Archive for September, 2007
ALCOHOLS EFFECT UPON THE BLOOD
From the stomach, alcohol passes directly into the circulation, and so, in a few minutes, is swept through the entire system. If it be present in sufficient amount and strength, its eager desire for water will lead it to absorb moisture from the red corpuscles, causing them to shrink, change their form, harden, and lose [...]
September 5, 2007
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ALCOHOLS EFFECT UPON THE LUNGS
Here we can see how certainly the presence of alcohol interferes with the red corpuscles in their task of carrying oxygen. “Even so small a quantity as one part of alcohol to five hundred of the blood will materially check the absorption of oxygen in the lungs.”
The cells, unable to take up oxygen, retain their [...]
September 1, 2007
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