The Washington times., 1916-01-28

T HE stream OF vitality that el'bs
and flows through your veins
your capillaries and YOUR ar
tertal canals remains smooth,
comforting, warm current ot straw
colored serum. rich. reddish orange
coipuscles, dustlike granulcs. or tiny
FRAGMENTS OF clear gelatin many times
smaller thar q red blood 'cell,' only
as long as 1t ir en- the go within its
proper waterways" In other words,
your blood remains the vcrmillion
stream Of life only when confined TO It's
bed. its "Culetra Cut OF the anatomy.
snails and crobs have white blood;
several insects have marine blue blood,
some toads and salamanders green
blood, and the streaming prctopiasm of
Euch water plants as Fprogyra and the
chlorophyi Of all green plants also may
be considered as blood. In health the
human vitsl stream is a bright, scarlet
red, becoming a dark. BLUSH color
when stale and used UP as venous
blood.
The instant a landslide, an explosion.
or any accident sewers the containing
walls-yeins, arteries heart or clpillar-
ies-of the blood current. the iiice kal-
ance of serum. reds and white of this
red spurts out
A hemorrhage Is The outflow of blood
from Its accustomed channels. II II
diverted river ovCrfiowing rich lands,
thereby working In. .ury tc itself and its
neiEhbcrhoCG. From the veins ana Ca
pillaries a slow inundution OF dark rcd
blood, rich pS the Nile, Yields up its
own riches to the SUI urounding soil II
tho htmorrhage In from the arteries,
the blood Is spurtcd in brilliant vGr-
| million stream as from the nozzle of n
| fire hose.
What a CIOt Is.
A rupture of a lining membrane-in-
! ternany analogous to the skin-of tho
! liver. or any other spongy structure
| causes an ooze from the surface. The
leakage comes from numerous capil-
/ Iaries too small to be seen individually
: with the unalded eye.
| Whenever a hemorrhage takes place
| from an artery, the muscular elastic
walls shrink. II the cut, tear, or crevice
is small. the hole will be plugged. 1r.
| however. an artery is severed, the walls
! VIII shrink away. Fortunately, the lin
| ing Of the arteries falls back and foius
in, This rutties W the leaking blood
! its end with a ciot.
From this simple automatism on the
[ part of living tissues great losses OF
| blood from slight accidents are unconI-
/ mon. In health. blood does not clot, II
normal conditions inside the blood tubes
| are present. and tie tension, heat. and
pressure Of the stream remain un-
| changed.
Artificial Inducers of ClOts.
The moment healthy blood or lymph
escapes from its natural channels 1t
I coagulates or ciots as cUrds form in
| whey. The clot must form within a
reasonable time or death will occur.
Jaundice, inherited blood diseases.
anaemia and some other maladies re-
tard and even prevent the clot-maKing
material from doing its work. The up
shot of this Is that wounds or opera
tions even of a minor type. may be the
cause OF dangerous, II not fatal, hem
orrhages.
Thanks to the patient, persistent re.
sesrches made upon this momentDui
problem by scientific wcrEers. II is nov
JossibIe to check quickly trany varie'
ties of bleeding which only recently
were almost always fatal.
Extracts and solutions made from the
Crown the Kidneys, much as the Frencl
metal helmets protect the soldiers in
the trenches. when injected into the
blood or applied to the bleeding point
form one OF the available measures
TRANSMISSION Of blood or the transfer oi
fresh, quickly clotting vital fluid from
some vigorous person Is another means
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'
J serum, which is put up In much th'