An essay, or tract, on the vitality of the warm blood and air / by James Morison ; edited and republished by Elisha North.

  • Morison, James, 1770-1840.
Date:
1835
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Credit: An essay, or tract, on the vitality of the warm blood and air / by James Morison ; edited and republished by Elisha North. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    organization and mental strength from the blood, and according to its goodness, the brain acts with freedom and vigour, like any other organ—as the eyes, ears, palate, lungs or heart. Why does a man in fever become delirious'? He is in a state somewhat like insanity. The reason because his brain is highly affected is, that the blood and juices move wrong; and may cause inflammation. This is verified by the inspection of the parts within the skulls of persons, who die in this state — the whole is often found covered with pus, or other matter, that has become dead: and if the matter is not properly carried off by absorption, death is the result. Or, at best, a person may remain in a very infirm convalescence ; and frequently in con- firmed insanity.—Examine and interrogate the miserable inmates of our Bedlams and Lunatic asylums, you will there find abundant proofs of the melancholy effects of the present modes of treatment, and those victims date their calamity each one to some fever or sickness, measles, ly- ings in, milk fever, &c. All these evils originate from improper treat- ment, from applying other remedies for their cure, than the vegetable purgatives, i.e. the universal pills !! [Demur, how do you know !\ * * * # * * After the blood, the air we breathe is the next agent of life : we cannot exist a moment without it. Why? Because the want of it stops the blood's nimbleness. And if you draw off all the blood, although you have air, yet you expire too. Air, the atmosphere, is essential to life, [partly by its pressure or weight.] But the quality of air is not of that importance to health, that phy- sicians and surgeons would make you believe: in fact, if you look all over the world, you will find healthy people and sickly people in all kinds of air. I never would advise any one to be dissatisfied