WHAT IS MAN?
A Chemical View.—An average man of 150 pounds contains the constituents found in 1,200 eggs. There is enough gas in him to fill a gasometer of 3,649 cubic feet. He contains, enough iron to make four ten-penny nails. His fat would make 75 candles and a good-sized cake of soap. His phosphates content would make 8,064 boxes of matches. There is enough hydrogen in him in combination to fill a balloon and carry him above the clouds. The remaining constituents of a man would yield, if utilized, six teaspoonfuls of salt, a bowl of sugar, and ten gallons of water.
A physiological and Anatomical View. —A man has 500 muscles, one billion cells, 200 different hones, 4 gallons of blood, several hundred feet of arteries and veins, over 25 feet of intestines and millions of pores. His heart, weighs from 8 to 12 ounces, its capacity is from, 4 to 6 ounces in each, ventricle, and its size is 5 by 3£ by 2£ inches. It is a hollow, muscular organ and pumps 22$ pounds of blood every minute. In 24 hours it pump s 16 tons It beat s about 72 times a minute. In one year an average man's heart pumps 11,680,000 pounds of blood. The heart is a willing slave, but sometimes strikes—and it always wins.
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Rodney and Otamatea Times, Waitemata and Kaipara Gazette, 21 August 1912, Page 7
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