The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1853-01-28
How the Human Body Keeps Warm,

The phenomena of heat IN the body IS some
thing like that produced by the combustion OF
! fuel such as coal only in the body the coinous'
zion is slower aud the heat far lower than that OF
fame. Tie act Of treathiDg is very like the bel
! lows of n smith and our food is very much the
/ same as The Goals which he puts upon his ire
| II is probable that some heat may be produced IN
the various secretiny organs OF the body, oy the
chemical action WHICH takes place in them. From
| these two sources animal heat IS most probably
derived. Ii IS positivey.certaip that the blood IS
heated at least ore degree Of Fahrenheit IN pass
mo through the lungs and that arterIal blood IS
| warner lh,n vcnous Most of the phenomena
which occur in the production oil heat may be
explained by attrJuting It 10 a combination or
| union oil The OXYGEN Of The air with the carbon OF
the blood 10 the lungs.
This suDplv Of an NAL heat allows The body 10
resist the fatal effects o. exposure 10 low tent
peraturc IN the polar regions the thermometer
often falls TO lO8 90 degrees below Zero; and
yet the power Of evolving heat, possessed by our
bodies, enables US 70 RESIST THIS degree OF cold.
The temperature of cur bodies in that region IS
about the same lhrt it would be were they IN the
warm regions near the equator. The therm0rgn
ter is plunged iutO the bocd Of man in both s!ll-
atoms nicntioueG, would indicate about the sane.
Our Lodics .iaye nearly the same temperature in
both places because, so TO speak, and 1t Is not
very absurd, the combustion, or fire in the lungs.
gives out more heat, it burns with greater inten-
s:;v in polar regions than in The equatorial. We
all know that a large fire will warm rooms, no
matter how cold it may be. We can give our
rooms the same temperature in winter that they
have in the summer, ii we regulate our fires &C.
cordngy A little more fuel is all that is requi-
site for tina: purpose. Nature has SO ordered,
that hen our bodies are in cold temperature,
we inspire more air than when they are in
warm temperature. In other words, she compels
US to take in more l.e! and increase the cGrabus-
ton in the lungs.
The Esauc1aux eais bubber, which is mostly
all carbon, and tie Laps drink plenty of grease.
In warm countries the food Of the Lap would kill
the negro, and the food of the natives of the
West Indies would not be able TO keep the Esqui-
maux from pershing with cold.
The temperature OF the human body, and of
most warm booded animals, is from 90 TO 100
degrees of Fahrenheit, and IS affected but few
degrees by any variation of that of the surround
ing atmosphere. Animals are warm booded
when they can preserve nearly an equal temper
allure, in despite the atmospheric vicssudes from
heat TO cold and from cold to heat. They have
temperature of their own, independent of amos-
phcrlc changes.
The time will soon arrive when thicker cloth.
ing must be worl by citizens, at the nerth.
The must Iiae thei. vests well along the back bone
and provide against freezing. 1t is fact that
warm clothes tend to save food as all animals eat
food in proportion to the cold o. the atmosphere.
This is the reason why cattle that are well housed
consume less food. and keep in better condition
than those which shelteriess and exposed.
Exchange Papcr.