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 TABLE O F C O NTENTS

C H A P TER P A GE

I . V I S M EDI CATRI x N A T U R A E .

11 . H o w N A T U R E H EAL s .

III . H ow THE T I S S UE R E M E DIE S AR E

IV . TH E M ARVE L OF H U MA N C H E M I S TR Y 25

D R B O ER I C K E
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V . . S D I GE S T OF B IOCH E M
I S TRY

VI . P R O M I N E N T P R O PERTIE S OF THE S A LTS 40

VI I . E X T RA C T S F R O M S C H U ES S LER S ’
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C H E M I C T H E RA P Y
VI I I . R E VI E W OF S C H U ES S L ER
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S P R A CTI C E . 56

IX . S PE C I AL C H A R A C TERI S T IC S

X . TH E P RA C TI C E OF M ED I C I N E . 68

XI . S U M MAR I $ ED G U I DE To US E OF S ALT S 7 4
 I NTR O D U C TI O N .

T he treatment o f Disease o f the human body i s

so m ething that s ho u ld be in the ha nd s o f the
owner o f the body NO one else know s so well
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that all is not right a s the owne r D r S chu e ss . .

ler o f O ldenb u rg Germany some twenty fiv e

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y ears ago discove r ed ta ugh t and practiced his

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theo ry o f the Cu re o f Disease by u se o f the min

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eral cell S alts a lways p re s ent in h ea l thy h u man
blood lymp h a nd tissue H e called his System o f
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M edicine B I O CH EM I S TRY
, F or the fi rst .

time in the hi s to ry o f man s o far a s o u r k no wl

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edge o f man extends we have in this S y st em o f

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Medicine a means o f c u ring all human disea ses

that are c u rable by any form of medicine And .

for the first time we have a rational reasonable , ,

scientifically sound S ystem o f M edicine which is

within the grasp o f the laym an T h ere is nothi ng .

in Bioc h emistry which is abstruse or fo rbidding .

It is all clear and simple The p u rpo se o f this .

book is to s u pplement S chu e ssle r s Abridged ’

Therap y which is th e onl y bo ok a small one

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th at he le ft b eh ind hi m E quippe d with this .

little book and a cop y o f S chu e ssle r s bo ok the ’

l a y man is i n p os ses s ion o f the right method o f

dealing with his own disorders He is not a d .

v ised to practice B i o chemistry as a P r o fession .

He is invited only by making himsel f maste r o f

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the simple instr u ctions g iven in the pa g es follow

ing to understand so me o f the more impo rtant
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pr o cesses that are going on in his own body and ,

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learn what to do a n d what to use to right s u ch

disturbances o f f u nction inflammation etc as
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f a ll int o the catego ry of Dise a ses It would seem

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to be entirely the l ayman s bu siness to mak e h i s

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own body well i f it is ill A p art f rom the matter

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of expense the r e i s too m u ch con fusion be tween

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the vario u s Sc ho o l s o f M edicine B i o chemis t ry

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seems to off e r the Right S y stem o f Medicine a s

op posed to the W rong S ystem s .

This boo k i s written to te a ch yo u h ow to use

Ri ght M edicine .

Ch ica g o $ O ct ober 1 92 0
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Vi s MEDI CA TR I X NA TURA E

The h u man machine is sel f b uilding s e l f -

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cleansing sel f r ep a iring and sel f de s tr oy ing

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he a lth ma n is immune to disea s e M al ign a nt .

bacteria lie in wait for their O p po rt u nity t o wo rk

mischie f but are apparently u n a bl e t o eff ect th ei r
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purpo se while the resi s tive powers o f the m a n

are normal S h o u ld this re s i stance be we ak en ed
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fo r any one o f a numbe r of re a s on s t h e m ic ro ,

organisms e ff ect thei r lo dgm ent multi p l y a t in ,

credible speed by division or by b u dding a nd , ,

either attack in f orce locally or sp r ead thro ugh

o u t the system But bec a use the body i s sel f
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protecting the normal state O f man is a s tate o f

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health and disease is abnormal Thi s i s a f a ct

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o f the utmos t importan c e .

