The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1881-11-19
Mrs. Botherem's Notion.

eyes, yes," said old Mrs. Botherem, ST know
what corpuscles u.s. l does. Corpuscles is them eIe
on he back of your head. or alongside your neck,
they take all the strength out of you and you die.
Yes, yes, know what corpusces is; I've had lots
s'Why law me ma % said Jenny Botherem-.why,
how you DO talk. Why. them wasn't corpuscles;
them was csrbunclssl Don't you know nothing
"Well, !" replied old Mother Botherem, ''carbun-
Piles or corpuscles, or whatever You may call 'em,
I've had lots on em, and don't want no more"
Now that is the extent of the knowledge many
people have about blood corpuscles Without the
corpuscles in the blood blood would be good for
nothing; in fact, We would have blood at all.
The blood itself is watery fluid. Seventy-nne per
cent. of it is water, or something very much like
water. The other 81 per cent is solid matter. The
great of water carries the solid matter along.
The solid matter is suspended in the fluid part OF
the blood in the form of "corpuscles.'' The word
corpuscle means "a little body" 1t is, indeed,
naked eye, but only with the aid of a micro
scope Bring a powerful microscope to bear on a
drop of blood and we see groundwork of pa @.
straw color, or almost white with myriads of these
wee bits of corpusces floating about. Thers are
two kinds of corpuscles-the red ones and those
which are almost white. 1t is with the red ones
that we have to do. Take thsm up and measure
them. 1t would take 1920 of them laid in a
straight line to make an inch in length. In one
lion red corpuscles Go on counting these at the
rate of one hundred minute, and it would take
you about 1 $3.50 years to count the lot. What
makes them led? The coloring matter is a sub
stan called "H8matine," which owes its redness
largely TO iron. What produces the rudy flesh coll
or and the rosy tints on the human skin? 1t is
sh8matin," in the blood corpuscles, and that is
coored by the presence of iron.
In such form as to enter easily into the liquid
blood the iron finds its way into the system. When
there is enough iron in the blood the system ia in
good order; the cheeks rudy, the eyes are
bright the countenance is cheerful, the mind is
clear. When there is not iron enough the flesh is
pale and fabby; the sparkle of the eye is gomez the
walk is painful drag the outlook on the future is
full of distress
Give US iron then, in the blood. Color these cor
puscles and quicken them to healthy action. But
how shall we put the iron in? We cannot swallow
nails, or the contents of a junk shop. True; but
can swallow with pleasure and profit prepare
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Browns Iron Bitters may be had of every respect
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