The northern galaxy. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1844-1848, 1846-06-30
BLEEDING
ALWAYS IMPROPER.

volume of the losses il has ,sustalneuslh. ouiiue
up the body, or supplying its daily ~aSre, ~
that Book OF Books, the Bible, we az of ,he
is in the Blood-Gen. tx. 4. The lie Oh !ne
flesh is in the blood'-Lev. xvii. ii. BLOOD Is
The life of the fesh,-Lev. vii. %. God nam
made of ONE BLOOD all nations OF men,
xix. %. In this last quotation two important
truths are set iorth-frsr the constituting primer
Die of men-'we are all made OF BLOOD second
the sameness OF our bodily conStitutions-'We
are all made ofone blood by lis ci.ru,a nf Flu
lion. il keeps up the life IN every organ OIL
body. Blood gives health; it produces the real
blooming couontenance; 1t enlivens The mind
il is streangth and life. And yet people think
we can have too much of this important and
most valuable fluid, Do trees die from 100 great
quantities ofsap2 No. And shall imPious man
iav his Creator was wrong in not making
nIace in mans body for the discharge
of his fluid, this life principle2 Blood is shut
min its proper vessel it cannot run out naturally
Shall blind mOrials assume superiority 10 the
Great Creator and with rash hands take this
precious fluid from the body docs no; the to-
ial evacuation of blood bring instant death?-
This teriable evil is less than II was a1ew years a.
90 when you must be bled once or twice year
Ior FASHIONS sake-Now doctor Camp be bled
| for every thing The people are learning that
| the blood is of some use. Let US hope that the
distinguishing use OF leecheS may also be aban-
doned.
Idonot deny that when a man is bled, "a portion
| Of the seroSity or bad humor comes away with
the blood the temporary relief is due 10 The E.
vacuation Of that portion oil matter, the efficient
ans, of disorder in the circulation.
FALLS, ACCIDENTS, &c. &c.
No cool can result, even in falls and bruises,
oria any accidents, from letting blood Neither
| internal nor external diseases can be benefited
by such false practice. For, to kill man to
save his life, cannot be sustained. cannot ad-
nit that il is possible TO lengthen life by weaken
| inc its mover 1t will be said: But So-and-so
was insensibe from The fall that he was bled
and came round The use of hartshorn 10 his
nose, and TO rub his temples will have the same
effect Hot brandy and water will answer "a
good purpose, and relieve the circulation sooner
than bleeding, without the after weakning effect.
A shock has the same effect, in measure, upon
The body, that lightning produces upon it. II
DESTROYS the life principle CO sisins of lite living
globular bodies it is these that make our solid
flesh by their power OF coagulation. Now when
person is killed by fall or by lightning, ifyou
open a vain, the blood will run out, even if the
body is quite cold. And observe, il never after
ongratulates-never. The fact is, its life is
gone-was all destroyed by the shock,-by great
er affinity that the lightning had or the earth, OF
the thing the body was upon-had for the life OF
The blood, than the blood itself hadfo retaining
it,which may be species of electricity for aughI
we know 10 the contrary.
In fifteen minutes Brandreh's Pills produce
effect after a shock.
When persons who have had severe falls oil
bruises, by which the ways of the circulation be-
came as it were loaded with refuse or WORKOUT
uSSue 81 muscles anu uedu ploou' anu Will :.
not SPeuly removed occasion sucn elslaIo e.,
I'D the pody, tnat iniiamatlon great pans, anu Ut,
olten result; BIandrethS Pills being ADMINISTERED
under these circumstances in doses of six or eight
or more, as may be required will ordinarily oper
ate in Is or 20 minutes, while at other times a
similar dose would not operate under six or egh
hours
We are aware that the hest argument TO use IL
support OF blood letting has been and is vet in spite
Of true reasoning the great vacuum which may be al
once prouuced 6y it. But i, is certain that after the
evacuation Of blood. and The Immoral fluid, or, as
we call it, the acrimonious serosiy, discharges it
, self from its different cavities, and then goes and fill;
up that very vacuum often producing incurale torpor
Truly man would be the most mise allie creature il
existence could he only obtain reliefby losing the "a
Guilty Of feeling No reasoning will prevent some
persons from being sebuced by the dcceivng relic
which they feel after being bled They do invaria
by paw dearly for it, To obtain this pretended re
ieffor period of twenty four hours they cerianN
shorten their lives, and are liable to become para
lyled for the sad remainder of their existence.
The idea is that pleading is a preventive agians
future internal distractions and settings of hunors
Common sense only is suicient to prye that in orbe
prevent those internal accidents YOU must begiI
by evacuating those matters which might produce
them. Now know very well that that which
gives life is the occasion of our death So II il
not the blood that does this but the corrupt humors
remove them by purgation by BRANDRETH':
Pills, and all the health you capable Of receiving
viii surely be enjoyed and your sickness will seldom
be affair of long standing it is wonder full 10 see
how soon we get our neallh when the right course
to obtain tits adopted
Look at the victim of biood-letting his skin a
vid appearance, pale, eyes without ray of energy
left total debility. lie looks as If he were aread,
in the power Of the grave Such sight excie'
our pity, and the more so because we know that bu
lorPrejudce, nine out ofevery ten may be saved if
instead Of losing Their precious blood they would pre-
serve with the Bradretl Pills, winch would cleanse
their systems OF impurities while left the blood tC
'u'ld up and pipeaSseP me BODY yi, Truly
r Dnn an, nL nn, In . Tic
Bleeding, on the contrary, takes out the pood'-
Think of these thing. Is the blood life then
wacny You sick, you all you have, more than
al any o,her time. ~ Resee,
CoNSlptK p, n0N r rgKTHEK UPON
Il - very doubtful when n ar~ In. Io., ,.,