Wh en in the old days men fell sick they were

promptly bled by the attending physician this ,

duty o f bl ood letting being the chie f accomplis h

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ment o f the leech as he was then named Phle

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bo t omy o r bleeding was considered a striki ng

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advan ce u pon the earlier dread f ul deco cti ons o f

bats mice beetles etc etc by which the earlier
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practitioners o f h ealing set great store .

In their search for possible healing p roperties

in plants miner a ls and animal organs and ex
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tra cts the disciples o f Aesculapius have per

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formed herculean labors They have bru ised .

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distilled compounded brayed in a mortar rolled

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dissolved , and in some form or other po ur ed into

t h e m ou ths o f their patients every k nown s p ecies
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o f plant every kind o f earth and mineral a n d

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the j uices o f most birds and animals whi ch have $

m a de thi s earth thei r home since antedil uv ian

d ay s From this quest modern medical science
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emerges c omes to the sur f ace a little out o f

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b r eath natu rally with its arms filled with a v a st

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array o f dr ugs simple and comp ou nd ext r a ct s

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s a lves potions liniments etc e t c whi ch it says

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h a ve been p roved by repeated tests to possess

healing qualities U n f ortunately t h ou gh the
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human tests o f these many r emedies have been

p u shed With unflinching vigor upon the si ck ,

tho ug h these un fortunates have been dosed and

dr u gged till the grave Cl osed over them t h e ,

exact k nowledge wh i ch sh o uld have resulted from

all this ex p erimenting did not materialize and ,

h a s not materialized We sh ou ld withhold no

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c re d it fro m the p r o fe s sion Of me di cine t o which

its labors entitle it and there is no doubt o f the
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fact that the search has been ard u ous and tho
ro u gh It is a pity that the results are so meagre
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that they suggest a doubt that it might have been

as well for the wo rld today i f the search had
never been made at all .

The outstanding fact today is that there is no

such thing as medical science at all There i s .

only medi cal experiment Th is is proved by the .

amazing spectacle o f t wo great schools o f medi

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disa g reeing with ea ch other fundamentally
and in detail on their findings as to the righ t
remedies to be administered to the si ck and the ,

right metho ds o f administering them It is no .

sli g ht di fference O f opinion that divides them .

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Here is a yawning chasm o f irreconcilable con

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clu sion s between the allopath with his shot
gu n p rescriptions and the h omoeopath with his
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e q u ally absurd “
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t h eo ry o f cure Both s ch ool s sh a re with eac h

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other the gross err o r o f p i nning their faith u pon

s u c h poisons to p rotoplasm as merc ury arsen i c , ,

c oal ta r p rod ucts s uch as acetanilid and , , ,

s trychnine belladonna q u in ine etc e tc as o f

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bene fit In re storing a h um an b e ing to a c ondi

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tion O f health b ut if there i s any me rit in the
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fact that a poison is least harm f ul whe n it i s

admi ni ste re d in a m icroscopically m in ute form ,

the s c hool o f homoeopathy can claim that d i s

t in cti o n .

Viewing this spectacle o f d isagreement o f the

sch ools o f medi cine with j ust discontent the in ,

t e llig e nt part of the public holding the opinion ,

th at this matter was very m u ch its a ffair since ,

it paid the p rice o f this medical bungling in

p o cket in person and in li fe itsel f de cided that
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it would see what it c ould do in the matte r of

attending to its own health in future and forth ,

with there came into being many and divers sys

tems and methods o f treating disease and pro
mot in g health some o f wh i ch were based upon
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mate r ial means as osteopathy chiropractic hy

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dr op a thy Swedish movements and ele ct ro

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therapy and som e upon mental o r Spiritual

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means as christian science suggestive t he r ap eu

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tics mental science magneti c healing etc etc

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all of wh ich were con ceived developed p r acticed , ,

and taught by laymen t o l aymen with the e x ce p ,

tio n o f osteopathy whi ch was originated by D r

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Still a physician o f Ki rk sville Misso u ri Som e

