The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1916-03-31
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Tie FnsafeHf wealth OF the COM
monseaIlh i health
tt IIood Is the life giving stream
HhIeh carries Ia the organs
of ihs LODI The materials out
q which thsY are 10 be- built
nd repaired IN II are found the
materials which Hre taken into the
bodY through The stomach. the lungs.
md - I'm. ny the blood nearly
II tie waste products Of the body
are carried tn the organs Of elimin-
alton L i quite evident that any
thinf ihat affects the blood must af-
fset efery organ Of the body. and
consequently fhe health OF the body.
lie composition of the blood iH
xsrx complex Under the microscope
i i zen Il consist OF n nearly color
les HuId called the plasma and nu-
meIouH eorpdseiea. the red and white.
! drop n blood contains about 300
million red eorpuHeles aud 600 thou
sana Of The white rorpugclea. The
complicated compound which gives
he nnrnl. color Ia the blood In the
yeIna Is called haemo.lobin. with
Tie oxygen which IL ahs6Tbed through
fha delicate muenH membrane Of the
lung haslaoflobIn forms loose
compound called oxy y-haemoglobin.
TEIs i red substance From the
lung o. =haemoglobin ID rushed
through the arteries TO every cell In
Tie Iods There the oxygen IN re-
leazs1 and The waste matter h. oxi-
did One of the products OF this
n1IdIzInT process Is carbon dio1ide.
The oxygen having been released. the
haeuoRI0bIn forms i loose combina-
ton viii fhe carbon dio1Idc On re-
turning 10 the lungs the carbon diox-
de separates ana i diffnBed outward
through the cell walls into the lung
eeIla and i expelled with the breath.
The haemoRlobin Immediately com
DInea with more oxygen and starts
IN another circuit through the sys-
ten. 30 again and again the haemog-
IobIn underFoea the same series OF
transitions. - 1t makes It's success
aIee circuits through the system. This
II the normal pfooeaa
When organic matter OF any kind
Is completely burned the carbon
burns ID carbon dioxide. To breathe
any smoke. therefore, Is much the
same n To lnhale the breath which
has Inst been exhaied. Where the
burning II not complete carbon mon
oxide Il produced. In each form of
tobacco smoking this poisonous gas
i formed This gas at once COM
bInes .Ith the haamogiobin forming
: permanent compound called car
oxy=haemoglobIn. The result is that
- 4EH= Il. "A Ia
ute quantity Of carbon monoxide In
the air inhaled. IL is question OF
ONLY : moderate time when all the
haemoRlobin Of the blood will be con-
serted into earboxy- xy-haemoglobln.
From this would follow death. This
i What happens when Illuminating
Eaa i inhaled.
n the eaae of tobacco smoke the
quantity Of carbon monoxide ia moi
sufficient to produce death immedi-
aleIY. There IL enough, however, when
inhaled. 10 seriously diminish the
quantity Of available haemoglobin in
the blood. and 20 to diminish cores
pondlngIy the publication of the
blood - vital to good health.
Since tha carboxy-haemoglobin is a
permanent and useless compound II
must b eliminated from the blood.
This requires an abnormal production
Of new hae.noglobin. II this cannot
Be produced ~ fast as the old Is
eliminated. and this Is frequently the
case. the blood loses its color. In
aome cases the deficient color OF the
bleed i communicated to the body
rendering 1t yellowish
White. This l. why 30 many boys
xno smoke cigarettes are sallow.
ITO be continued.)
c. q FORLINES.