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has preceded, is nothin

ss, it is a true one! Man consists only of such substances as he has consumed; he is,

s this mean than: "It is mother's milk, that has become alive b

n the shape of a human being consumes again new mother's milk, and, by resp

we may readily learn to know the chemical components of man, and vice versa; knowing the substances of which ma

then have a stepping-stone towards the knowledge of the food of adults and its effects. The mother's milk contains all the elements, w

her grow nor increase in number, but they would fast diminish, and the child would die in consequence of this. The attempt was once made to fee

it, but even the completion of the child's brain could not properly take place, and the chil

he green-sickness, a malady which, by the way, is dangerous also for g

e could not develop; the bile, as every one kno

, phosphorus, iron, calcareous earth, and sulphur? And not only these; there are a great many other articles, such as magnesia, chlorine, and fluor, that we eat without being aware

It would only be necessary to take a certain quantity of carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, and nitrogen; a little bit of potassium, natron, calcium, and magnesia; to mix a small piece of iron, sulphur, phosphorus, ch

y food; yet, in order to enjoy the desired result, we must not partake of them in their primary forms

and it will also be seen, that we receive them sometimes in altogether different forms and combinations; for example, in the mothe

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