American Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1855-1860, 1859-02-10

pnltlOiVByg u NV poPaIhuOu lIOm tue
blood, by ssctedng orgAns. as lbe skfp, |
lhs liver, The kidneys, &c. of certain sIs !
nsnsary principles. no. Ia tbewsslsss NO.
taIiiousi bn. when sspalaisd from he
blood. and formed by the ssersting Orgahs
into their, appropriate seorstiOns, Psrform
Tor the healthy body, various offices. be-
sides throsin. out Of the System. matter,
that could not be safely IeiAinsd in it.--
Hence we say the liver secretes bile; and
ths Lille is supposed TO. assist 10 tks ebyls
iiIication Of the aliment partially digestedI
in the sIon ach. The skin. secretes the
sweat. which softers and clsausesit: while
II. at the same time. relieves the blood Of
principles which, II retained, would be-
come delitsrious. The psncreas tecretss
peculiar fluid. importanl tS digestion.
Tho stomach, seeretes the gastric juice;
the principal agent in preparing our fcod
for digestion. The mucous suria:e. az
the lining ofthe mouth, and the entite
length Of the Almentary canal, or the bow
els; the Air cells Of The lungs. ard the wiud-
piPe;the urinary passages de- ssecrcte a.
bland. Shiny fluid. called mueousI which
serves as well to project them from the ir-
ritating effects Of acfid substances. as 70
facilitate The passage Of their appropriate
contents. The kidneys stcrste urine: mat
tet&bi6h may be regarded IS Wholly ex
cremenliiiodsl The sdrots membranes
or tho lining otthsinternal cavity Of tIIe
chest, surrounding the lungs. called the
plsura; the rerat-neum, or membrane IL
ming tue OAvity Of the atodmen, and the
cells Immediately under the skin, called
the cellular tissue; the membranes surrUun-
ding the brain, in fact. ell the caEitiss OF
the body. Whish do not open externally,
secrste, or cxbale, = MAtery fluid called ss-
rum. The accumulation Of 'thsse waters
in excess constitutes dropsy. The lach;
rymAl glands, Of the eyslids, sscrete tho
tears; W which lubiicates the balls of the
eyes, and also serves the purpose, OF wash
ing out from them, small PARTICLES Of for
sign matter that accidentally gets in under
the lids, and would ifthsy remained. pro-
duce insaloulable mischief; perhaps the
destruction of the eye. The gl.nds OF the
ear. secrete ear wax. The niatnAry glands
or breasts of the female, secrele milk DC.
10.
We lafo said that the secreting organs
sepefAte from the blood The elementary
principles of tLeir appropriate sscretionS;
this, in fact, is true; Ght tile liver does not
secrete bile from the blood; nor The kid.
neys urine, for none Of the ssctelions as
they are found 10 the cavities, exist in
tie blood. as srcli; only their elementary
principles. Tie mucous and stfous flu,
ids, perhaps are less changed by the action
Of the seeretiug vessels, than any Of The
sscretions, Of which VIC have spoken
The function Of the secretions, Is not one
OF the least Of the wonders, Of our myste.
rious bciug. These seere!ions are, then
in some way elaborated from the materia
thus taken from tho blood; and the proc
ess by which it is done bo.ongs 10 the laws
Of animal chemistry; the secrets OF which
we are inclined to think, will be forevsl
hid from our understanding. For as Goo
is mystery, SO is man deep unlathoma
bls mystery to himself.in body. spirit, ant
soul. Ha is mystery in the starting
point Of his existoncej AMI in every step o
his development and decline. But The
m ost profound mystery OF his being, il
bis immateriAlpart; his mental, moral ant
intellectual MT ure. SO intimately tlendet
with hisp ysieal being.
But enough is given him TO know. 70
his guidance through The sphere. in whicl
his course is laid, in his perfect adaptation
in all his parts, to the world that surround
him; his capacity 10 study and understand
the physicsl laws OF the universe; or rath
er, their mode Of action, as applicable Il
bis existence. But as man is mortal
there may be bounds beyond which b.
cannot travelin the acquisition Of knowl
edge, until he shall have sbuffied off tbi
mortal coil. We say there may be alimit
and yet we are not f,rbidden to seek 70
knowledge even in hidden things. o.
But we come back from this depression
Our simple object is, to teach the outline
osman's physiological being, and we hat
endeavored to give, general idea Of wha
is me ant by secretion. The depuration 0
blood. is the prominent end ofsl the Sc
creting functions; but the secreted fluid
serve other important ends, in some i'm
portant purposes as We have shown in tn
instance of the bile, the perspiration. til
tears, the mucous; the milk go. The Sc
creling organs, sometimes, reciprocal
functions; as the SIX in for the bowels; lh
kidneys, bowels and the lungs, for th
skin &c. but this is rather m, rbid stat