Show spontaneous ua combustion fit of the tits body the theory of spontaneous combustion of the human body in former times was held by almost every expert french acl enlists in particular supported it and several e of them published pamphlets in which numerous cases of alleged spontaneous combustion of the human body were ere described at length but there are three very significant points to be noticed in connection with such reports one is the invariable admission that there was a light or ore fire in the room where the catastrophe occurred another that the alleged instances stances always happened in families miliea fa composed ot of ignorant persons and another that in to no case was there any actual wit nets neris of the occurrence something like 73 75 per cent of the human body consists of water this fact in itself Is sud lelent to discredit any of the alleged instances of spontaneous combustion it is just conceivable that persons who drink an enormous amount of spirituous liquors may become so saturated as it were with this inflammable material that their bodies burn much more easily than would those of people who do not overindulge in this way but it Is perfectly certain that the fire would have to be applied from without for no such thing as spontaneous combus tion could be possible in any article containing so great a preponderance of the liquid element us its does the human body pearsons beekly weekly |