Thus the chemist e. g. places a piece of flesh in his retort, tortures it in many ways, and then informs us that it consists of nitrogen, carbon, hydrogen, etc.

例如，一个化学家取一块肉放在他的蒸馏器上，加以多方的割裂分解，于是告诉人们说，这块肉是氮气、氧气、炭气等元素所构成。