AND ITS RELATION TO ANIMAL LIFE 3 



Again 



" In the lungs, the corpuscles through their 

 haemoglobin take up oxygen which they carry 

 to all parts of the body. But in the presence 

 of the vital processes of disintegration and 

 repair constantly going on in the tissues, the 

 corpuscles yield up the oxygen they have 

 brought and supply an element necessary 

 for these processes." 



Therefore in an anaemic blood there cannot 

 be a sufficiency of oxygen taken up. 



" Having got rid of the oxygen the haemo- 

 globin then unites with the carbonic acid pro- 

 duced by tissue disintegration, and the cor- 

 puscles thus re-laden carry their burden back 

 to the lungs, and discharge there the carbonic 

 acid " (Encyclopaedia Britannica, vol. xiii. 

 P- 359)- 



Thus in anaemic blood, which can be un- 

 doubtedly produced by anaemic food, there 

 would not be a proper discharge of carbonic 

 debris. 



This in my opinion constitutes the certain 



