Circuit of the Blood. –the blood thus purified passes back to the heart to go on its circuit through the body, every organ of which renews its energy and vigor from the Magician’s fiery wand, pure, healthy blood; while the air exhaled carries off the impurities.

Change in color of blood. –during this process the blood changes from a dark purple to a bright red. Pure air is the cheapest necessity and the greatest luxury of life. Let it not be the rarest. The relative proportion of the respirations to the pulsations of the heart is about 1 to 4 1/2 or 5; and the quantity of air required to keep the blood pure is very great. Indeed, respiration is the falling weight, event spring, which keeps the clock of life in motion; the inspirations and expirations are the strokes of the pendulum which regulate it.

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I have a new theory. Actually maybe this is my first theory. I think the authors may delve into flowery language and the peculiar like analogies whenever they don’t know what they’re talking about. I could be wrong I like to give the authors the benefit of the doubt. However it seems that whenever they lacked substance and factor knowledge, their prose gets a little loose.

I’ve also heard that it is a urban legend today that blood has two different colors. If that is truly an urban legend and blood does not have the color of purple and red, and this book might actually be one of possibly many sources that helped to create that legend, which may not be all that urban after all. Maybe more of a historical legend.

Wikipedia today provides an excellent description of what the color of blood is and why it is that color.  They describe a situation of optical illusions that led scientists and doctors as evidenced by the Library of Health to believe that veinous blood deprived of its oxygen was actually ‘purple’ or blue.  Sheesh