The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1906-10-12
COMPONENT PARTS
OF HUMAN BEING
Can Be Secured at Almost Any
First-C Glass Drug Store, With
One Exception.
THE VITAL SPARK - LIFE
In 154-Pound Person Are Ninety-Sev-
en- Pounds of Oxygen, Which If Re-
leased Would Fill! 1000 Cubic
Feet of Space.
From the Washington Star.

statement is not intended as a sug-
POSITION in the ~ 500 females in the
$50
lo'stflet Oh eoluihp'a' who' aeeoiu."s
excess of females over males in the
district. III is merely set down as in
ea..,..;~ a.1a,,a+o, a,s i,toroe+
80 -.
III the reader does NOT care 10 lhe"i
the expense of purchasing the mate
rails with which to make a man, it
NJ. AT least he Interesting 10 study the
~ eas.sa:4;a 90 .ha h,,,n,n
oieiilieai eoiiipo@i'ioN
body, as exhibited at the Natlohai mu-
scum. This will personally appeal to
he man who is 8 feet S inches and
weighs l54 pounds, as the eShlblt at
the museum represents the elements
and their quantities i'm the body OF
an average, healthy man OF that helght
and weight. These conlpouiots are
placed in a glass case, the coilectloh
consisting OF thirty-tWo potlles, Jars
and boxes, labeled ana set on shelNes'
Man does not show to
which reduced to water, powders and
gas, but he is worth attentlon ifom q
scientific viewpoint. The chemical com
pounds of which u bodies are mace
up are shown by analysis to consist
mainly of thirteen clements. FIVE OIL
these, when uncombined with other
elements, are the gases, oxygen
hydrogen, nitrogen, chlorine and
tluorine. The remaining eight are
solid substances, three oil winch
are non-metals: carbon, phosphor-
us and sulphur; while the other
five are metals: iron, calcium, mag
nesium, potassium and sodium Be
sides these thirteen elements are mi
mute quantities of "A few others, as Sill
con, manganese and copper. This sci
entitic analysis differs radically from
Yhn p,1rca-lpra theory that boNS-alU
presumably men-are made OF snaps
II snails and puppy-dog tails. and
can be relied ON as an official table oil
your contents-proNlded you are q man
of 154 pounds.
Much Phosphorus.
Tho insnector of the mnseum's eX-
hihit ON man first takes note of a lar
Of readisb novdar ,rhp label tells ONE
Ihat If is phosnhorus of which a per
SON contains n pound and a half. The
snecinen owes it's lurid hue to long ex-
,,ns,,ra In its natural etata if is soft.
wayv and so inflanamable that TO pre-
cent spontaneous combustion il is pre-
served under water United with oxy-
pen If forms n%hosphoric acid. which, in
s,,rn coubined with calcium. as phos-
Dhate on lime. is an important con-
stituent of bone. Phosphorus also oc-
currs i'm he brain and nerves. Next
to the jar is a chunk of sulphur the size
OF the body, notably in the bones and
teeth. The next bottle contains what
looks to be five cents worth of dariling
needles. 1t represents one-tenth of an
ounce of iron, an important constituent
OF the red coloring matter of blood.
The visitor next earns that his body
includes three pounds and thirteen
ounces of calcium, which incidentally,
may explain any hanllering he may
have for the lime light. This calcium
is a yeliowish metal, somewhat harder
than lead. 1t is the basis of lime and
occurs throughout the body. princip-
any as ZONES ana 'eetA' III 'ae Term Oh
,a ..pa+
on al4oelier ~, piie teaas rutas,
STUN q SUI inc."i IItstlS u " q
XII any slo"ll.s q 9'aaSi ~ NV 1857.
Mnel tiiaoMn 81 Ma's, ~ tseolIpuses
.ie "a.ei, eoII3l!.''tS ~ W. ~ 49,
VIII sucl asloi G 'il q me gulGsel
So llse, eaNes ime ! - 'le pasls =
po. sIs y! $500 u ~ 10y p4l - ;,
Slpt,s as .liioitae ' ,ii. spi q
>@tu a'ls' sou NJ" enle 10 !, r ps
eo' out a'1es, ~, ~ /, nssA,tsl ~ ! u
sp 2 III %os ,'o mo-, ,i ~ ~ 80 IGN looa
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