4
2
0
7. Cartilagine resembles the osseine of bone, and is a
nitrogenous substance, the chief constituent of
cartilage, weighing
1
8
0
8. Hfemoglobine gives the red color to blood, and is
a nitrogenous substance containing iron, and
weighing
1
8
0
9. Albumen is a soluble nitrogenous substance.
found in the blood, chyle, lymph, and muscle.
and weighs
1
1
0
10. Carbonate of lime is found in the bones chiefly,
and weighs
1
1
0
11. Hephalin is found in nerves and brain, with
cerebrine and other compounds ....
0
13
0
12. Fluoride of calcium is found in teeth and bones,*
and weighs
0
7
175
13. Phosphate of magnesia is also in teeth and bones,
and weighs
0
7
0
14. Chloride of sodium, or common salt, is found in
all parts of the body, and weighs
0
7
0
15. Cholesterine, glycogen, and inosite are com-
pounds containing hydrogen, oxygen, and car-
bon, found in muscle, liver, and brain, and
weighing . . . '.
0
3
0
1(5. Sulphate phosphate, and salts of sodium, found
in all tissues and liquids
0
2
107
17. Sulphate, phosphate, and chloride of potassium,
are also in all tissues and liquids
0
1
300
18. Silica, found in hair, skin, and bone
0
0
30
154
0
0
72 THE BODY AND ITS COMPOSITION.
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AI-modernized reading of the original text
cium in teeth and bones, and weighs .
9. Silicon, a solid, found united with oxygen in the
hair, skin, bile, bones, blood, and saliva, weighs
Lbs.
Oz.
Grs.
ELEMENTS OF THE HUMAN BODY. — Continued.
10. Magnesium, a metal found in union with phosphoric acid in the bones
11. Potassium, a metal, the basis of potash, is found
as phosphate and chloride ; weighs .
12. Sodium, a metal, basis of soda; weighs .
13. Calcium, a metal, basis of lime, found chiefly in
bones and teeth ; weighs
14. Iron, a metal essential in the coloring of the
blood, and found everywhere in the body ; weighs
15. Manganese. ) Faint traces of both these met-
16. Copper metals. ( als are found in brain and blood,
but in too minute portions to be given by weight.
Total
Lbs.
Oz.
Grs.
The second table gives the combinations of these elements ; and, though a knowledge of such combinations is not as absolutely essential as the first, we still can not well dispense with it. The same weight — one hundred and fifty-four pounds — is taken as the standard.
COMPOSITION OF THE BODY.
Lbs.
Oz.
Grs.
1. Water, which is found in every part of the body,
and amounts to
2. Fibrine, and like substances, found in the blood,
and forming the chief solid materials of the flesh
3. Phosphate of lime, chiefly in bones and teeth, but
in all liquids and tissues .....
COMPOSITION OF THE BODY. — Continued,
Lbs.
Oz.
Grs.
4. Fat, a mixture of three chemical compounds,
and distributed all through the body
5. Osseine, the organic framework of bones; boiled,
gives gelatine. Weight
6. Keratine, a nitrogenous substance, forming the
greater part of hair, nails, and skin. Weighs
7. Cartilagine resembles the osseine of bone, and is a
nitrogenous substance, the chief constituent of
cartilage, weighing
8. Haemoglobine gives the red color to blood, and is
a nitrogenous substance containing iron, and
weighing
9. Albumen is a soluble nitrogenous substance.
found in the blood, chyle, lymph, and muscle.
and weighs
10. Carbonate of lime is found in the bones chiefly,
and weighs
11. Hephalin is found in nerves and brain, with
cerebrine and other compounds ....
12. Fluoride of calcium is found in teeth and bones,*
and weighs
13. Phosphate of magnesia is also in teeth and bones,
and weighs
14. Chloride of sodium, or common salt, is found in
all parts of the body, and weighs
15. Cholesterine, glycogen, and inosite are compounds containing hydrogen, oxygen, and carbon, found in muscle, liver, and brain, and
weighing . . . '.
1(5. Sulphate phosphate, and salts of sodium, found
in all tissues and liquids
17. Sulphate, phosphate, and chloride of potassium,
are also in all tissues and liquids
18. Silica, found in hair, skin, and bone