50 INTRODUCTION. 



conflict with or exempt from the operation of the general 

 laws to which all organization is subject. 



The last example of variety we have to offer, is the 

 organization of man. 



Man, it is well known, stands at the top of the animal 

 scale forms the highest and most perfect link is the most 

 complex and varied has the most extensive and multi- 

 plied relations, and the greatest number of properties and 

 powers. And as organization differs and becomes complex 

 in proportion to the number and variety of its properties 

 and relations, we find in man's formation a miniature rep- 

 resentation of all we see in the inferior animal world 

 with the addition of his own distinguishing and surpassing 

 structure, adapted to his intellectual and moral powers. 



CONSTITUENTS OF HUMAN ORGANIZATION. 



Analysis resolves the constituents of human organization 

 into, 



1. Chemical. 



2. Organic elements. 



The chemical consist of oxygen, hydrogen, carbon, nitro- 

 gen, sulphur, phosphorus, chlorine, fluorine, potassium, 

 aluminum, calcium, sodium, magnesium, silicium, iron, 

 manganese, to which some have added titanium, lead, 

 copper, iodine and bromine. 



Of these, nitrogen and oxygen are found in a simple, 

 pure state both in the blood, and nitrogen in the intesti- 

 nal gases. 



The rest exist as binary, ternary, or quartenary com- 

 pounds. The binary are inorganic compounds, and con- 

 sist of, 



1. Water, composing the largest portion of the fluids of 

 the body, entering into the solids and producing the differ- 

 ent degrees of softness. 



2. Carbonic acid, found in the blood, exhaled from the 

 lungs, skin, urine as well as united with lime, potash, 



