Show IF for ir the deenet sews aniual lifar ta BY ALEXANDER OTT by a wise law of odthe the Crea creator torp the animal bysiek is provided with an apparatus called machir machii of the machinery the ibe respiratory orans organs lery iery which is one of th the tha e in most os interesting and im in in the hum human an frame as numerous air of which extends ceils cella cel cei lathe tha the comparatively speaking speak gitig over a surface of established in the faches ladles are 20 ow 00 oo square lan tig purpose of rec receiving elving the necea of air in the form of gases a ot common fluids and of expelling a similar amount of the same the large themselves ea have not only to the of but to lo the phys ghys sol soi olo is t been a subject or of deep interest and research as they hey are organs upon aich the animal life depends in i 1 s var ous phases which the process of nutrition cannoe cannot be carried on that is to say the variety va riet of food and its component parts con being conveyed to their legitimate departments elements which are ahti antagonistic to the growth arid and development hodye bodye such as ammonia ammona hydrogen and carbonic cai cal bonic bodic acid baay djay by way yay of parenthesis I 1 mention here that ammonia is originating in the putrefactive principles of the animal and vegetable kingdoms its density is loa ioa cubic inches weigh 1826 grains it hasa very powerful powerful pungent odor a strong alkaline reaction 1 to it est eat est eal paper it condenses to the liquid form t orm under a lessure pressure of 65 65 atmospheres at gop goi and at a temperature of the so BO gained ammo macal macai liquid into a color less solid the carbonic car cai bonic acid is is although it hib bib an agreeable pungent taste and odor a etro g narcotic poison which cannot be in baled even for a moment withof insel sibl Elbi lity fo following hence hene the fainting away of persons ia hf crowded balls halls or badly ventilated venti lateLL apartments where the air alt is iathel largely ly diluted with this dangerous gas which is either generated by r respiration espi ration or by the combustion oa t co coals especially charco chanco charcoals als ais its specific gravity is acco according to berze fus ius 1524 cubic weighing grap grans ns Re removing movin L thus everything impure and hurtful to the i system the res respiratory r at or y organs as neura neutralizing izing agents ve yet t although a 1 th auh organs which are composed of the tile trachea and the lungs culmo with ramifications ramifications tubes and air cells are of vital importance for forthe the su cenance of animal life but lint few seem to realize the extreme dellacy del of 0 their structure arid aud the necessity of preserving servin this thia wonderful system of somatic mech mechanism aniam the lun iun lunga 9 are easily abil affected acted b by y sudden changes of temper temperature or air hence in a country like england for instance where the peculiarities of climate on account of the lempera tempera temp erae trae e conf depend on til obliquity of the rays of the burl buri where mist fog M and add rain appear in unusual quantities where the air is diluted with gases hurtful to ta the human system where in line fine tile tiie cal phenomena are of an abom lous charac t ter tet inflammation of the respiratory organs vath its fatal co concomitants comi tants of pulmonary y complaints is of frequent occurrence in fact the least exposure to a cold in any country will avill slowly but surely be attended wih fatal fatai consequences unless prophylactic means are used or proper remedies speedily applied gnot only however sudden changes of temperature pera ture vre but also the quality of air inhaled affect the lungs it is true that the air cells with the small bronchial tubes are always capable of receiving and contain containing Ln air but the mucous mem melbrine brine or the peculiar lining of these little cavities is such in its structure that it will odly only bear the prese arese ce of pure air without detriment 1 ent but not of oth other ar substances hence especial ly at dancing places where a fine subtle rust is generated which passe passes K through the windpipe wind pipe enters entera the air cells and settles on their lining life is exposed to danger A tickling scratching scra ching sensation in in the thetta tirades deap accompanied by a short dry cough to elect eject the impure mattery matteny is one of the at symptoms by and by difficulty in breathing ensues in consequence of oe the air cells ceils bein filled with dust the proper aeration of the blood in the lungs is prevented the cerebral system becomes deranged from the