“As for man, the higher animal, it is enough to say that he is compounded of various chemicals —fat enough for seven bars of soap; iron enough for on® medium-sized nail; sugar enough to fill a shaker; lime enough to whitewash a chicken-coop; phosphorous sufficient to make two thousand and two hundred match heads; magnesium enough for one dose" of salts; potash enough to explode a toy cannon and sulphur enough to rid one dog of fleas. Even at post-war prices one could buy all the ingredients for five shillings.” Dr. J. S. Elliott, M. 0., in the course of his address to the British Medical As sociation on Tuesday last.
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Waipukurau Press, Volume XXIII, Issue 37, 27 March 1929, Page 3
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