The Washington times., 1916-12-18
POPULAR MEDICINE
BY DR.. HIRSHDERG
intelligent Observation OF Rules
Of Hygiene viii De-
crease illness.
ny Dn. l.. X. HlRsHBERG.

ny DR. l.. X. HIRsHBERG.
The blood OF the ancients nows In
your veins. or tina, YOU may be sure.
When the scion of some house Of no
bility has nothing else to boast of
hut his lineage of .blood, you may
snin as much as he. for there have
been no new human creations except
by birth from parents these millions
OF years. Your blood and seed, no
matter who you are, are as old as his.
Differences In individuals are com
monty In tho anatomical structures
md physiological actions. seldom In
the blood. To speak OF an African
as In possession OF 'colored blood"
or OF a Japanese as having the blood
ar Sr,c,e. ,e.nfsenTsd Il Tadefcu u o,sssstsnd nf
ns 1h. isr oSi Siooa os nG,vdSs snS s.s.s end
does at times show strikins aistinc-
color. minerals. nuidA coagulability
and capacity to seep through e,d
eenetrate the whu- around,it In:
deed. "bleederT or persons subject
tion often csc ~2e serious collapse or
OF a hemorrhsge ls recognized as
traseabls to that strange condition
safegusreinG the oue.
''IIemophIiiia." n congenital or
hereditary tendency OF the blood not
to oiot. 10 by no means as general As
some would have you believe. Care
full investigation OF the few persons
''who almost died because they are
bleeders" sometimes brings to light the
fact that hemophilia was not at all
the foundation for the hemorrhage.
but dl,resard Of the necd Tor roa.
test OF the patients blood, In proper,
ly governed hospitals one OF the resi-
dent physicians IL expected TO add .
written report to the patients chart
with a. statement OF the number OF
Only one Sp. bIssaed may ans 'l.od ss found ~ DIN IN
several hundred patients. That, how
ever. IL not the thorough. accurate
or scientific way. The one must hs
saved as well as the many beceuss
Those who live quiet. indoor. ssdsn.
among the .biseders. Individuals
who fail to eat pientifuily Of fresh
.xsIstsSls., milk; and :sss may BE- BE-
spleen 10 out OF order or bile u as-
'sorbed into the blood stream, zoe
"nbrinogen," lime and other blood
clotting materials appear 70 lose their
viEor. Then even q scratch, q bitten
LIP or q. bruise may result In greet
How ssssseas Tell
Drugs such a. aspirin and auinsas
often cause such q general disinteGra-
tion OF red corpuscles that the red
stun In them 10 changed In the iivor
TO an excess Of bile which interfsrss
with coaguistion. When many req
blood corpuscies are IN this or any
sissT issIn msrns. s dssf9y.d % n. s.%0 .nssss
The liver to be altered a. bile. The
extra bile 10 reabsorbed sometimss
by the lymph and blood channels and
u seen In the skin a. jsundiee or "a
bilious look"
HsnsrrkaEss Expisiass.
This explains the hsmorrhasss after
babies are born. In operations for gail
Stones, or when any one 10 cut OF
scratched while Jaundiced. Those
who overindulge In liquors or who
eat highly seasoned victuals oocs-
sionaily exhibit a ysllowish or ssliow
tinEe In their eyes or cutiele. To the
n'sl seon. tsl. 0Gs's Is q Warning S no; %. Sp:
crate until Il Is known that the blood
can quickly clot, In the so.caiisd
food deficiency" maiadies. such AZ
S.sisS taSsregslosi. Ssss,.s 81 0as AFTER Il. ssrm:
ss killed Sr ssfsrs a. .sss s.SS sss. ssi
OF the Joints, diabetes, infectious
is only TO be undertaken when the
eoaguiation time OF the blood is not
OF greater duration than a minute or
Various methods are available TO
doctors TO enhsnce the elotting power
OF the blood. Calcium iactate' cal.
serum, serum sntttoxins, raw beef 10
csiiy applied, and transfuslon ot iiv'
Ing human blood are . few OF the
measures In accepted use.
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