The Planters' banner. [volume] (Franklin, Attakapas Co., Lou.) 1849-1872, 1853-03-03

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itself, in the immediate performance OF
It's own appropriate functions, the mind
is excited to preternatural activity and
acuteness- +a.f ..#
Refos - aalnR to its ultimate and
tn the medium OF q
Is, it is necessary, in ON
= clear and consistent view of the sub
ject, to follow and examine the route
which an alcoholic stimuiant travels on
its way to that organ. Having been rel
ceived into the stomach, it is in. dua
time, conveyed into the receptacle
the chyle, or fluid prepared by the
cess of digestion from the food for the
nutrition of the system. An innumera-
BILE multitude of minute vessels, small
hollow tubes, opening upon the inner
surface of this receptacle of the chyle
or nutritive fluid, receive it and convey
it through the trunk, in which they all
terminate into particular vein, by
means of which it soon finds Its way to
the heart. The heart, acting like a
force pump upon its contents, drives il
through the lungs, where it undergoes
the process of aeration, or receives a
certain requisite supply OF oxygen from
the air, anu IS thence disseminated
through the entire system. 1t is thus
transmitted 10 fhe~brain, and TO all parts
of the body at the same time. Yoa are
doubtless aware that the larger arteries,
or, to speak more correctly, the one ar
terial vessel which receives the whole
bulk of the circulating fluid directly
from the heart, continues as it advances
to send off branches or Tamifcations to
all parts of the system. These branches
become continually. smaller and more
and more numerous until they terminate
in a mere net work of vessels, which
are the connecting links between the
remote extremities of the arteries and
the incipient extremities of the veins.
These vessels are almost too minute for
microscopic inspection. These vessels,
too. eqhe ultimate destination of the
blood or nutrilive fluid. They pene-
trate and embrace every part of the
animal system. aud, from the blood Cir
cnlating in these vessels ii is that the
wastes and injuries of The particles
composing the body are supplied and
repaired But while the arterial blood
vessels thus multiply and spread until
they terminate in countless multi
tude of capillaries. the larger branches
Of nerves follow along the larger arte-
rial branches, spreading as they spread
and ultimately penetrating, and per-
meating all the multiform tissues of the
body: and as it is impossible 10 thrust
a pin into any of the soft parts without
drawing blood, so minute are the ulti-
mate ramiiications of the blood vessels,
so it is equally impossible to do so with
out causing pain-thus proving the exis-
teuce of capillary blood vessel and a
nervous filament present in every part
of the body. The alcoholic stimulant.
then, in travelling through the minute
or capillary blood vessels impresses it
self upon the minute extremities of the
nerves at the same time.
We are now prepared TO trace the
course and TO analyze the effects Of an
alcoholic stimulant upon the system,
from the beginning to the end of its
career. -
The first sensation which it excites
is that of a pleasant warmth and ex-
hilaration produced by an impression
upon the nervous extremities of the
stomach. AS it travels onward this
sensation is increased until the stimu-
lant has penetrated every part Of the
system, when the sensation becomes
universal and complete. The brain and
nerves are now equally engaged, and
mutually act and react upon each other
and upon the whole system. The ef-
feet of course is in the exact ratio Of
the quantity taken. We will examine
this in the light of three 9severa! illus
trations. We win first suppose Z Ihe
quantity just sufficient 10 produce Il at
delectable state of mind and body which
is experienced when man is said to
be fuddled, or tipsy, or in the emoy-
ment of a fine conviyial exaltatioii.-
We will next suppose the exact guam
tity requisite to produce that more ad-
yanced stage of inebriation, when, as a
Cockney would express it, the subject
is about a'aIf and ialfY and we will
lastly look upon the pictnre'of man
slain blythe potency Of Bacehus. stretch
ed out in state of utter and helpless
prostration-dead drunk ~
First then. the state of polite. gen