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CHAP. II. 



GENERAL VIEW OF THE CONSTITUENTS OF THE HUMAN BODY. 



THE ultimate PRINCIPLES of animal bodies, forming the distinct 

 compounds, whether gases, fluids, or solids, are: 

 Hydrogen, 

 Carbon, 

 Oxygen, 

 Azote, 



Chlorin, iodin, fluorin? 

 Sulphur, 

 Phosphorus, 

 Potassium, 

 Sodium, 

 Calcium, 



Magnesium, silicium? 

 Manganese ? 

 Iron, 



Copper ?a 



The proximate PRINCIPLES, or distinct chemical compounds 

 of animal bodies, are : 

 Albumen, 

 Fibrin, 



Colouring matter of blood, 

 Curd, 



Fatty matter, ( olein ! 

 I stearin, 



Gelatine, obtained from various tex- 

 tures by boiling, 



Matters found in the bile, cho- 

 lesterin, erythrogin, asparagin, 

 picromel ? 



Mucus, and probably some other 

 products of glands at present but 

 little understood, 



Subject to great variety 

 in different animals, &c. 



8 The ultimate principles of vegetables may be considered the same as those of 

 animals. 



