BRITISH MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES (CLASSIC REPRINT)

Excerpt from British Manufacturing IndustriesSalt in their mangers or pastures, and even bees will sip a solution of salt with avidity. Men will barter gold for it in countries where it is scarce, and for it husbands will sell their wives, and parents their chil dren. In some districts of Africa, salt is far more expensive than the purest white sugar in Europe, and children will suck a lump of it in preference to sweet meats. But the existence of a greater or less appetite for salt in all individuals shows, that this substance serves more important functions than that of merely gratifying the palate. Salt being a large constituent Of the human body, and forming about half the total weight of the saline matters of the blood, the constant loss of it by the secretions, the bile, and even tears.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works._,