Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1893-02-25
HE BLOOD.
Wonderful Composition of the Fla'd That
Feeds All life.

Feeds All life.
We may reasonably infer that the
inspired writer when he said The
blood is the life" had correct idea
of the wonders oI that vital fluid, and
that the writer Of the statement. We
are fearfully and wonderfully made,
WAS equally intelligent, both taught
by infinite wisdom. 1t is remarkable
that a fluid can be made ike the blood,
uniform in its constituents and its
color from such wide range of foods,
and that SO simple fluid in its appear
ance will sustain the body. furnishing
the materials from which every organ,
every tissue, every fiber of the system
can be elaborated from such q fluid,
these parts and tissues being so vari-
Gus in their structure and general APP
pearance. says DIR. j. ii. Hannaford in
the Boston Irarcler.
Ii is equally wonderful that it has
the power Of self-purihcation, receiv-
ing into the general mass, as it does,
the refuse Of the everything body, par
ticle by particle, carrying all such inn
purities to the lungs for publication,
where portions are actually burned,
the ashes, so to speak, escaping by
each expired breath This very im-
portant vital constituent is produced
from the food taken each day, about
the same quantity being thus produced
rs 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-un-
like that of the animals-there are no
decaying particles
This blood, which has been regarded
as "liquid flesh, does even more than
sustain 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 a 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 system
the yitaliZing oxygen by which every
change in the system is effected the
growth, repairs, etc, These are 50
II unerous that it is estimated that
twenty million 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 well as in The eradication of disease,
doing more than any other practitioner
possibly m, since these faithful serv-
ants are ever busy, doing just the
right thing, making no mistakes,
though not always successful in re-
moving the many obstacles SO often
thrown in their way.
Beside these there are white disks
one to some three hundred or four
hundred of the red ones different in
their appearance and mission It is
now supposed that they are produced
by Tie tousils, the use Of which was
not Formerly known as they have no
outlets like the saliyary glands, liver.
etc. their duty being that of DESTROY
ING the disease germs, thus co-opcr.t-
ing with the red disks. While many
pass into the blood for a general pur-
pose still others remain where they
are produced, at the entrance Of the
tube leading to the lungs and stomach,
apparently for the purpose of destroy
ing the disease germs that they may
not attack these two important organs,
eiectua,ly protecting the system, since
but n few germs comparatively are
eiIectua in their attacks
As all of the blood vessels are con-
nccted il may be asked why, when one
is punctured. does not all of the blood