The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1873-01-10
KENDALL, MICH, Dee. 81, 1872.

True NoRTnsRNER:
The course of free lectures an
nouuced in your columns has this day
been concluded. Those lectures wer.
very instructive and reflected great
credit 10 the lecturer, DR.. Nj. Mason
for the able manner in which they wer,
delivered and illustrated. The frs
tour were devoted TO descriptive auato
my. giving the Office aud structure o.
the different organs in the human mech
anism also the clements of their com
position. and the laws necessary for then
harmonious Developments, ard to sus
tain their equilibrium. He gave luGc
description of the digestive apparatus
digcs ton and It's laws, aud the assimila
tive process; showed the changes thai
take place in the food from its transmits
s,or to the stomach until it becomes III
clragrated with the blood then gave
CO. sud nice description Of the heart
{ .g- mode of action in the circulation
o. fte blood, and is wondrous action
apu yn,inuity Of effort and effect in lis
marselou. contractions propc.AuG the
bio ,u;o the lungs and into the aolta.
Tne chemical action of the atmosphC re
on tie blood. il the lungs was clearly
shown, and why the animal warmth was
sustained by this chemical action OF the
oxygrl. u the atmospheric upon con-
stituent. OF the blood by affinity. lie
also showed how the impurities OF the
blood were detached from it and ex-
ccetcG and the laws in the vitals Factions
u Necessary to be observed by all to pre-
serve our health and bodily yigor. lie
gave the conditions. of the atmosphere in
the different seasons Of the year and in
different localities, and its impurities re-
sulting from the decomposition of ami
maj, vegetable, and mineral matters
through the agencies Of light, heat, the
acids of the earth, moisture, and air,
eliminating their constituents, and by
atmospheric pressure were incorporated
with it, and saturating the air with
poisons which suspend the action Of the
oxygen in ar,erializing..4he blood.
The brain was: showing and described
with its peeuliar.sstructure aud Office,
.~deBeles upon the other
VIII 10 u'p'- '~oreus action
and proper development for!the rec"
ton of impressions from external objects
through the agencies of the different
,enses, for the accumulation of ideas
and the formation Of the mind. The
different attributes of the mind were
defined upon the principles OF mental
philosophy and the different classes OF
impressions necessary for full and
properly balanced. intellectually, and
our duties in this respect to ourselves,
oal country and our Creator.ss He showed
that neglect of this greatsduty result
ed in mental weakness, mental diseases,
and physical degeneracy.
The concluding lecture was fine
showing Of the coincidence Of medicines
with the disease for which they are civ.
en-, and their agencies III dccomposing
the blood, impailiog the vital functions
and fastening the extinction Of our races
by their improper administration by
those - called ",Doc,ors' who he de.
scribed as cormorants playing upon the
lives and happiness Of our people, caus.
ing them TO fiji un,imely graves by their
wanton barbaritics aud ignorance in the
administration Of poisons LIT