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o f t h e s e drug less met h o d s ha ve p assed th eir apex ,

b u t m o st o f them are strong and many are

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g r owing st r onger . The explanation o f the suc

ce ss th ey mee t with is o f co u rse that the r e is
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su c h a th ing as t he H e a ling F o rce o f Nature ,

tha t th is n a tu ral healing fo r ce is most active when

t h e m ind o f the patient is stim u lated a nd that ,

t h is stim u l a tion va r ies in people some r es p ond

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ing to a suggestion o f divine interp osition some ,

p r e ferring an agreeable s h ock to a nerve so me ,

r eq u i r ing a s h a rp pun chin g o f th e mu scles bu t ,

e a c h r eacting beneficiall y so one r Or later to the

mean s best adapted to his pa rticular constitution .

N o r sho u ld it be forgotten that in all t h ese cases

o f patients h elped b y d rug less methods th ey we r e
di r ect ly assisted by the f act that the y were not
ta k ing into t h eir st omachs liq u ids and s u bstances
h a rm f u l to th e body and t h e means employed to
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b enefit t h em eith e r stim u lated them to hope or

r emoved obst ru ctions t o the circ u lation and ,

tended to r e s tore the physical body to its norm al

conditi o n o f activity o f th e functions o f the
organs T h e r esult is a p pa r ent th a t the p ublic is
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m u c h better o ff th a n it was be fore th ese me thods

o f d rugless h ealing came into e x istence and is ,

m u c h better s atisfied with itsel f The step as a

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wh ole was towa r ds sel f government which is the

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r igh t and prop e r aim o f men and nations .

I t d oe s n ot re q u i r e spe ci al gifts Of fore sigh t

to pe r ce ive t h at until the d i ff e r in g s chool s o f
me di cin e adopt some form o f compromise o f
Op in ion t h at sha l l me r ge t h e m into one s choo l ,
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t h e te r m s cie n ce as applie d t o medicine wi ll
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be come a j e s t of in c r easin g p u ngen cy a s the

y e ars p a ss . Fo r thei r own p re s e r v a tion th e
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merg ing or amalgamation must be e ff ecte d

some how a n d that soon
, Ecl e ctic M e d icine
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s trove for a time t o this e nd a nd inglorio us l y

pas s ed Al kal oid a l T he r apy s ti l l b reathe s si t s
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u p and tak e s nou r i sh me nt b u t it rat h e r p ur

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su e s its own theory of the active p rinciple of

t h e alkaloid in al l d r ugs t h an seek s to r e con cile
di sp uting s c h oo ls to one a no t he r We o ff e r .

h e r e and n ow a s ole mn w ar n ing to p hy s ician s

e ve rywhe re in all land s that t h e com mon
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sen s e o f the p u bl ic r ep u d iate s t h e term me di
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cal s cien ce w h ile t he profes sor s o f s u c h
s cien ce a r e unab le t o dete r mine the m selve s
what is s cie ntifi c and wha t is not .

H a ving done o ur p art i n their inte r e s t to

utte r this wa r n ing that they may se cure the ir
own p r e servation we a r e e ntitle d to a sk s ome
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small favor at their hand s in return The medi .

cal college s throughout the world are turning

out p rob ab ly not le s s than y o u n g men
and wome n annually each with head s o w ell
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s toc k ed with boo k le arn t ide as of what d r u gs

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will cure dise ase t h at they are prepare d to

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launch thei r attac k u pon the pe rsons poc k ets ,

an d live s of t h e i r fe l low b e in gs without an in

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st a n t s de la y and e ach de termine d to earn at
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leas t three s qu a re meals a d ay by this attack .

We a sk i f it is not pos s ib l e in s ome wa y to s te m

this tide o f eager incompetents $
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H O W NA T U RE HEAL S

I f t h e o st eop ath i s a sk e d how a nd i n w h at

w ay o s te o pathy cu r e s a he a d ache h e w i ll
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an swe r by s cien tifi c m an i p u l atio n o f t h e
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m u s c l e s a nd t e ndon s a ff e cted thus re moving ,

the con ge s ti on that wa s the cau s e of the p ain .

