Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1853-12-31

named the witnesses who present. besides those made
oy Dr. bowler. Having quoted the Hebrew in proof Of
WIZARD position, your correspondent calls in ques
uon my knowledge Of the alphabet but is not certain
Dut know not the alphabet candor should oblige him
10 award me the credit for having made the aga
tors OF the Mississippi 1.-THE animals genericaly
'1e sacred crocodies OF the Nle) talk Hebrew and
palh some very dhcu passages in Scripture Of which
the true meaning had been lost such passages for in
stance, as the life Of The fesA IN The Blood hereof and
the hie OF the blood is derived from the air respired
Sucn portions OF the sacred fully believed by
theooSans themselves contracted hypothetical dog
matsm called learning derived from heather philosophy
having made them believe that the system the
primary seat ana type Of life, and that the blood chiefly
crcuates oy means OF mechanical agency derived from
the heart and not by of the vitality and dynamic
forces associated with vitality derived the air the
act OF respiration as the crocodile under the torture
declares that 1t does and that Moses wrote the literal
TRUTH whether thcologans believe it or not The motive
power thus derived from air respired have yentur
ed 10 express by the word hrmaoney, formed from
Greek substantves, one meaning blood and the other
tive power, Synonymous with the Latin MOTOR" Your
correspondent thinks ought to have written the word
hamakineia. To your Greek scholars leave the ques-
ton whether the word angcized kney governs the
one meaning blood does require the gentye case as
have got it, instead Of the nominative rs the Census
Bureau would have it, But Notwithstanding my def
cencies in Greek and Observation-Disclosures readily ad-
NIT and in which, as in other things claim no preten-
son5 to be considered learned and but little whether
am so regarded mott content If can make my
mark and do some service in assisting extend the
pire Of truth and science into the wilderness of error
Your correspondent gives notice that he would listen
the new doctrine If it could explain the fetal circulation
~ can do Harvey satisfied in attribung it to the
impusion OF the blood derived from the heart of the
mother But subsequent experiments with the micro
scope have demonstrated that it is not the blood
which crculates in the mother and unborn infant
The globules different in size and form According
to the new docrine improved by me- the fctus is ply
sioogcally speaking, FISH, or more properly young
batrachian, Vulgar tadpo the placenta answering the
same purpose in extracting the vital air oxygen from
the maternal blood that the glls branchie do for
fishes and other aquatic animals in extracting the vital
air contained in Fishes and other aquatic ami
NAL can live in water deprived of atmospheric air They
breathe in other words their blood oxygenated by
means of gs or branch@; the etus breathes has its
pood oxygenated by means of the substance called the
pacenta which, like the branchn Of the barachans or
frogs is cast off when atmospheric respiration estab-
shed In both it is the vital air which gives vital
ty and motion to the blood the aquatic animal deriving
the requisite oxygen from the water in contact with that
me network of vessels called the gs branchi, and
the fetus from that fvesels called the pacenta
which are bathed in the mothers blood the gils
in water.
In conclusion, permit to add that can well at
ford to bear with complacency the blows which your
correspondent has given to the doctrine of the
motive power of the blood although regarding them as
ef-handed and coming from unexpected quarter in
consideration that the damages done the theory
been more than compensated by the proofs he has given
of the rich fruits of its practical operations He
fesses that he brought his child to life after it had
been regarded dead by putting in practice the very
means which, under the theory had resored to in
bringing dead crocodies to e 1t effected by bring
ing into play the hmatonetic power by vtazing the
blood with atmospheric air. and the blood thus vitazed
gave life to the flesh and sensibty the nerves Be
sides many other that might be mentioned Of the
practical utility Of the doctrine, DR.. Mussey, dis
tinguished young surgeon Of Cincinnati, very recently
brought man to life who had accidentally been killed
with chorofor by bringing into play the hematokinec
or bloodmoying power by the identical means that and
your correspondent of the Census Bureau had used be-
fore him. freely the caricatures sent out from
that Bureau Of myself and the doctrine of the motive
would consideration be of the line Of
its official duties in calling attention subject which
has only to be investigated to give greater number Of
| people to count when tine next census is taken.
| Respectfully, your obedient servant,
SAML A. CARTWRIGHT, MD.