Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1845-08-23

ts passage through The sPongy texture Of tho
lunpa, the pjgbuies " blood disCe, as they are
ronetifpes called, which f6at In the blood,
Ike shoals Of microscopic fishes In a current
of wAtef, nhpBrb oxygen from lhr air, with
which Tho iungB orB supplied by resPjra=
ton.
The rirbpiss or blond iisee, having loaded
Themselves Wiii Oxygen then tbofpa nh by ihs
current " the bloody Ike 4 sa'arHn OF bees 10
drBpd wiih hDtey. from tho lungs to The 1911
y%setficls ~ The heart, 70 be by II fsdlrtribh@
tod to every paint oi the body 90 bees, when
constructing their cells, deposit their "hE nj
avery ppinl of The comb ] NlFh 70 impress
rn tic readers mind The fact Enndoubied and
updIsputga1 tia; tho b|aeA " yenbnB blood
whoa circulated through the atsFieF. ia an
inevitable oif9D=prUducing death when 10
quantity is large, and disease when u 10 but
small.
1'hps6 statements cannot f5il strongly 10
inrttBs the fsgdar with Tho ethpshdeug i'm
rttanee oil Ok gen a. ali thtt concerns lie
aad hpaiiha-tHd consequently disease aiso'
winch ID Bot FJfHe err : 10 lha nature "a some
81 thees transformations. Ahd moi only the
HaaIth uf Inc body, but that OF The mind Of
the af4ctiahA III iba Intellect alec. e equal
NJ fAaladced biz Tie transforming psFt hieh
oxygen plays III tho animal economy -
81 Ilsi, fuliy il equal importance Win ihAt Oh
food.
II the A,ef condition of animHl life, "says
Iinbern ba the assimilation Of what is gaiieI
uouffh,ueni, the second IL a continued 9b-
s]orption of oxygen from tho atmosphere And
again. "Ihs hfst condition Of animal life are
nutritious n,attete and Oxygen introduced ~
10 The uyptem. Az eyety H0went Ut hi9 lite
moh IL iahIug oxygen Into BIN system, by
rDuanp IT thr organs If respiration to panse
IA Observable while lie continues WHAT II
may be asked. has become ,0f tie e1hfmanV
weight Of oxygen lhus infr1dufeds IN tha
ettiTas M tho year into The human Hgstefis
This question may be- answered sattgtatto"
ely no part Of THE oxygen remains III lbe
system but ia given UDt again ~ ths lbfm OF
d log of wood. And thus A. 10 that NINA
heal IN penetrated IN tha body and M The
smoke which afieea from The burning wood
might Justly BIC called The breath OF the heat
cd hog, An the human breath might DO called
n strict proprtely, tho e,noto Of tho heated
t9dy.
l'he body II robgumpd by oxygen precisely
ne Oxygen eunsimes an tghiled log OF wood
nat h, IN both INSTANCES, by combining DER
carbon and hydrogen, and giving out heat, The
,apaur " WI iii, and eafbotic acid-whicb
two latter paae out Of The mouth, ae be sfl0ie
hom a burning log passed out Of Tho ehint-
ntY.
Nov then il Ia clear. that ihurder to the
supply II animal beat and1o heopthe ttiHH-
formation III Tissues (3n Which 5bB breath aud
agngth Of the body aud mind 40 we'll az The
supply Of animal heat SO entirely depend3tn
rapid activity three elements are required,
oxygen, hydrogen, and carbon. Ihc oxygen
we ypt chiefly from the Btuuanhetie5aif We
carbon, and hydrogen are supplied by the
TODD. Hence it is plain, since ahlinal neat,
aud the necessary transformation Of %tlHsues,
van bnjy bu maintained by the combination q
oxygen, with hydrogen and carbon, thai the
quantity Of food required tftom which alone
he aapply of carbon, end hydrogen can be-
ebtainedl mast be IL direct proportion TO the
quantity or oxygen taken into the system
1--we animals which, IN equal sitieg take up
by tneans OF tho langs and skin unequal guam.
titles ef oxygen, consume quantities vi the
uourlshmeni which arc unequal In the
came ratio,
Tie consumption Of oxygen IN equal times
may be expressed by the number o. reHpitaA
tons it 10 clear that in the same Individual
tho quantity Of nourisbment required mvat
vary with the force and number of repptta-
tons.
A child, ii whom the ofgaue uf respiration
are naturally very active, requires food often
or than 40 adult, and bears hunger lees essi-
Iy. "A bird deprived Of iond dies on The third
DAY, while d serpent with Ito sluggish reHpira
ten can live for three months or more.
The number Of respiraliuus is amalIefi in a
state uf reat than during ex5rei0e or Nalk.
The quantity Of food necessary IN beth oondi.
tons must vary in the same ratio. An ag-
cess of food Ia incompatible with deficiency Of ,
inspired oxygen, that Is, with d%efciout exer. :
cisp, just ag violent exercise, which impliea
an Increased supply Of food to Incompatible
with weak digestive orgaBp. III either case
he health Suffers. AMI for the same reaagn,
yialent exercise i~sincuinpatlble with deieien-
ny Of ford, And thia 10 one Of the grand sour
zee 81 disease among tile Temperate and in (
l]ustFious poor. I
Al every inspiration a quantity OF air On =,
Iers Che luRga)th volume of which may be
considered az uutlorm but ils weight ION I
]lanstty) aud consequently lhat (wuight Or o. 4
nouni) Of oxygen which il cohtuius IL not S
-
Ar IL aXpounded BY heat, aud contracted 7
Dg cold, and therefore equal quantities Vt hot q
md cold air contain unequal weights Of on VI
Hence although a man living IN a II
warm atmosphere may draw the same mum
,eg of inspirations rs be does in a cold one,
.nd may take into his lungs The saue quaint. 9
! of air, vet he does not take in the same y
l~uaniity Of oxyEen-Cnr the air that he breAths
n n warm atmosphere is $50 10 speak) diluted
,aal. How tafciblc does this demonstrate "
.ho evils necessarily arising to the health, y
ram living too much IN doors, and breathing Il
he air Ot warm apartments +! i