Chapter 27—The Heart and Blood
Physiology of the Circulatory System
737. Perfect health depends upon perfect circulation.—
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738. The more active the circulation the more free from obstruc-
tions and impurities will be the blood. The blood nourishes the body.
The health of the body depends upon the healthful circulation of the
blood.—
The Health Reformer, May 1, 1873
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739. At every pulsation of the heart, the blood should be propelled
to the extremities quickly and easily in order to have health.... The
current of human life is struggling to go its accustomed rounds, and
should not be hindered in its circuit through the body by the imperfect
manner in which women clothe their limbs.—
The Health Reformer,
May 1, 1872
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740. The limbs were not formed by our Creator to endure expo-
sure, as was the face. The Lord provided the face with an immense
circulation, because it must be exposed. He provided, also, large veins
and nerves for the limbs and feet, to contain a large amount of the
current of human life, that the limbs might be uniformly as warm as
the body.—
Testimonies for the Church 2:531
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741. The limbs and feet have large arteries, to receive a large
amount of blood, that warmth, nutrition, elasticity, and strength may
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be imparted to them. But when the blood is chilled from these extrem-
ities, their blood-vessels contract, which makes the circulation of the
necessary amount of blood in them still more difficult.—
The Health
Reformer, April 1, 1872
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742. The extremities are chilled, and the heart has thrown upon
it double labor, to force the blood into these chilled extremities; and
when the blood has performed its circuit through the body, and returned
to the heart, it is not the same vigorous, warm current which left it. It
has been chilled in its passage through the limbs. The heart, weakened
by too great labor and poor circulation of poor blood, is then compelled
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