Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1848-04-07

lungs are diseased, and cannot DO their work,
and as a consequence. the blood is not puri-
fled, and the face and fingers of the patient,
by their cold and livid hue, tell us the sad
tale of what is going on within. This fact
shows the folly of those who would recon-
mend intoxicating liquors TO consumptive sub
jects. Ii the lungs are affected, there is al
ready too much carbon in the blood, and 10
give them a beverage which is drunk solely
for the large amount Of carbon it contains, is
to add fuel TO fuel. When a patient dies Of
consumption, his blood is found overclarged
with carbon, because his lungs have been I'M
able to perform their task, and supply it with
oxygen.
In chO}era also the blood is venous, or black;
arising from the same cause.-the want of on
ygen, and the consequent prevalence of car
bon. The word cholera comes from the Greek
CHoLE, bile, and was doubtless so named
from the supposed excess of bile suggested
by the prevalence of sickness. Cholera, lit
orally means a bilious disease. Now it is wor-
thy Of remark that the liver produces the bile
out of the venous, or carbonated blood. in
bilious complaints the liver makes too much
bile, and this lows into the stomach, and
causes sickness and headache. Such patients
also have a sallow complexion, in consequence
of the bile being taken up by the absorbents
and spread over the body. In extreme cases
this becomes yellow iauudice. 1t is proba-
ble that liver and bilious diseases arise from
the prevalence Of too much carbon in the
blood. In such cases the liver very benevo-
lenlly endeavors TO dispose of some Of this
superfnous matter, but in so doing produces
too much bile, and, by overworking itself,
becomes diseased. In hot weather there is a
decrease Of oxygen in the air, aud as a con-
sequence, people who will eat and drink what
is overcharged with carbon, become bilious,
afllict themselves with liver complaint or per-
haps with cholera. Hence in very hot coun-
tries the cholera often breaks out, aud very
naturally so, there being a lack of oXygen to
purify the blood. Europeans are generally
determined 10 eat as much in a hot country
as in their own temperate climate, and the re-
suit is II iliousness, liver diseases, cholera, and
premature death.
Now it is a well-known fact that while
WATER, in its natural state, contains a large
percentage Of pure atmospheric air (the very
agent that nature employs in oaygenaiing the
blood, and giving it Vitality ALCOHOL con-
tains in it upwards of(fty per cent. Of crr6on,
the very thing that nature is necessarily en-
deavoring TO throw out of the body. The
heart beats day and night without intermiS-
sion; it never slumbers nor sleeps; it is the
mOSt ItHldIhdDle eNdulple VI lHuuSIy III tut
world; and all this toll for the purpose Of
sending the dead black blood TO the lungs,
to be purified Of its carbon, and then to pro-
pei the living ozygenized blood TO administer
vitality to every point in the human frame.
A person, therefore, who drinks WATER,
sends into his blood-vessels the only liquid
that nature requires, and the purest and most
purifying stream that can be obtained. But
the individual who drinks alcoholic drinks,
whether beer, cider, wine, or spirits, makes
use of a beverage that is overcharged with
carbon, and thus is doing his utmostto thwart
all the benevolent intentions of his bodily
functions, and 10 render himself chronically
diseased, and 10 predispose himself for any
epidemic that may aflict the country. Were
a fend to come to this world and publish a
number of malignant prescriptions to scourge
and destroy the people, and especially to rem
der them bilious, jaundiced, and liable TO cho-
lera, he would most certainly, first and fore
most, prescribe the daily use of intoxicating
drinks. In cholera, the blood is overloaded
with carbon, and the result of drinking alco-
hol is the accomplishment Of this very OBJ
ject.
Hence we see a reason why the blood OF
the person who dies drunk has the same cha
racteTistics as that of the individual who dies
llOll consumption u CUulGIds III CullSNllIi-
ton, lungs decay and cannot do their work,
and, consequently, the blood is not oXygena-
ted, and therefore is black, or overciiarged
with carbon; in cholera, you have the SAINT
excess Of carbon, and in death from drunken
ness the unhappy victim has been drinking
a liquor charged with alcohol, which is more
than one-half carbon, and has drunk it to such
an excess that there is not oxygen enough ii
his frame to keep him alive. lie as perfect
| ly poisons himself, as the individual who
takes arsenic or prussic acid. A medica
q man some time ago tried the effect of alco
holic drinks on a rabbit. He administered
q dose, and the poor creature died. He opened
it instantly, and found its heart beating, al
though life seemed perfectly extinct, but oil
examination he found that the blood sent in
to the arteries was black venous blood. Thu
fact speaks volumes. Here was dead blooC
blood overcharged with charcoal-sen in
to the arteries where nothing but living bloc,
o ought to enter, and through which the re-
vital fluid would have been flowing if the an
imal had not been poisoned with alcohol.
may mention here that when the choler
l. last visited our country, | was staying in on
e of our large towns where its ravages wer
n tremendous. All sorts Of remedies were tried
% but it was spoken of as a wonder and a pre-
- Wy AiidN AT SAlSVOh ~ 10 AuOSl outCGSs
l. full with his patients was an individual VIII
e made a liberal use of cold water. ] once sd,
u a patient, by means Of cold water, restored
& three days from a most alarming case Of I'm!
u lish cholera. His symptoms, Of cramps, sicl
d ness, &C., were so dangerous that his medic
Or attendant INDUCED little hope of his recov,
i'd ry. But cold water succeeded. Having ono
* al a public meeting mentioned a case of a
t. alarming bowel complaint cured by drinkir
d, copiously of cold water, a little boy came
n; me after, and informed me that he had bee
Id similarly attacked in consequence of eatir
T. a quantity of unripe fruit; but said he,
a cured myself by drinking large quantities
o. cold water
y, Now there is something very natural in a
cd this. Most of the opening medicines ha,
- injurious qualities, and irilate the intestine
ur Even the smooth castor oil is overloaded wi
Iy carbon, and cannot be proper in cases of CHI