Punch,  25 (1853), 201.

What is Man?

Anon

Genre:

News-Commentary, Drollery

Subjects:

Analytical Chemistry, Human Species, Cultural Geography


    Challenges the plausibility of a Quarterly Review claim that 'Chemically speaking' man is composed of carbon, nitrogen, and water. Wonders, for example, how a Russian can be produced without hemp.



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