American Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1855-1860, 1859-01-20


We submit fyF gensrJ remalks upon
the blood. such OILY. ~ are Of interest 20
ths unproisFsionai reader.
The blood is the pliaeipal medium Of
nutrition 70 the hody. From it every
part OF the structure Of this myslerlOus
frame Of ours, is nouIished and kept from
decay. And in proportion. ns lie blood
is pure aud heAlthy. 50 will tie vigor sud
health Of The body be. IL is formed from
the aliueui, which we take into oar slom-
acls. Several conditions arc necessary,
70 tie formation e hef,hy Hood. Due
qasn,iiies off5nI. Of p.op>r qualities, well
masiicltet, or ch we'd IN the mouth. and
perfectly diges'ed in tie ,tcHach, are. oI
the first impor auce. II tie digestion has
b en- healthy. the sl. mentarY mass passes
into the second stomach. (Du9denum) in
a paSty, gfeyish mass, where iI comes ia
contact with The bile, as il is emptied into
this organ; by the gaH duet. coming from
the liver. The bile. acting upon il, pro-
duces upon the chyms, (such it is called J
important changes. All the nutritious
portion Of the mass, is separated form the
innutritious. The nutritious portion is
called chyle. 1t isa milky looking huiJ.
II then passes into the small intesiines.
where it is absorbed or drank up. by mil
lions Of 6ue little vessels, called lacteals;
whose mouths open on the inner coating ol
the bowels. By this system Of vessels. il
is carried and Ihrowninto the mass Of the
blood. .ts.Isl e
Another system o. ahsorbonts, called
IlymphaIic vessels. take up from every
part Of the body, the particlesbeing thrown
out constantly IRON the organization, To
Re replaced by fresh particles; and also
the, redundancy of nutritious matter, tha
may be carried 10 the tissues. by the blood
This matter. thus taken up, ID called
lymph, and is also carried back into tht
blood. Both these systems of vessels
pass through appropriate glands, before
reaching the mass Of the blood, where
these fluids undergo important changes
not very we'll understood, to fl them. fo
entering into the general oirOulation.-
The lacteal vessels. pass through Tie me
senteric glands. aud the lympha,ic vessel
pass through the lymphatic glands. ThsJ
both unite ia the ihoracic dict, which
passes up the spinal colum behind tn
lungs, and empties their tinted fluids Int,
the left subclaVian vein. under what i
called, the left collar bone. From ther
it is carried to the heart, and becomes
part Of the volume Of the blood.
The chsnges cifected upon the blood, il
1.-The lungs. by atmospheric air, has, b,
some, been considered to be Of the natur
Of combustion. Others have regarded It a
analogous to digestion,
i By what affiniiies the red color Of bloc
is caused in the first place. we will not al
tempt to inquire. as the question is nc
I yet settled by the schools. A larg
volume would be required, in which, I
say ell that might be said. Of the blood
But we must condense our remarks into
short newspaper article. The relativ
proportion Of the blood is. reckoned TO be
abou one-fifth Of the entire body, OF sob
to person Of 15D1b'. Its principle con
stitueuts are Fihrin, Albumen. variou
salts. and corpusrles. Alter being draw
from vein. il separates on cooling. int
two principle parts; Fibrin (ccaenlum an
serum, or watery part. Such. is the bloot
When We come to speak Of the secretioni
nutrition; respiro,ion. &c: other fact
in regard to it, will be developed. I'll
uniform Temperature Of hnmau blood,
4 health. is. in all latitudes 9s degrees, I
FAhrenheits Thermometar. L. IL.