The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1859-02-09

other organs, are the means of producing
and modulating, sound; the liver secrets
life, very necessary element in the ami
NAL economy; the stomach .digests the
food, and by process purely chemical
prepares it for entering as an element in
to the flesh, blood, bones, &c, as may be
required; the bowels or intestines serve to
carry the refuse of food, which is unfit to
furnish auy element requisite in vital
ECONOMY. As this is more properly
physiological than metaphysical ques-
tion, refer to it merely for illustration.
| From this depression to the subject
The heart is conceded to be the fountain
of life; this is the cam which contralizes
the po,oer necessary to propel the won
derful machinery, consisting of the diver
Isifed organs of the human system. - ..t
Its capacity has been made ample to
supply power sufficient to propel for a
certain period, all the organs above men
tioned, as we'll as all others connected
with them. ....-t...-,.,a...-.
This power, on an average, continues
to cperste, with diminished force, howev-
Ter, for about 10 years. The blood pass
les, by of veins and arteries, from
the heart into every part of the body:
these canals are of the incest and minut-
est kind. The blood. no doubt, supplies
to every part of the body whatever is
necessary TO sustain it. In youth the
blood flows with rapidly exceeding
that of sound, its speed continually d.
minishes from. youth to old age, when it
lis much slower. This is occasfoned by the
decrease, both in quantity and power Of
; the blood; in youth the organs are heal
, thy and strong, q large amount of food is
consumed in proportion to the required
1 nourishment. In youth much food is re.
! quired 20 sustain life and increase the
growth of the organs. Food supplies
the material for manufacturing blood
The rapid motion Of one body against
$ another produces heat by friction, hence
, the cause of the hlood's, heat, which il
} produced by the blood passing with grea
: rapidity along the veins and arteries.
? As long as blood flows in the veins
f life continues to exist; when it. ceases t.
flow every other, organ refuses to perform
= its accustomed part. The blood, then
: may be compared to the water power G
: the mill. AS long as there is abundanc
C of blood it continues to flow with rapid
ty, and the organs work with energy
y as age comes on the quantity of bloc
/; being diminished, consequently its spec
Ills retarded, and eventually, as in old PEI
sons, where there is bat little, it flow
l. slowly, and at last, like an cxhauste
r mill dam, in very old persons, it ceas'
er1 to flow entirely and death follows. '1
le For the same reason the blood of youu
s. persons is much warmer than, that of oil
er ones As a matter of course, it fo
of lows from what has already been sal
r. that the fountain fails to supply the r
ce quisite power when the. machinery stop
le causing death. 1t has thus been show
e, that with diminished power, there is le
= of energy in the functions Of the organ
al and as the power ceases entirely the Q
e. gans1 cease to. at. Does this not, the
lis explain the cause of life and death?-
ed And if there is q spirit connected lin al
r. manner with our natures, has it anythi,
more do with physical life, than spi
he it has in pervading the mechanism of al
IL SYSTEM of words propelled by water po'
ce )er? I27u srt Has.fara -aae9 sos tEe
ay j have thus glanced in cursory ma
ng ner at one of the most important and i
is teresting topics in the vide circle
to metaphysical science; and whilst / do. q
on ask any to embrace, it without investig
II; tion, is it not worthy Of q serious cohsi
ed Grafton? The Bible doctrine of spi
of is one universally entertained by Chr
nd Etians. Now is it not highly probab
e. that the divine. writer's were either mist
he ken in describing the nature Of the so
Is or else from the prevailing ignorance
ng physiology. it was misapplied by the
N and thus an erroneous opinion mig
rs have been entertained by al succeed
Of generations in 20 reference to their tr
he meaning! 1t is but recently, compa1
ler lively speaking, that Harvey discover
in the circulation Of the blood, and more ]
he cent still, that the functions of the sto
is ach we're illustrated, in the remarkal
he case of Alexis st. Martin, by Br. Bes
III mOnC iii, .es--,4=af sds "a, .vft