...Gold *, and more recently lead f and arsenicum t, have been declared to be constituents of organised bodies ; but there is reason, I think, to suspect...and the same, therefore, must be the elements of our food. ELEMENTS OF THE FOOD OF MAN. 11. Potassium 12. Magnesium 13. Fluorine 1. Carbon 5. Phosphorus...

...Elements of Foods. 2. The Alimentary Principles. 3. The Compound Aliments. A living body, says the author, has no power of forming elements, or of converting...and the same, therefore, must be the elements of our food. Chemical Elements of the Food of Man. These substances he now proceeds to notice separately....

...of Foods. 2. The Alimentary Principles. 3. The Compound Aliments. A living body, -says the author, has no .power of forming elements or of converting...and the same, therefore, must be the elements of our food. Chemical Elements of the Food of Man. These substances he now proceeds to notice separately....

...gastric juice. These properties should not be confounded in the various articles used for food. 291. As a " living body has no power of forming elements,...converting one elementary substance into another, it therefore follows that the elements of which the body of an animal is composed must be in the food."...

...sodium, calcium, potassium, magnesium, and fluorine. Pereira lays down the following postulate : " A living body has no power of forming elements, or...and it therefore follows that the elements of which an animal is composed must be the elements of its food." If this position is correct, any alimentary...

...iron, chlorine, sodium, calcium, potassium, magnesium, and fluorine ; and Pareria, assuming that " a living body has no power of forming elements, or...converting one elementary substance into another," deduces thence the inference that " the thirteen essential constituents of the human body must, therefore,...

...although so large a quantity of lime is necessary for the perfection of the bones and teeth, and although "a living body has no power of forming elements, or...and it therefore follows that the elements of which an animal is composed must be the elements of its food," I am satisfied, and that contrary to some...

...to do with. Dr. Pereira lays down the following axiom, " A living body has no power of forming new elements, or of converting one elementary substance...it, therefore, follows that the elements of which an animal is composed must be also the elements of his food." A great maxim of the ancients was set...

...Gold*, and more recently lead\ and arsenicum J, have been declared to be constituents of organised bodies ; but there is reason, I think, to suspect...and the same, therefore, must be the elements of our food. ELEMENTS OF THE FOOD OF MAN. 11. Potassium 12. Magnesium 13. Fluorine 1. Carbon 5. Phosphorus...

...constituents of organized bodies, he has not included in his catalogue. " A living body," he says. " has no power of forming elements, or of converting...of which the body of an animal is composed must be elements of its food. "The essential constituents of the human body are thirteen ; and the same, therefore,...