Digestion : the passport to health / by Alfred Wright.

  • Wright, Alfred.
Date:
[1883?]
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Credit: Digestion : the passport to health / by Alfred Wright. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    -^^ DIGESTION. and ultimately its nutrient portion is con- verted into blood, whicli, in its rapid cir- culation, is constantly repairing the losses sustained by the wear and tear of the human machinery. X!^ So that, when any part of the machine which we cannot get at in a direct manner is out of order, we have to attack it by altering the character and condition of this vital fluid, on which it depends for support. Hence it is, that all medicines must exert an influence on the blood before they can be brought to bear on the organ at which they are directed. Therefore, it being admitted that proper digestion is requisite in order that the nutrient properties of the food itself may be converted into blood, it follows that, as long as the digestion remains imper- fect, the blood cannot become charged with the remedies it is sought to send through it to an enfeebled structure. Moreover, it is more than probable that that same structure would not be enfeebled in the least if the vital fluid which it received were always of proper quantity and quahty.