"... An adult human being contains about 250 s of salt, which would fill three or four , but is constantly losing it through bodily functions. It is essential to replace this lost salt. ... Salt is so common, so easy to obtain, and so inexpensive that we have forgotten that from the until , salt was one of the most sought-after commodities in human history."
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Mark Kurlansky, (496 pages; 1st edition 2002)
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