Excerpt from On Some of the More Obscure Forms of Nervous Affections: Their Pathology and Treatment; With an Introduction, on the Physiology of Digestion and Assimilation, and the Generation, and Distribution, of Nerve Force, Based Upon Original Microscopical Observations
I discovered that carbon, united with hydrogen and oxygen in various proportions, enters as an ingredient into every form of aliment; nitrogen is then added, producing another large and most important class.
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