The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1886-09-22

says: 1.-THE functional activity Of the
brain depends on the copious supply
Of arterial blood. 1t is computed that
one-fifth Of the whole quantity in cir
culatiOn Is sent to this organ. It is de.
livered through the two internal caro-
It'd, and through the two vertehral ar
teries." Again, the same author says:
"Whatever interferes with due arterial-
ization, interferes with muscular
power. This is the reason of the ina.
bility for exertiOn experienced in the
Thin air Of mountain tops. The CON
verse OF this likewise holds good. The
higher the rate of respiration the
more energetic the muscular power,
and therefore In birds which respire
most perfectly, muscular contractility
is exhibited with the greatest energy"
And in speaking Of how nerve cen.
tiers act he says: .'The action of everv
ganglionic mechanism depends upon
the existence OF certain physical
conditions, among which as being
of paramount Importance one may
be discerned. 1t is the due sup.
ply of arterialized blood. If this
be stopped but for a moment, the
nerve mechanism loses its power, or if
diminished, the display of its charac.
teristic phenomena correspondingly de-
clines. If, on the contrary, the supply
be unduly great, or its oxidizing power
artifieially increased, there is a more
energetic action. "Nay, even the &C.
cumulations of the effete products of
the economy are sufficient to give rise
to such diminutions of power. as we
see when bile or urea is permitted to
accumulate in the blood" 4 .e
Inasmuch then as we find that de-
bility is result of impure blood, and
that, conversely. strength of brain,
nerve and muscle are in direct proper.
ton to the supply of pure or arterial.
lied blood, let us try to find out some.
thing about the blood, and how to keer
it pure and abundant. Every drop Of
blood contains myriads of little living
organisms. Each of these comes into
existence, carries on its work, has its
own life, grows old and dies. They
are shaped like wafer, round anc
fiat, and are called blood cells, OF
discs, or blood globules. Without
them we could not live. They
pass their whole existence in serv
ing us and giving us strength
They absorb the fresh air from
the air cells as we inhale it, and tn
oxygen of the air turns each of then
from blush color to bright red
the color of the blood. Then thes
active, useful little carriers take tn
oxygen round and give it to all til
tissues of the body, bringing color t
the cheek, strength and vigor to tn
brain and muscle, and new life an
health wherever they go. Again an
again, thousands of times do the littl
blood discs 60 their rounds, but at las
they wear out, quicker up and die, an
the dead discs must 60 off in the bill
through the liver, and new ones tax
their place. tH tit
Every time the heart pulsates twer
ty millions of these little organism
: die. So we see how excitement. ur
due haste, overwork or emotion e,
hausts the strength. Intoxicants Civ
temporary strength and exaltation b
making the blood circulate rapidly
but the strength is artificial and 500
exhausted, and then the patient
much worse than before, for sewers
reasons, among which we ma
mention that the blood has bee
poisoned by the alcohol, and ths
the water in the system has been drie
up by the alcohol, which has
strong affinity for water, and so til
nerve tissues and brain being hardt
and less moist do not act easily. Wh'
becomes of the millions of blood eel
that die every instant? They are ca
ried off from the system by the elm
mating organs, being strained off {
, one of the constituents of bile from I'll
liver"
: The following analysis of the bloc
8 is interesting, showing that il is chief
composed Of water and these little re
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