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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    with the air he breathes, and he should be con- vinced that the air is not the real cause of his pain and sufferings. This real cause in all cases is a vitiated humour, [or wrong action within our own bodies,] and if he takes the proper medicines, he will find himself well in any air. [If the word air means suitably diluted oxygen, instead of im- pure atmosphere, then the theory may be some- what correct, but not otherwise.] # # * # # To conclude, an identical fraction of the blood of Eve, still circulates in the bodies of all now existing, as it will in the bodies of those yet to come into existence. The blood in each individual has the power of adding more blood to its own quantity, within given limits ; but the quality or peculiar nature of it, (its acting as the vital prin- ciple,) was derived from our first mother, Eve, as implanted in her by the Almighty. *