Litchfield enquirer., 1854-02-02


 traces of iron besides animal na.teE.-- Water holding various substances tn sol- llllot is absorbed by the skin. and en.ers the body. Tiears are composed If water ! and salts. In these huids as well as in { the processes of nutrition and of the eli. minalion of dead matter water is lhe only carrier. though me aEe unable 10 trace in a every case the, exact uses and compost. S tion of every substance that is carried. E l 5 h various diseases water operates as a vehicle. for instance. in the dropsv. In the case of lhe dropsy of lhe abdo- men, the organization of the tibrine pour <, ed into the liver presses on the vena porla -As.Ea sskarlaA alin f, ,sssnanGs A.laasl K Henc. the veins become tliin and the semen Y ithe blood iransudes 10 ilie eavily 0f the ! peris0neurn. The water thus poured out carries with t albamen in solution. In cases where tho atmosphere can enter 1 the body by some external wound is is carried by the blood to every part of the body. It's oxygen is assimulated. while it's carbonic acid and nitrogen are again brought to tue lungs and skin by the blood. .siss N g,4 1,s;, N s,..s1 6 The germs of animalculesl exist in the scum of stagnant waters, perhaps in the apparently pure watsr by which they are conveyed from place to place. p'li7d If the food of these animalcules is ani.
 nal and vegetable substances, this Is also carried to them by the water in which they are found, and isconveyed is 10 them by means of absorption. AnimalcMl,,s arc probably not carried into the air by watery vapor. though their germs. eitber contained in the water itself, or il the in> organic substances eyaporaled with it are carried up, developed. destroyed. and again broughtto the earth by rain. Snow has been observed in the polar regions of ed. salmon and orange colors. This may bs on account Of its impregnation wi.h Snn,e unknown animal matter, though ;t is supposed to rcsut from the presence lof animalculcs cf ihis color, wl,ivh the snow brings from the higher regions. P
 V. Let us now farther consider waier as q carrier of gases. Wa.e, possesses the power of absorbing gases, and hence it is probable that when it meets them either in the atmosphere or in the earth. or in any of the Eormsof organic ar inor> ganic matter. tt becomes saturated with them and carries them wherever is goes. We have seen tha. the yaror a.ising from trhe water of the earth, carries portions Z of the gases of lhr air, and that sap and blood convey the gases. with which they come in contact. Let us nolice . few more instances. as, s4 3s 3.,9
 Ifa stream of water containing dead fungold matter Le poured over ledge Of rocks, or even over q bed of gravel. ar sand, the oxygenof the air which sdheres ,o the surface of lhesstone Iningles with the hydrogen ard ca,bon ofwhich the {; dead matter consists. and forms water, and carbonic acid gas. A portion of the latter is hence absorbed by the water, and the remainder carried till it makes its escape. But water may carry gases by adhesion, as well as by absorption. Hence ii is probable that every drop of water, (at least those which are in con- tao. win the external ai, holds gases on its surface. aud carries them when |
 moves, occasionally exchanging them fol ] other gases. Sl a#aaE3s elaG mk .b8 2 Water running in the vicinity Q . leaky coal gas pipes dissolyes and car ries with 1t portions of this gas, and il the vicinity Of grave yards and decayine matter it carries cai bonic acid and ihs other gases elimina,ed, when they art moi wholly absorbed by the soil. Tho . gases generated and the foul air contain. rd in sewers and yericns Ike places will which towns abound also lie Gases o swamps and miasimata which are pro. bably kind of gas afe carried often into the very blood gof animals. by running water. s fA N s.g X sAsau " A ,ss tsfs.ss { X
 3. There arc three kinds of deconpo sision in the organic world, in each ol which wafer acts as gas carrier. Incom' busiion. it carries some portions of ihe carb0nic acid, for into ihis gas and wa'el burning organic substances are changed In puifvfaciion and fermentation, also, t carries part of the gases which are evOl' Ivcd win il, or near ii. Water also ac'i as an oxygen carrier in inc decomposi lion Of organic maiter. which goes On | rivers and sireams. sves Fysa | Besides his. water is ihc most neces sary agent of putrefac.ion. as ii bring together ihe materials and gives mobili'! to .te decsying n1assers. Snow contain q larger amount of sIe oxygen of the ai lthan Of the nitrogen. hence. when snov wafer runs into the soil, it carries wiil Iit large portions of the former gas a6s less of the latter. ss aa X sss tss
 BEAUTY rOFJEWEssRs. I'VE q It is related that Chaleaubsiand .on rs turning f,om his eastern travels. VA ] asked if le could assign . reason Whj