The Washington times., 1916-01-28
THE stream OF vitality that el'bs
and flows through your veins,
your cnpillaries and YOUR ar

and flows through your veins,
your cnpillaries and vour ar
terra! canals remains n smooth.
comforting. warn, current OF straw
colorcd serum. rich reddish orange
col puscles, dustIike granulcs. or tiny
fragments of clear gelatin many times
smaller thar red blood "ccii.' only
as long as 1t is On tho go within itS
proper waterways" In other words.
your blood remains the vcrmillion
stream Of life only when confined 20 ITS
bed. its "Culcrra Cut OF the anatoriy.
Snais and crob3 havc white blood;
several insects have marine blue blood.
some toads and salaranders green
blood. and the streaming prtoplasm or
such water plants as spirogyra and the
chlorophyi Of all green plants also may
be considered as blood. In health the
human vital stream is a bright, scarlet
red, becoming dark. blush color
when stale and used UP as Venous
blood
The instant a landslide, an explosion
or any accident scvcrs the containing
walls-Teine. arteries heart or clpillar-
| ies-of the llo|d current. the .Iice hal
anCe of serum. reds and white Of 'his
life huid Is destroyed. and stream Of
red spurts cut
A hemorrhage Is The outflow of blood
from its accustomed channels. II is a
diverted river oVCrfiowing rich lands,
thereby working injury tc itself and its
neiEhbcrhoCG. From the veins ma Ca
| rtllaries a slow irundation Of dark red
| Flood, rich Us the Nile. Yields up its
| own riches TO the surrounding soil. IL
! tho htmorrhag: is from the arteries,
! the blood is spurtcG in n brilliant Ncr-
! million str am as from the nozzle Of \
| fire hose.
What a CIot Is.
A rupture of lining mcmbrane--in-
! ternaIly analogous to the skin-of tho
] liver, or any other spongy structure
! causes an ooze from the surface. The
| leakage comes from numerous capil-
ares too small to be seen individually
, with the unaided eye.
| Whenever hemorrhage takes place
from an artery, the muscular elastic
| walls shrink. II the cut, tear. or crcvice
is small the hole will be plugged. lr.
| however. an artery is severed, the walls
! Will shrink away. Fortunately, the lin
ing Of the arteries falls back and toiue
in. This ruffcs Ut the leaking blood
! and If the artery Is small one, pixss
| It's end with a ciot
| From this simple automatism on the
! part of living tissues great losses oil
blood from slight accidents are uncon,.
mon. In health. blood does not clot II
normal conditions inside the blood tubes
are present. and tee tension, heat. and
pressure of the stream remain un-
changed.
Artificial Inducers of Clots.
The moment healthy blood or lymph
| escapes from its natural channets II
coaguIates or clots as curds form IN
whey. The clot must form within a
reasonable time or death will occur.
Jaundice, inherited blood diseases
n a lar diaa ra.
tard and even prevent the clot-maKing
shot OF this is that wounds or opera
lions. even OF a minor type. may be the
cause OF dangerous, II not fatal, hem.
orrhages.
Thanks to the patient, persistent re-
searches made upon this momentDr
Lroblem by scientific wcrEers. II Is no"
Iossible to check quickl! ,rany varie
ties of bleeding which only recent,
were almost always fatal.
Extracts and solutions made from thu
suprarenal or adrLnal G!andS which
metal helmets protect the soldiers il
the trenches. when injected into thu
blood or applied to the bleeding point
form one OF the available measures
TRANSMISSION OF blood or the transfer %
fresh, quickly Clotting vital fluid fron
some vigorous person is another mean
row in use. The victims OF explosions
OF battles and OF other Catastrophies
almost dead from huge hemorrhages
are thus restored TO life and strength.
Where this Is not feasible. hors'
serum. which is put up In much th'