The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-07-27

1.-THE blood Of the ancients hows In
your veins-of this you may be
sure. When the scion OF some
houses OF nobility has nothing
else TO boast of but his lineage OF blood.
you may shin a. much as he, for there
have been no new human creations ex-
cept by birth from parents these mil.
lions OF years. Your blood and seed. no
matter who you are. are AZ old - that
Of any man who lives. -
Differences In individuals, howbeit.
are commonly In the seed, the an
| atomical structures and physiological
actions, seldom In the blood. To speak
Of an African as possessing "colored
blood" or q Chinaman as having the
blood OF a different race In his heart
and arteries 10 ludicrous. II 10 the seed
and fruit which differ. not the blood.
Notwithstanding this. the blood Of In
dividuals and families. II not Of nations
and races. does at times show striking
distinctions In the character OF Its
density, its color. its minerals, Its
fluids. its coagulability. its capacity to
seep through and penetrate the walls
around Il. Indeed, 'bieeders'' or per-
sons subject to hemorrhages upon small
provocation. often escape serious col
lapse or even death only when the per-
i sistence of q hemorrhage Ia recognised
as traceable to that strange condition
OF health.
But "hemophilia"-the congenital or
hereditary tendency Of the blood not
to .clot--is by no means as genera a.
some surgeons would have us believe
Careful investigation OF the few Mr.
ton table because they are bleeders.
sometimes brings to light the fact
that hemophilia was not at all tne
foundation for the hemmorrhage. but
La. ls. In Tar o. n r.
the need for a routine chemical test
and coaguIation test OF the patients
blood before the knife was used. In
most properly governed hospitals one
OF the resident physicianss Is exp.e s,s
ment giving the number OF minutes
required by the blood to clot.
Tests That Tell.
True enough. a surgeon may take
a chance" with the result that only
one bleeder may be found in several
hundred patients. This. however. IL
not the thorough. accurate nor scien-
tifc way. The one must be saved az
well as the many. because That one
may be you or your son,
|. To safeguard the one in hundreds is
the end and aim of the. best surgeons
and scientists. Therefore. q lot OF ap,,
PATIENTLY unnecessary search, tests and
work must be carried out upon 499
persons that the 500th shall be safe
and alive after a disease or an opera.
ton. AS an instance OF this. the blood
must be made to clot In one or two
minutes, IL for any reason the pre-
liminary examination-even for sim
pie operation on the tonsils for rup-
ture-exhibits a fve-minute or longer
CLOTHING time.
Those who live quiet. indoor, sed-
entary lives are occasionally to be
found among the "bleeders." Individ-
/ pals who fail to eat plentifully of
fresh vegetables; milk. and eggs may
be "hemophilic." When the liver or
spleen is out OF order. or bile Is alb
sorbed into the. blood stream the NIB
rtnogen." lime sand other blood clot-
ting materials appear to lose their
vigor. Then even a scratch. a bitten
| lip or bruise may result in great
loss OF the vital scarlet.
Methods That Safeguard.
Drugs. such as aspirin. ouinine, head
ache powders. tablets. ard other coal
tar galenicals often cause such n gen.
eral disintegration Of red corpusc!es