STUFF OF LIFE. “By Chemical analysis it has been found that protoplasm essentially consists of 34 elements out of which about 12 elements are supposed to be present universally. 99% of protoplasm is made of 4 basic elements, i.e., oxygen, carbon, hydrogen and nitrogen.”
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