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----|-----|----- 1. Water, which is found in every part of the body, | | | and amounts to | 109 | 0 | 0 | | | 2. Fibrine, and like substances, found in the blood, | | | and forming the chief solid materials of the | | | flesh | 15 | 10 | 0 | | | 3. Phosphate of lime, chiefly in bones and teeth, but | | | in all liquids and tissues | 8 | 12 | 0
4. Fat, a mixture of three chemical compounds, | | | and distributed all through the body | 4 | 8 | 0 | | | 5. Osseine, the organic framework of bones; boiled, | | | gives gelatine. Weight | 4 | 7 | 350 | | | 6. Keratine, a nitrogenous substance, forming the | | | greater part of hair, nails, and skin. Weighs | 4 | 2 | 0 | | | 7. Cartilagine resembles the osseine of bone, and is a | | | nitrogenous substance, the chief constituent of | | | cartilage, weighing | 1 | 8 | 0 | | | 8. Haemoglobine gives the red color to blood, and is | | | a nitrogenous substance containing iron, and | | | weighing | 1 | 8 | 0 | | | 9. Albumen is a soluble nitrogenous substance, | | | found in the blood, chyle, lymph, and muscle, | | | and weighs | 1 | 1 | 0 | | | 10. Carbonate of lime is found in the bones chiefly, | | | and weighs | 1 | 1 | 0 | | | 11. Hephalin is found in nerves and brain, with | | | cerebrine and other compounds | 0 | 13 | 0 | | | 12. Fluoride of calcium is found in teeth and bones, | | | and weighs | 0 | 7 | 175 | | | 13. Phosphate of magnesia is also in teeth and bones, | | | and weighs | 0 | 7 | 0 | | | 14. Chloride of sodium, or common salt, is found in | | | all parts of the body, and weighs | 0 | 7 | 0 | | | 15. Cholesterine, glycogen, and inosite are compounds | | | containing hydrogen, oxygen, and carbon, | | | found in muscle, liver, and brain, and | | | weighing | 0 | 3 | 0
