The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-01-24

pdtnic physician. instead of figuring
on burial certificate the moment he
entered the room. he Would have spent
his time removing the anatomical con-
ditions that were surely causing his
death-and it is ten chances to one
that he would have succeeded and
spared the life of the eminent mer-
chant.
Having thus shown that drug medi-
f! OF pneumonia. wish TO show the read
| er why this is SO by brief description
OF the disease and the anatomical con-
ditions of the patient who is suffering
from it.
That this may be understood we
must first have comprehensive idea
OF the circulation Of the blood in a
healthy person.
We will therefore begin with the
/; left side Of the heart, from which the
blood starts i'm it's circuit Of the body,
and trace it briefly until it again re-
turns to that point.
He who catches the principles thus
set forth. will have a clear idea of the
cause of death from pneumonia
Looking into the heart and tracing
the effect Of its action. we find that
each heart beat forces a quantity Of
bright. red. arterial blood. out of the
left side of the heart into a vessel
which in known as the ascending aorta
which socn begins to divide, and as it
passes onward throughout the body.
continues to divide, and subdivide, UNI
til it ends in minute. threadlilse struc-
lures, called capiliaries:. which are so
thoroughly distributed over the entire
body, that the point of fine needle
thrust into the flesh at any place will
rupture one or more of them. and
cause bleeding.
By this means all the tissues of the
body are supplied with the life-giv-
ing properties which are found only
in arterai blood.
BY coming into contact with the
tissues of the body the blood gives off
oxygen. and takes on what is known
as carhondioXid. poisonous substance
generated in the body. which turns the
blood to a much darker color.
It is then called venous blood. and
must be taken out of the tissues. or
a process of fermentation will result
which will produce disease.
Its removal is also necessary that
new supply of arterial blood may be
received to nourish and cleanse the
tissue.
To accomplish the removal of this
blood another set of threadlike blood
vessels. called veins, begins in the It's
sue where the arteries end. Into these,
this poison laden blood is gathered, and
started toward the organs whose work
is to remove these impurities. Several
of these small veins soon unite to form
a larger one. and these larger ones
also unite. forming still larger veins,
which process continues until they fl
nally center in two large veins. which
iare known as the ascending and de-
cendins venacavie These veins empty
their contents into the right side of the
heart.
The blood is still laden with the
poisons ii has gathered in its Journey
through the body. and is unfit to again
mass through the tissues until it is puri-
fled.
In order that this work of purifying
NAV be accomplished. the beat ting act
| ion of the heart forces the blood that
thus entered it at the right side. out.
/, through what is known as the puimoh-
airy artery. which. dividing into two
branches conxeys the blood to tne
lungs. where passing between two thin
LAYERS of membrane. it comes into con-
tact with the air We breathe into when
the earbondioxide escapes and is ex-
nailed from the body. when the breatn
in exhaled.
At the same time a new supply OF
OXYGEN from the air enters the blood.
which restores to it it's bright red color
Thus purified it is conveyed from the
lungs. through the pulmonary VEINS 10
,be ief, side of the heart. the point from
which it started on its journey through
the body.
II the reader will carefully study TINS
description of the circulation OF the
blood until he understands ne VIII
he able to see why there is such an
unbalanced condition of the circulation
in patients who are suffering from
pneumonia.
We are now prepared to. examine
orr paticnt who has been suffering
from what he calls cold. iof the ias'
few days: during which time ne mas
fe,t decidedly indisposed. Has just
had quite a severe chilli which was
Immediately followed by a rspiu's
, rising temperature. that now STANDS =,
i0s degrees.
He has cough. which is alae
rainf,h. and decided pain IN ms siuF
rhe breath, seems to be mcreasns ~
Frequency and the pulse wnien Wa