Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1886-06-18
WHAT SCIENCE SAYS.
The "Fearful and Wonderful Me-
chanism ofthe Human System Graph
ically Portrayed.

lin the editorial columns of the New York
AndljjSt. II. Lassing, NJ d., editor, writes the
follow, & beautiful description Of the abora-
have never read Il finer or more trustworthy
one
MAN is the greatest Of all chemical labora-
tories. Magnify the smallest cell of the body
and what factory is spread before the eyes
countless chambers in which are globes Of air,
masses of solid matter, gobules of dying Ii
quid II flash comes and the whole is consum-
ed and necdful heat is carried into every part
of the system. Electrical forces also generate
and are conveyed to the brain, the muscles
and the various nerve ccntcrs.
In another set of million chambers we see
various gases and vapors. by chemical ac-
ton these are changed and purified in the
lungs and skin The blood we often say is a
great living river. In It's current are masses
which the air IN the lungs did not affect :
blocks of chalk; slabs of tartar; pieces Of
/ bonc-ash. strings albumcn; drops OF mo-
/ laSsCs, and lines OF alcohol. How are these
waste MASSES disposed of? Begin where you
/ Will in this great stream you must come to
| the purifying places OF the system. Here is
/ all activity and an invisible force reaches
out into the stream, scizes and carries this
ma of waste INTO vast trenches, thence into
/ Il smaller reservoir, and finally into a large
reservoir, which regularly discharges it, con-
tents.
This separation of lime, uric acid and other
waste material from the blood without rob-
.bng it of particle of the life fluid, passes
| purifying process is carried on without our
/ know ledge. The organs in which 1t Is done
are faithful servants whose work is silent as
/ long rs health remains.
| People strangely wait until pain strikes II
I nerve before they Will realize that they have
any trouble. They do not know that pain
concerns chiefly the exterior not the interior
. of the body. y certain set of nerves con-
meets these blood purifying organs with the
brain. They may OF Hnaw and bite as does
thu tooth-achc or Il scratch. hut they reuu-
lariY, silently report Nncn these organs
are failing these nerves indicate it hY draw
ing the blood from the face ana check, lcaV-
ing the lip and eye blanchod, 10y sending uric
acid poison into the small VEINS, the skin
then becoming gray, yellow or brown. Ihcy
also prevent the publication of the blood IN
the lungs and cause pulmonary difficulties
Wcarinc-s and pam. no enjoys perfect
health. especially i'll this land where we burr
the candle in one mass The athlete break.
down in the race the editor falls at his desk
the merchant succumbs in his COuntug-roOm
These events should not have been uneX
pcctcd for nature long ago hung out hcl
"lanterns of ALARM" when the "accdent'
finally comes, its fatal effect is seen in u nun
drcd forms; either as cOngcst on. ChrOni,
weakness. as wrong action, II, variable appe
the, as head troubles as palpitatiOn ana ire
gularities of the heart, as premature decay
, as dryncss and hurshncss of the skin causing
p the hair to drop out or turn gray. as applcNy
rs paralysis, as general debility, blood poison
inf, etc.
there is no danger as long rs there is no pain
/ Put no faith in the physician, whoever IN
may be, who says it is Il mere cold or Il sligh
indspOSition. He knows little. If any, NOR
tnan you do about il. He can neither So
nor eX mine these organs and depends On
tircy upon experimental tests, that YOU cal
= make rs well rs he.
at the output is dscoloIcd or muddy, If i
contains alrumcu, lymph. crystal, sweet O
p morbid matter. is red with escaped blood O
ruily with gravel, mucus and troth, some
y thing Is wrong and disease and death are no
far away.
"A II.