CHEMISTRY OF THE HUMAN BODY. 



TF we could subject the body of an adult person, 

 weighing 154 pounds, to the process of chemical 

 analysis, and then set down the results in the usual 

 way, it would read about as follows : 



The oxygen and hydrogen, for the most part, are 

 combined in the body in the form of water ; of this 

 compound there would be about 110 Ibs. The 

 carbon is mainly contained in the fat ; the phos- 