impeded circulation and sudden ly IV carri carrl carried edoff offin in a state apparent fi t death jt it is jar true that the inhalation of dust or substances is not always attend edwith ed with direct fatal jatal results resul tB still the dounda farizi of a slow but insidious and arld sur surd sure mal mai is laid the patient otherwise fant i is always susceptible to cold rom on the slight est occasion in this manner a person may year at beat deat the ther isya illitia ma developed by a some other irritating cause thus according to alexander von vot humbold bold boid sir Ast athley bley blev cooper dr mureland Mu feland dr sc hoenlein lein baron von vorn liebig etc a very simple cause oten often produces a fatal fatai disease well wel meant advice adrice embedded imbedded im hedded bedded and th thoughtless person falls fails of 0 his hisor or her imprudence frequently exclaim individuals is affected with a dry hacking backing cough on being bein aked asked f km ov the cau the alarming coit colt a symptom ohi oh it is ia bothin nothing 11 buta but a sli sll slight ot cold coid 11 not knowing at the thel same bame time that they are on the brink 0 of graven grapen aberson A person may pay laugh at the idea of a dancing party inhaling dri storAy alpi aa sta teof perspiration but that dont alfir alt ait er the case t the lancet anger continues continue a to exist only unknown known nto to the victim the air cells are in some of the lower animals on account of the sluggish and inactive respiration few and large as for instance in the different species of reptiles insects and amphibious animals but in the higher orders such as the feline s species ecles etc the natural reservoirs of airale air are almost almost as completely developed as in the human system the respiration itself is performed by means of muscles lying between betwee nand and about the ribs nibs and by the ohp diaphragm we the latter is a flexible circular partition separating the respiratory respirator y from the digestive organs and the chest cheat fro from m the abdomen the process of tle the respiratory organs is either elther that of inspiration or respiration the former can be noticed from the convex portion of the diaphragm beng be ng depressed and the tre ribs being raised or elevated the latter or the respiration pi ration is obvious from the ribs being de presse pressel i and the central part of the diaphragm being elevated toe amount of air taken or ex at each inspiration and respiration can only be ascertained 0 or relatively as it varies varicia with t the h e somatic constitution ution th the sex age and the state of health of di gerent Terent individuals A well weli developed healthy person will according to liebig inhale at each inspiration forty cubic inches the abergo aver gr amount ot of air in th lugs while in a state of rest is estimated at from three hundred and fifty to time three hundred fand dand ninety cubic inches the tle annual amount of oxygen inhaled by a pera perl person sori sOrl varies from seven hundred and fiat gifty fifty y to eight I 1 indred hundred it pounds and a similar quantity is given the a form of carbonic acid the process of respiration itself is so important that even every particle of air inasmuch as it is composed compo sedof sedot of oxygen h drogen droen dro en trogen nitrogen ii ammonia and carburet ted hydrogen produce produces a a chemical change in thee the different somatic elements the blood on being diluted with dulicai carbonic bonic acid assumes a dark daik color I 1 especially in m organs in which the respiration is sluggish blu biu 1 gish elsh 1 and inactive as in individuals duals loe vba ioe se A 4 or constitution is tainted in well weli regulated e gu fed respiratory organs the carbonic c rr acid and adous matter leave as soon boon as they reath the air in the lungs and are given out again agaid because the oxygen and hydrogen 11 readily unite wl ith th the tha atmosphere in fact the operation of respiratory organs is carried on on an strictly scientific principles the passage of the impure blood through I 1 minute le vessels ve sels seis over the air cells the assimo rnino tation ti of he the oxygen with the blood after its separation from be fhe nitrogen and ard its final discharge on being united with A ith the ba hydrogen drogen is 13 in strict harmony with the laws laars of chemistry accord accordine accor dins inz to which antagonist antagonistic id bodies are separated and sympathetic ones ores united baron von labig professor Profess gr at the uni i hersity of giessen gessen in germany noted for his profound knowledge t e in chemistry and tue the philosophical lo sciences science s |