Th i s i s a good a n s we r which c oul d b e e x ,

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t en de d to in clude b y r e stori ng the norm al ci r
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c ul a tion o f the b loo d gove rning the a ff e cte d

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part s .E vide n tl y the he aling p owe r of N a
t u r e a s m an i fe s te d by and th r ough os te op a t h i c
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t r e atme n t i s re s ide n t i n the b lood I f the .

s a m e que stio n is as k e d of a c h i rop ra ctor w ho ,

h as j u s t b ee n j abb in g m y b a r e s pine w ith h i s

k u n c kle s he wil l a ns we r
, b y r e s t o ring to the i r
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right po s ition ce rtain te ndon s O f the sp ine

t h at we re o u t of place caus in g a conge s tion of
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t h e ci rc u l ation by i nte rfe r en ce wi th the ne r ve

c u rre nt s Whe n the spin a l ne r ve s a r e ab l e to
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fun ction r ightly the whole m an i s right m an ,

b e ing a ce r eb ro sp inal an imal -

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though not so convincing as that o f the osteo

pa t h b e cau s e le s s evidently t r ue to m y d a rk
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ene d i n tel l ige n ce is ye t cle ar eno u g h on th e

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poin t that c u re s o f c h iropractic s ar e e ffe c t ed

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b y r e s to r ation of the no r m al ci rc u lation by

m e a n s o f r ea d j ustmen ts of the S pine w h ic h ,

a ct a s st im u lato r s o f th e ne rve cen te r s Evi

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d e n t ly a gai n t h e h e al in g p owe r of n a t u re a s ,

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mani fe ste d by a n d thro ug h chi rop ractic treat

ment i s re s ide nt in the bloo d .

I f the c h r i s t i an s cienti s t i s a sk e d h ow and

in what way c hr is tian s c ie n ce cure s disease ,
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t h e heale r wi l l an s we r by re cognition of
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Positive D ivine M ind whic h m ay o r ma y

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not me an anything to yo u accordin g to your ,

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trainin g in the intricacie s o f M rs Ed dy s use .

of w o rd s Yo u gathe r howe ver this im por

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tant clue t h a t christian s cien ce in denyin g

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the r ea l i t y of d i s e ase a ffi rm s the no rm al thin g

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He alth as t h e existing reality Since in he alth

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the b l oo d s t re am i s the rive r on who s e b r o a d

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boso m float o r are c arried a ll t h e el e men ts of

n u t r ition and supply that b uil d the p h y sical
body y ou w ould be j ustified in s ayin g that
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chri stian s cien c e cures by use o f the healing

powe r re sident I n the b lood b ut you would not ,

suc c ee d in gettin g any chri stian s c ien ce heale r

to corrob orate your con c lusion in the same
words It is imm ate rial whethe r the christian
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s cientis t agree s with our con clus ion o r obj e c ts

to it The poin t he re is t hat re ason ab le men
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an d wo men in tryin g to fi n d the me ans used

by spi r it or m ind to e ff e c t a c e rtain c u r e are
d riven to the con clus ion that the me an s u sed
is the blood o r the ne rve currents actin g upon
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the bloo d I f s till lookin g fo r in form ation

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yo u ask the s ame que stion O f the hydrop ath ,

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he an swe rs instantly by restorin g the no r ,

mal ci r culation of the b lood The re is n o .

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doubt in his min d on the m atte r Ask the .

electro t h erap ist and hi s an swe r i s the s am e

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Ask the men tal s c i ent i st and afte r he ha s ,

expatiate d upon the pow e r o f M ind he will ,

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ex p lain that M ind c u r e s b e cause of it s powe r

ove r the body which is the s ame thing a s to
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s ay b ecause o f it s powe r to re s tore no r m al cir

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culatio n o f the b lood Ask the phys ici an who .

