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to twelve years of age require 17 ounces of flesh-forming matter, the relation of the 

 carbon in the flesh-forming to the heat-producing aliment being as 1 to 5J. In work- 

 houses and jails, less heat-producing matter is consumed, in consequence of the shelter 

 and heat supplied artificially to the inmates. In prisons, where hard labour is in 

 force, the consumption of flesh-forming or nitrogenous nutriment increases. It lias 

 been estimated that in a man weighing 140 Ibs., the weight of the flesh-forming matter 

 of the blood is 4 Ibs.. that of the muscular tissue 27lbs., and in the bones 51bs., 

 making a total of 36 Ibs. ; and that in the course of 18 weeks these 36J Ibs. are intro- 

 duced into the system. (Playfair, 'New Edin. Phil. Journal,' 1854, 56,262). 

 NUX VOMICA ; Slrychnos nux vomica, Linn. The seeds of a tree growing in 



