Democratic Sentinel, Volume 1, Number 26, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 August 1877 — Copper in Blood. [ARTICLE]

Copper in Blood.

At last it has been apparently proved that copper is a norma constituent of the blood, not only of man, but of the lower animals. In the case of the blood of man, the presence of copper might be thouetM. bo duced through the use of vessels of that material, in the preparation of food. But an analysis of the blood of wild herbivorous animals also discloses copper. It has yet to be ascertained whether the copper belongs to the plasma or to the blood globules, or both, or whether it is introduced in the food or drink.