The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-09-18


of arterial blood. 1t is computed that
one-ffth of the whole quantity in cir
culation is sent to this organ. 1t is de-
livered through the two internal caro-
It'd, and through the two vertebral 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 every
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 corresponding de-
clines. IT, on the contrary, the supply
be unduly great, or its oXidizing power
artifcially increased, there is a more
energetic action. "Nay, even the ac-
cumulations of the etfete 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"
Tnory,nnI, H,I fbof do
bilty is a 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
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 y wafer, round aud
flat, and are called blood cells, or
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 the
oxygen of the air turns each of them
from blush color to a bright red,
the color of the blood. Then these
active, useful little carriers take the
oxygen round and give it to all the:
tissues of the body, bringing color to-
the cheek, strength and vigor to the.
brain and muscle, and new life and
health wherever they 90. Again and
again, thousands of times do the little
blood discs 90 their rounds, but at last
they wear out, quicker up and die, and
the dead discs must 60 off in the bile
through the liver, and new ones take;
their place.
Every time the heart pulsates twen--
ty millions of these little organisms
die. So we see how excitement, I'M
due haste, overwork or emotion ex-
hausts the strength. IntoXicants give.
temporary strength and exaltation by
making the blood circulate rapidly,
but the strength is artificial and soon
exhausted, and then the patient is
much worse than before, for several
reasons, among which we may
mention that the blood has been
poisoned by the alcohol, and that,
the water in the system has been dried
up by the alcohol, which has a
strong affinity for water, and so the
nerve tissues and brain being harder
and less moist do not act easily. What.
becomes of the millions of blood cells
that die every instant? They are car
ried off from the system by the elm
mating organs, being strained off as
one of the constituents of bile from the
liver"
The following analysis of the blood
is interesting, showing that it is chiefly
composed of water and these little red