The laws of life and alcohol / by T.P. Lucas.

  • Lucas, Prestwood, 1801-1871.
Date:
1877
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: The laws of life and alcohol / by T.P. Lucas. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    LITE, AND THE LAWS OF LIFE, AS EXHIBITED IN THE ANIMAL ECONOMY. 1. The combustion of coal, or disintegration into carbonic acid and water, liberates potential force; so in the tissues of the body and in the blood-circuit, the combustion of the heat-giving foods and wastes from mechanical wear and tear, together with all chemical and physical changes going on in the body, must liberate force. 2. The force evolved by the combustion of the coal is exhibited as heat, which by the medium of water and varied machinery is made available for the purposes to which it is applied; so the force evolved by the combustion of the materials in the blood- circuit, and by the friction of the solid contents in the circulation, is evolved as heat and electricity; as the blood passes slowly through the brain and nerve- centres, these centres become charged with electricity. 3. As the stomach obtains from the blood the