The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1892-05-19
The Blood.

| w udr ltdoOudUly lllcI lIldt tIt luSplT6U
writer, when he said. 1.-The blood is the
life." had a correct Idea of the wonders of
that vital fluid, and that the writer of the
statement 1--WE are fearfully and wonder
fully made" was equally intelligent. both
taught by infinite wisdom. 1t is remarka.
BILE that a fluid can be made like the blood,
uniform in its constituents and its color
from such a wide range of foods. and that
so simple fluid in it's appearance will sus.
tain the body, furnishing the materials from
which every organ. every tissue. every fiber
of the system can be elaborated from such
fluid. these parts and tissues being so va
riOuS in their structure and general appear
ance.
1t is equally wonderful that it has the
power of self publication, receiving into
the general mass. as it does. the refuse of
the ever. dying body, particle by particle.
carrying all such impurities to the lungs for
publication, where portions are actually
burned, the ashes. so to speak. escaping by
each expired breath. This very important
vital constituent is produced from the food
taken each day, about the same quantity
being thus produced as is rendered useless
by exercise and thrown off as more or less
poisonous, in the same time, the quality,
the purity of such blood depending very
largely on the purity of the food the purest
OF which is mainly found among the grains
and fruits, in which-unlike that of the
animals there is no decaying particles.
This blood, which has been regarded as
''liQuid f1esh," does even more than to sus.
tain the flesh, as it forces its way into every
part of the body save the cuticle. hair and
nails, as strange as it may seem. is really
cOlOrless fluid. with innumerable red
disks, giving it its color, in human beings,
etc. These red disks are really air cells,
carrying to every possible nook of the sys.
tenn the vitalizing oxygen by which every
change in the system is effected, the growth,
repairs. etc. These are so numerous that
1t is estimated that 10000, 600 will die at
every breath, while similar number must
be created in the same time. These. then,
are the laborers. the producers. ever active
in promoting our health as we'll as in the
eradication of disease doing more than any
practitioner possibly can, since these faith.
full servants are ever busy, doing just the
right thing, making no mistakes, though
not always successful in removing the many
obstacles thrown in their way.
| Beside these there are white disks-One
to some 800 or 400 of the red One-dtferent
| in their appearance and mission. 1t is now
supposed that they are produced by the tom
sils, the use of which was not formerly
known, as they have no outlets like the
salivary glands. liver. etc. The duty being
that of destroying the diseased germs. thus
cooperating with the red disks. While
many pass into the blood. for a general
purpose, still others remain where they are
produced. at the entrance of the tubes lead
ing to the lungs and stomach, apparently
for the purpose of DESTROYING the disease
germs, that they may not attack these two
important organs. effectually protecting the
system since but few germs comparatively
are effectual in their attacks.
AS all the blood vessels are connected, it
may be asked why, when one is punctured,
does not all of the blood pass out of the
body. Beside the iron. lime, magnesia.
albumen. etc.. in the blood. it has ibrin,
cOagulating when lexposed to the air. form
ing clot. which prevents the flow of blood.
encouraging the healing. thus mercifully
preventing fatal results from what we might
call trif1ing accidents. DIR. j. H. Hanna
ford in Boston Traveller