WHAT MAN IS MADE OF
Tlie stuff a man is mads of, according to Dr Charles Mayo, the eminent. Amen* ran surgeon, comprises fat enough t« make seven bars of soap, iron enough for a medium-sized nail, sugar enough ta fill a salt.-shaker, and lime enough M whitewash a chicken-coop. There also ii phosphorus enough to make (he tips o* 2,200 matches, magnesia enough for ft dose of magnesia, potassium enough to explode a -toy canon, and sulphur enough to rid a dog of fleas. The value is said to be about 4s lj<L
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Evening Star, Issue 19001, 24 July 1925, Page 8
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94WHAT MAN IS MADE OF Evening Star, Issue 19001, 24 July 1925, Page 8
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