The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1852-08-05

germinal cell, springs the entire body; b.
he opposition of cells in lines, spring fi
res, tubes aud vessels; cells construct th
entire fabric, and cells perpetuste Iifo; sto
their action and the lamp Of life flicker
and dies in breath.
At the commencement Of life, sngl.
cell performs all the above Offices; il soot
dies, and from it's ashes spring others
they die, and, phoenix like, others rise fron
their graves, aud thus generations appear
and disappear; till, finally, as many classes
of the cells are formed as the first perform
ed Offices, or as the developed body will
possess. What mystic power this simple
yet inscrutable cell possesses! From il
'the harp Of thousand strings" is evolved
from it sprang the immortal bard ol
Greece--irom it sprang the child Of the
manger-from it the earth is peopled d-and
from it heaven is filled with immortal spir
its.
The division labor that finally occurs
in the offsprings Of the first cell, is mos,
beautiful and wonderful display Of the ar
cana of nature. In single globule, So
small as to elude the most accurate eve.
are concentrated in miniature the entire
forces Of earth; here in single germinai
spot, are blended in consummateiy wise
proportions, the material elements and sub
tile forces Of nature, and by their jonl
teens with intelligences, and the vast do.
main Of infnity is studded with gods and
roddcsses. Is il al all wonderful that the
medical student becomes enthusiastic, and
that new view of man, or deeper Insight
INTO his organization, n uld occassionallt
cause nuclei, around which thousands
zeaously congrega'e and build up parties
A truth has been evolved by the nvestiga
tions of this tissue which is to the physi
clan great beacon of immense lish, it be-
comes in dsease-treatment a groune
work Of incalculable value, and one which
should be implanted into the very brain, as
with burning iron, viz: that the various
cInsses Of cells, the salivary, lachry mai
mucous, gastric, hepalic. pancreatic, foil
culsr, venal. spermatic, uterine, serous, $
novial, lacliferous, fatty, lacteal, lymphat
ic, vascular, nutriive and cutcular, pos
sess specific and definite afiinities for Ger
tain proxmate principles floating in the
blood, and that these atiini,ies will alwas
manifes themselves whenever these prox
innate principles are brought within ,hen
reach. They have no power to bring the
blood up to them or toremoye it from them
This important office is performed by an
other tissue. The vigor Of their action de
pends upon the uniform quantity OF blood
carried to them and over them. Diminish
the blood to them and their action CORES,
pondngly diminishes, and increase Of blood
will exnlt their action.
! When these cells are perfect structures,
their affinities are nherent-as much Sc
as the affinities that belong to the elemen
tary principles Of chemistry; hence, to
regulate their ac,ion, the physician can
only do SO through the blood, ditfusng il
over all Of them equally.
This is, as interpret the mysterious
language Of anatomy and physiology. n
fundamental truth; and, when examined in
all its signifcancy, becomes the ground
work of all medication. They are the
brawny laborers, and, if the physician car
regulate their action, disease vanishes: and
|if the phvsiologist can teach the world how
TO perpeiuate their action, infant hygiene
NOV in her swadling clothes-wil ap.
pear as the queen Of sciences.
These cells, scattered through the sys
tenn in small and large congregations, are
kept in action by the blood as it sweeps
through the system, and every circuit o
this crimson food bears to these toiline
i millions the elements which they use in
the carpentry Of the body. This tissue
manufactures the blood, consumes it and
renovates and pepetua,es its youthtuness
No other tissue has anything to do with
these vital functions; and in regulating
the quantity Of blood equally in this tissue
or in given part in local disease, is the
f whole art Of medicine. Fail TO do this ane
the patient will inger on your hands, ane
4 disease will grow strong under your ef
forts, even taunt and upbraid you for your
inefficiency,
u The ffih-the motor or dignity o
muscular tissue--rises in Importance ane
Office. Il is a workmsn--but Of a highe
order than the cellular. 1t requires bu
a passing thought to see that body al
. large as the human form, should possess
, an internal machinery for the generation
Of motor force. Who can number the
movements Of voluntary motion; the yer
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