Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1880-04-10
THE DIGESTIVE srsTEM,

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rian Gharch py W. q. MscsnnelI. ..
u. n, anon tine Uses and Abuses
Of tne System.
The lecture, last evening, upon the
above subject was heard by . sornpara'
lively geod. d.sizsd audience with great
interest. The remarks uttered BY the
doctor were q preparati.n for the lecture
which will bs given next Friday even
ing. He spoke for seme moments upon
blosd of which there are tive kinds
the red and the white. These contain
ccrpusoles. The red blood carries oxy-
gen and the white blood 10 supposed
70 be converted into the red. Before
osaguila.isn the blood contains slobales,
which are red, aud plasnaa. During
eoagulation ii contains album, slbumsn,
wstsr and salts. After soagalatlon 1t
contains first, fbrum aud glohules, and
secondly serum, albunien, water and
salt. Albumen resembles the white Of
an egg.
The human heart contains twe cavi-
ties---the venus heart and the artsrial
heart. Beginning at the arterial heart
the blood clrculates through the arterial
passage into the head, lnngs, spleen,
parts Of the intsstines, thea to the dsn.
bic arterisl passage whore II 10 conveyed
to the kidneys, and then 10 Ahe
lever sxsremities. The blood 10 pumpsd
by tho left heart or cavity isto all the
channels Of eur being. Nutrition takes
place in the capillary branches. When
In the inteatines the bleod contains
something which resembles sugar, and
after leaving them it passes through
one passage, which 10 termed the portal
blood vein.
The lecturer next gave the Anatomy
Of the digestive organs. Commencing
at the mouth while eating, the food ID
conveyed to the back part Of the throat,
then by the gulles into the stomach
and then to the intsstines, where digss-
tion takes place. In the mouth Of a
child is what Is known "a q temporary
set of teeth, mum beriDg twenty, ten
above and ten below. In adults there
are thirty-two, sixteen above and six
teen below. The red covering upon
the lips and gums 10 termed the mucous
membrane. The tongue alss possesses
this membrane and glands. The back
part of the throat contains the tonsols
and phalanx.
In swallowing q person has full COL
troll OF what is being eaten until 1t
passes the back part Of the throat, then
1t slips through into what are tsrned
muscles, Of which there ars three
When food enters the first one the
muscle contracts and the food passes
into the middle or second one, and also
II passes in like manner into the lower
or third muscle and thence is deposited
into the gullet, after which 1t is carried
into the stomach aud then TO the iutss-
tines.
When fosd reaches the stomach GER
tain changes take place. Starchy food,
such 40 bread, Gaze and the like are
changed to q substance resembling su-
gar. On account of the s:ringy appear.
ance OF meat, beefis not dieested in the
stomach neither is food which is fat.
They are digested in the intsstines. He
did not believe in purchasing medicines
With which to purify the blood, as the
blood changes every minute Of our
lives, nature purifes 1t every moment.
The intestines are lined with a
mucous matter, and they contain
glands. When a person has the fever
these glanda are infamsd and ulCera-
ted. Hence persons recovering from 0
fever are forbidden to eat solid food.
To illustrate the idea more fully, the
cited az instance. OF q patient
whom he had attended. Just as the
patient was recovering from the fever,
no wanted to eat SONS chestnHts,
but he was for )idden 20 Do SO. Dur
ing the DOCTORS absence the youag man
ate piece of one and at the end Of q
week he was dead. Upon pest NOR
tenn examination 1t was discovered that
! of a chestnut had lodged against the
liberated gland ands they had become
ruptured.
He also said that swallewing buttons
,r grape and raisin seeds was very dan
yerous. The smaller Intestine Is CON
nected with the larger by valve and
near this valve Is pointed projection.
Il a button Is swallowed, it cannot pass
through this valve and Is forced into
he projection, which Invariably causes
At tho next lecture Mr.. Mcconnell
will analyze food and considsr the
'ubjeot Of digestion proper.