TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



PA OR 



GENERAL REMARKS 33 



PART I. 



STCECHIOLOGY, 

 FIRST DIVISION. 



THE SIMPLE CHEMICAL ELEMENTS ENTERING INTO THE STRUCTURE OP THE HUMAN 



BODY (15 IN NUMBER) PRACTICAL REMARKS . . : *M . 35 



SECOND DIVISION. 



THE IMMEDIATE PRINCIPLES OF WHICH THE TISSUES OF THE HUMAN BODY ARE 



COMPOSED (84) . . . . . . .38 



Classification of the immediate principles . . . .39 



Tabular arrangement of " " . . . .40 



List of other substances sometimes regarded as immediate principles . 41 



IST GROUP OF IMMEDIATE PRINCIPLES. 

 Class First. 



IMMEDIATE PRINCIPLES OF MINERAL OR1GI5. 



Division I. Gaseous, or liquid principles, and those not saline (5) . . 43 



1. Oxygen ..... ,,. r . . 43 



2. Hydrogen . . . - - .43 



3. Nitrogen ........ 44 



4. Carbonic acid <*- . . . . . .44 



5. Water, its amount, source, and use in the body . . 45 



Division II. The saline principles (salts, 19) .... 47 



General remarks ........ 47 



1. Chloride of sodium ...... 49 



2. Chloride of potassium ...... 50 



