American Republican and Baltimore daily clipper. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1844-1846, 1845-11-19

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wonderful in its smallest atoms and oeblest OBJ
iects and referred to animation in drop of
water, as an example Of the new world of liy-
| ing beings, which the microscope has brought
to view; and then asked, "WhctG will you find
any object in all creation combining as many
wonders az our own curIously made bodics?"-
| A single illustration was gwen, in the pulsa-
| ton of tie heart, and the unseen power that
| measures its 10 beats per minute It's 1900 per
! hour, its more than 100. 600 per day. in its con-
timed action by day and by night, uniring,
unlatering, even until decrcptudo has trans
formed the vigor Of manhood, and extreme age
goes quietly TO It's roposc in the tomb.
Reference was made TO the constitution and
organization Of man, placing him us the head
and summit of terrestrial beings, and the intel
lectua endowmen's cleyating him to position
that angelic inteiIlgeuccs alone separated him
| from Him, who made man and constituted him
with these cndo"mcnts.
! The ages OF man, and the organic actions
| which build up the frame, from infancy TO ma
turty, we're passed in rapid review; and the
constant changes going on in the atoms Of the
| body and the necessary arrangement for the
repair of the economy, considered. This is
attained by means Of the digestive organs and
the circulatory apparatus, as the proyldcr and
and skin as the organs BY which waste and
WORKOUT materials are eliminated from the ho-
dy..a and thrown beyond the influence Of vital
ty. In alIusion to the minulcness of struc-
ture, the will of the inner coat Of the stomach
were mentioned, with their oriicGs one six
hundrCdh Of an inch in diameter; and where
they were thckest, an anatomlst with his mi
CrOsCope estimated four Thousand to a square
inch. There arc -four thousand little mouths
in a square inch, drinking up the material up
on which the body Subslsts aud carrying it to
be poured into the blood. The gourmand and
the topper must imagine the stomach to be a
grist mill, from the quantity and quality of
food and drink with which they torture it: the
consequence is, dyspepsia and recourse to elk
irs, panaceas, catholicons, mixtures, draughts
pills from Brandteth's to the sugar coated, bo-
fuses, plastcrs, teas, decocions, powders, any
thing, every thing that could by possibility be
supposed beneficial.
Allusion was next made to the principles
T upon which the human frame is constructed, as
calculated to carry on life for a series of years,
! and the lamentabe consequences that result
from the ignorance of these laws, which might
be avertcd if the people but studied their own
. systems, and read some of the many popular
4 works on animal mechanism, physiology, and
: the art of preserving health.
e An example of design and wisdom was Civ
On in the structure of the heart, its uses, cavi-
ties, valves, slender cords and muscles attach
ed to those valves, its unceasing, untiring ac-
tons, and its general mechanism, all of which
was illustrated by large painting, and could
not fail to interest and instruct every attentive
nearer. The blood vessels and their uses were
plainly explained, by comparison with the war
I ter works of our city, and the purifying of the
{ blood in the lungs, with the effects of pure
and of vltated air, were illustrated in this con-
nection.
The wisdom and benficence Of the Creator
were illustrated by passing description of the
layers of the skin and of their different func-
: tons, and the great benefit to health and COM
a fort, that u thin and insensble covering should
1 have been thrown over the sensitive nerves.
Take fine needle and introduce 1t horizontal
ly, yea can pierce the skin without awakening
. sensation. Ii is very simple, and strikes the
. unthinking with no emotion of surprise; pierce
, little deeper and how promptly does pain
cause you to shrink. You have touched the
5 inner layer of the skin, where the delicate net
work Of nerves is spread out, to constitute the
seat of sensation. Have you from this, thought
{ of the wisdom displayed in protecting this ner-
4 yOus network? Were the nerves unprotected
the contact of air and every floating mote and
atom would ini1ict pang repeated with in
creased torture, until life itself would be into
lerable.
The organs of vision, hearing, Sc and their
connection with and relation to the brain and
= mind, were next the subject of contemplation.
' These organs are the sources by which man de-
rives his highest enjoyment, in the contempla-
ton of the beauties and the glories of creation,
and the benefit and animating delights from
every tint and tone of color, from the perfume
of every blooming flower, and the soft music
with which nature enchants the senses; these
/, are given that man may observe and admire
may contemplate and love. The eye and fea-
s lures generally, as constituting the mirror OF
, the mind and portraying its workings, afforded
plain illustration of the secret influences and
> sympathes which are active in the human or
ganization; but the essence of which, neither
microscope, nor knife of koenest edge, has ever
yet unoded
These wonders should excite mankind to
their investigation, and the knowledge of the
laws of the organizations; the complex, delicate
structures of the body, should make men fear
to goad them with medicines, Of the properties
of which they are ignorant This very
ignorance gives them an unjust pre- udce
: against science, which they do not under
stand in even It's pluinest principles, and ex-
: poses them as dupes to designing knaves and
ignorant pretenders 10 the healing art. The
character of physicians was defended against
the imputation of want Of sensibilily and sym
! patty, and Their physical llbors, painful men
tai solicItudes, selfdenas and schooling Of
their feelings, to endure what, under other cir
cumstances would be as repugnant to them as
to others, their submission to noisome vapors
: and es'iental etliuvia, which emanatc from
; the diseased and the dying, should exempt the
science of medicine and physicians as her vota-
res, from the prejudces of those who esteem
themselves enlightened.
"Go1 and the Doctor, men alike adore
But only when in danger, not before;
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