The Washington critic., 1886-06-12
WHAT SCIENCE SAYS.

cbanism OF the II uman System Graph
ichally Portrayed.
In the editorial columns of the New
York Analyst, ii. Lassing, NJ. d., editor,
writes the following beautiful description
of the laboratories Of the human system.
We think we have never read finer or
more trustworthy one.l
"Man is the greatest Of all chemical lab
oratories. 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, glo-
bules Of dying liquid; a flash comes and the
whole is consumed and needful heat is car
cal forces also generate and are conveyed
to the brain, the muscles and the various
nerve centers.
In another set OF million chambers we
see various gasses and vapors. BY chemical
action these are changed and purified In the
lungs and the skin. The blood we often say
is a great living river. In its current are
masses which the air in the lungs did not
afTect-blocks OF chalk, slabs OF tartar,
pieces of bone-ash, strings OF albumen,
drops Of molasses, and lines of alcohol.
How are these waste masses disposed OF ?
Begin where you will In this great stream,
you must como to the purifying places of
the system. Here Is all activity, and an in
visible force reaches out into the stream,
seizes and carries this mass of waste into
vast trenches, thence into smaller reser-
which regularly discharges Its contents.
This separation Of lime, uric acid and
other waste material from the blood with
out robbing 1t Of a particle Of the life nuid,
passes human comprehension In health
this blood, purifying process is carried on
without our knowledge. The organs In
which 1t is done are faithful servants whose
work is silent as long as health remains.
"People strangely wait until pain strikes
have any trouble. They do not know that
pain concerns chiefly the exterior not the
Interior of the body A certain set of
nerves connect these blood-purifying Or
gans with the brain. They may not gnaw
and bite as does the toothache or scratch,
but they regularly, silently report. When
these organs are failing these nerves indi-
cate 1t by drawing the blood from the face
ana cheek, leaving the lip and eye blanched,
by sending uric acid poison into the small
est veins, the skin then becoming gray,
yellow or brown. They also prevent the
publication OF the blood In the lungs and
cause pulmonary difficulties wearness and
pain. Who enjoys perfect health, especially
In this land where we burn the candle
In one mass The athlete breaks
down In the race the editor falls at his
desk the merchant succumbs In his count
ing-room These events should not have
been unexpected, for nature long ago hung
out her "lanterns OF alarm" When the
"accident" finally comes, its fatal effect is
seen In hundred forms either as conges.
tiOn, chronic weakness, as wrong action, as
variable appetite, as head troubles, as pal
pitation and irregularities Of the heart, as
| premature decay, us dryness and harshness
| of the skin causing the hair to drop out or
turn gray, as apoplexy, as paralysis, as gen
| eral debility, blood poisoning, ETC.
"Put no faith then in the wiseacre who
says there is no danger as long as there is
| no pain. Put no faith In the physician,
| whoever he may be, who says 1t is mere
cold or slight indisposltion. He knows
| little, II any, more than you do about 1t.
| He can neither see nor examine these or
gans and depends entirely upon expert
mental tests, that you can make as well
| as he.
"If the output is discolored or muddy, II
! 1t contains albumen, lymph, crystals, sweet
| or morbid matter, is red with escaped
| blood, or roily with gravel, mucus aud
froth something is wrong and disease and
death are not far away.
"These organs which we have described
thus at length, because they are really the
| lnOst Ohco III tuc s1bbcui,
the ones In which large majority of hu-
man ailments originate and are sustained,
are the kidneys. They have not been
much discussed in public because 1t is con
ceded that the profession has little known
| power over them. What is wanted for such
organs is simple medicine, which can dc
no harm to the most delicate but must be
of the greatest benefit to the afflicted. Such
n remedy, tried and proved by many thou
sands all over the world Is Warmers safe
cure. With those In whom disease is deep
seated it is the only specific. For those in
whom the seeds are sown and the beginning
Of illness startedIit an unfaiing reliance. II
may be recommended to the well to proven,
sickness and the sick to prevent death
With its aid the great altering engines OF
the system keep on In their silent work
Without Interruptions without 1t they gel
out Of gear, and then disease aud deatl
open the door and cross the threshold
Such writing ought not only to please
but to carry conviction that what Editor
Lassing, NJ. D.,-so high an authority-say'
is true, and that his counsel is worthy the
attention and heed of all prudent, right
minded people.