PHYSIOLOGICAL TABLES. 



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adult female 121^^^ Ibs. The mean weight of a man, irrespective of his 

 period of life, is 103^^ Ibs., and of a woman 93^^^- Ibs. The mean 

 weight of a human being, without reference either to age or sex, is 



For the preceding numbers we are indebted to the researches of M. 

 Quetelet, who likewise has in an interesting manner extended the meth- 

 ods of statistics to the illustration of the physical and moral career of 

 man, and impressed us with the facts that in the discussion of the phe- 

 nomena which masses present, individual peculiarity disappears and gen- 

 eral laws emerge. The actions which seem to be the result of free will 

 in the individual, assume the guise of necessity in the community. Just 

 as we are sure that man is born, develops, and dies under the operation 

 of laws that are absolutely invariable, so communities seem to be under 

 the influence of unchangeable laws. " In communities man commits the 

 same number of murders each year, and does it with the same weapons. 

 We might enumerate beforehand how many individuals will imbrue their 

 hands in the blood of their kind, how many will forge, how many poison, 

 very nearly as we enumerate beforehand how many births and deaths will 

 take place." 



PHYSIOLOGICAL STANDAKD TABLES. 



Diurnal Ingesta, Secretions, and Excretions of a Man whose 

 eight is 140 Ibs. avoirdupois. 



Diurnal Ingesta, Secretions, and Excretions of a Man whosa 

 weight is 1000 parts. 



Weight of body 140.000 



fWater 4.109 



I Oxygen 2.192 



] Dry vegetable food. . . 1.687 



S I Dry animal food 563 



Saliva 3.300 



Gastric j uice 14. 080 



Pancreatic juice 440 



Bile 3.500 



5 Carbon from lungs . . . .500 



j3 Intestinal juice 440 



Loss of water by lungs 1.440 

 " skin. 2.234 



Fseces OT8 



Urine 2.180, consisting of 



Water 2.034 



Urea 065 



Uric acid 002 



Lactic acid 037 



Sulphuric acid 007 



Phosphoric acid 008 



Chloride of sodium . .009 

 Alkalies and earths . . 016 



Other bodies 002 



TBlcod . . . 17.000, consisting of 



Water 13.328 



Albumen 1.190 



Fibrin i... .037 



Discs 2.227 



Fats 022 



Chloride of sodium .061 

 Chloride of potass . . 006 

 Phosphate of soda . .003 

 Carbonate of soda . .012 

 Sulphate of soda. . . .004 

 Phos. lime and mag .004 

 Oxide and phos. iron .008 

 Other bodies 098 



In this table the estimate is in the 

 pound and decimals thereof. 



ivoirdupois 



Weight of body 1000.000 



tfWater 29.350 

 J Oxygen .' 15.057 

 _ | Dry vegetable food . . 12.050 



w I Dry animal food 4. 021 



Saliva 23.576 



Gastric j uice 100.571 



Pancreatic j uice 3. 143 



Bile 25.000 



Carbon from lungs. . . 3.571 



:E Intestinal juice 3.143 



2 Loss of water by lungs 10. 286 

 8 " " skin. 15.957 



a Faeces 557 



Urine 15.571, consisting of 



Water 14.529 



Urea 464 



Uric acid 014 



Lactic acid 264 



Sulphuric acid 050 



Phosphoric acid ... .057 

 Chloride of sodium . 064 

 Alkalies and earths .114 



Other bodies 014 



121.429, consisting of 



Water 95.200 



Albumen 8.500 



Fibrin 264 



Discs 15.907 



Fats 157 



Chloride of sodium . . 436 

 Chloride of potass . . .043 

 Phosphate of soda . . .021 

 Carbonate of soda . . .OSM 



Sulphate of soda 029 



Phos. lime and mag. .029 

 Oxide and phos. iron .057 



Other bodies 700 



In this table the estimate is upon one thousand 

 parts. 



It is to be received as a doctrine admitting no controversy, that or- 



