The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1872-10-18
What Folks nre Made Of.

aud hce), 81; in the trunk, 64; in the
arms and hands, 60; aud in the legs and
feet, 60 The weight of the skeleton Is
about one-unth the weight Of the whole
body.
Boue when ed a. lever, l. % time
as strong Us sandstone, 81 times as strong
as lead, nearly 2i times a. strong as elm
and ash, and twice as strong a. box, yew
and OAK timber.
The number Of mu-clcs in man j. $40,
being more than twice the number Of the
bones The hulk Of the body upon an
average, is equal to tule of little
more than sixteen inoles IN side, an !
the amount of wa er equal cube u lit
tie more than sixteen irche IN side, or
nearly thIee.f,uiths Of tie l,dy.
An adult drinks about fitc,B huI DIR, d
pound Of water yearly, aud throw, off
through the various wasIe-gltes, nineteen
hundred pound The difficulty ir NC
counting 70. the iour hun ire pound has
led some to suppose that t.e water l.
formed in h y TEN by the union OfoAy-
gen aud hydrogen.
The salts TIA have b cn enum r.t,d
are found in almost every lar Of The
b iy C,mmon alt Colorado oi ~oiium)
i iuui.d in every huld AMI .olli. except
enamel. rhe whole amount III the hu-
nian bdy j. 211 grains. 1t serve many
important u-es.
Carbonic acid i. found IN the lung,
ali nentary canal, the blood aud uilhe.
Tne amount Of cIrDnic acii. however,
varies, heiag fro n one To tafce pounds ia
iwenty-four hour, and tue eau of va
ration are te apera ure, age, sex, state
OF health or disease, development oi the
body, muscular eXertion OF iep~e. Tni.
ga (cIrbonic ac.d) cont ,in> Ia very nui-
ireI pounds twenty eight p'unds oi CIR
bon (c..arcoaD and seventy two pouuds
1f Oxygen (gl.). Hence, the maximum
weight of c.rbon which cape, ia thIs
iorm irum the lung Of "a iull-growu man
is about fifteen ounces in twenty tour
lours.
The average amount of air which
passes in and out of the lungs at c>ch igs.
spirition and expiration i. about 20 cubic
inches /; the amount pissed through them
in twenty-tour hours Is about G22 900
cubic inches, or, as Others estimate it,
from 5000 to 5000 gallons per day.
rhis varies greatly. In the fret place
the lower the temperature the greater the
amount of animal heat tn be generated,
and, con>equeatly, the greater the amount
OF air to be Consumed. Also, Il person
labnring in the open air Breathe more
deeply than one 'Oufi Ied to the hou.e.
From a series of 5000 observations made
by DIR. Hutchinson, the following princi-
pie Is delucei; For every inch Of stat
ure from Ave to six feet, eight Additional
cubic inches of air are given out at
fjrcei expiration after full inspiration
Tn t Is, if II person five feet six inches
in height can expire 422 cable inche,
person five feet seven inches can expire
~ cubic inches.
The nail OF the hand grow abou. two.
iiths of a line per week, while those of
the feet require four times that period for
the same amount uf growth. Csc, are
on record where the nails hive been -hel
periodically. The time necessary for
nail to grow it, full length ari from
twelve To twenty week. IA. null, are
thickest at their moSt cIlvex pD. tlns,
Instead of their else thy groS ol!y /
so long rs they are cut, AMI AN M The
literary cllss OF the Game e, @ho never
cut their nails, they are sud To attain
only lie lgth of two inches.
In m ~. theaverage weight of the brain
is ~ ounces; il fem lies, -, The aver
aye capacity of the cranil of Germans
ani Anglo-saxons is 30 cable inches.
Daniel Websters Uranium contained l22 /
cubic inches.
The amount of blood in healthy body
is about eighteen pounds, or ten q arts.
The heart is six inches in length and four
inches in diameter, and heats 70 per
minute, 4.2OO times per hour. lOl. 800
times ner d,v ae I'D ooo ,;n,. n,r ra,,
. Tez IA ono - =, - ~" 7 i
-''o' '''''Vo '''ne' III 'n''e'sc''e ana
ten; at each beat y ounces OF blood are
thrown out Of il; l75 ounces per minute,
CSC hounds per hour. ~ TINS ner dav.