Practical hydropathy : including plans of baths and remarks on diet, clothing, and habits of life / by John Smedley.

  • Smedley, John.
Date:
1861
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Credit: Practical hydropathy : including plans of baths and remarks on diet, clothing, and habits of life / by John Smedley. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    COMPOSITION OF TIIE HUMAN BODY. ■ill 497 /•'in. A „ IlllllifflllllillliliillWli CoMposmox of the Hdman Body — The cur, as above, is taken from a lass case in the South Kensington Museum, Loudon. Figure A. Ultimate elements of a human bein 'weighing 104 pounds. lbs. a i 1 2 oz. 2 grs. 12 190 2 47 2 110 2 12 100 2 21!) 1. Carbon 2. Phosphorus 3. Calcium 4. Chlorine 0. Sodium 0. Potassium . 7. Silicon 8. Magnesium . 9. Iron . 110. Sulphur . Oxygen eras, the quantity in a body Weigh- ing lS41b9., is llllbs., which would occupy 700 cubic feet of space, (p. 08!).) Hydrogen gas the quantity in a body weighing JOtios. is 1 libs., which would occupy about 3000 cubic feet of space. Nitrogen gas, the qnnrititv in a body of the above weight is ityftis., and would occupy abont 20 cn'oic feet. Fluorine, the quantity in a body of the abore weight is 2ozs. Figure B. Proximate principles of a human beine weighing 104 pounds. lbs. oz. grs. 1. Gelatine . . Jo 2. Fat . . . 12 8. Water . . JU 4. Sulphate of Soda — 1 17(1 0. Carbonate of Soda — 1 72 (>. Chloride of Potassium 10 7. Chloride of Sodium (common salt) — '1 o 074 8. Phosphate of Potash — ]()() 0. Fluoride of Calcium — o 10. Peroxide of Iron — 100 11. Fibrin . . 4 4 12. Phosphate of Magne- sium . . — 70 1.1. Albumen . . 4 3 14. Phosphate of Soda — 400 10. Carbonate of Lime 1 Hi. Sulphate of Potash — 4011 17. Phosphate of Lime 5 18 18. Silica . . — 0 My eye, accidentally, at tin' lime of miik ing the above ready for insertion, fell on the following, in the Star newspaper, July 4, 1800, and is a striking commentary on the vanity of the poor soul when inhabiting the mass of carbon, phosphorus, fat, gela- tine, &c. &c. I I