use s s ugg e stion o nly upon his p a tie nt s h ow

h is cure s are e ffe cte d and he will tel l you that
t h e p owe r o f the mind ove r the b ody is so com
p le t e that i t nee ds only to b e exe r ci se d to in

h ib it p ain s timul ate th e o rgan s an d re store

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t h e n e r v ous and ci rcul atory sys te m s to t h e ir

n orm al cond ition which is H e alth In s hort
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w h i c heve r way yo u turn for in form ation on

thi s s ubj e c t yo u c om e at las t to the con c l u
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s ion th at the he al in g force o f n atu re is res i

de n t in the b lood an d tis s ue s o f the hum an
b eing an d that it n ee ds to b e rouse d to a ct iv
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i t y b y phys ical or me ntal s tim ulation o r b oth ,

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It se m e d t o D r S c hue s sle r th at s in c e t h i s
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b lood o f m an carrie s t h e b ody b uildin g m ate -

rial that create s the he althy hum an b ody from ,

he ad to foot cel l by ce ll fo rm in g b lood cells

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ne rve cell s b rain cell s tis s ue ce ll s and b on e

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c el ls ,
by the ai d o f air wate r an d food the , ,

b lood in he alth m us t dis c lo se t o the p atien t

in ve sti gato r the m ean s it use s t o b uild the
b ody an d t o m aintain the body in he al th an d
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th at thi s s e c re t O f n ature s b uildin g i f fo u nd ,

m us t c omp rise a comp lete syste m of med i

c ine in itsel f see in g that t h e m ate rial o f which
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the body is b uilt must b e al so the m ate rial that .

is used to m aintai n the bod y in it s n or mal

state o f he alth and the re fo r e m u s t b e al s o t h e
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m ate rial used to cure d i s o rde r a nd di s e as e .

E v ide ntly if he alth is the n o r m al s tate of m an

then the b ody is cap able o f sel f de fen s e a g a in st -
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s tep s b y w h i ch he d e duced th at the a ctivi tie s

o f the m ine r al s alts o f the blood in the ir vari
ous co mb in ations o f pho s p hate s s ulphate s and ,

c h lo ride s we r e in truth re spons ib le fo r the, ,

h ealth o f the indi vidual n or ha v e w e h is own ,

re co rd o f expe r ime nts an d te s ts by w h ic h he

d e t e rm ined the p arts played by the se m ine ral
p articles i n ce ll b uildin g an d t he fun ction ing -

“
of organ s H is b oo k B ioc h em i s tr y i s ver y
.
, ,
$

b rie f an d in complete though it ran th r ough ,

e ig h t e d itions and h a s been tran sl ate d into

m any lan guage s In the fi rst ed ition of the .
-

b ook he b ase d hi s sys te m an d tre atm e n t upon

TW E LV E m ine ral comb inations w hic h he ,

cal led Ce ll s alts b ut in h is late r ye ars of p r a e

-

tice and i n th e last e dition o f h is book p rinte d

, ,

in 1 89 5 h e re d uce d h is armamen t from twe lve

,

re m ed ie s to E L EV E N They are as un de r $ .

Potas s ium C hloride Potas si u m Phosphate , ,

Potas s ium S ulph ate ; Sodium C hloride Sod ium ,

Phos phate Sod iu m S ulphate ; Phosphate o f

,

Lim e Fluoride o f Li me ; Pho sphate o f M agne

,

s ia ; P h osphate o f I ron ; S ilica .

Thei r Lati n abb reviation s a re $

Kali M u r . Kal i Phos Kali Su l ph ;
.
, . .
,
. .

N atrum M ur N atrum Phos N atrum S ulp h ;

.
,
.
,
.

C al c Phos C al c Fl u o r ; M agne sia Phos

$

. . .
. .
,

Fe r r u m Pho s Sil ice a . .

This i s the total n umbe r of m ine ral e l eme nts

c arried i n the con stan t con s titution o f the
b lood in he alth fro m in fan cy to old age , _ ,

nam ely three comb in ations o f potash three

, ,

comb in ation s o f s o da two o f l ime b e s ide s , ,

m a gne s ia an d i ro n i n the form of phosph ate s ,

and silica o r q u artz ,

.
 C H A PT ER III

H OW T HE T I S S U E REMEDI E S ARE MADE

’
S c h u e s sle r B io chem istry is founded upon
s

the fi nd ings of modern che m istry with regard

to the stru cture of the ti s sue ce ll to the exten t
-

that the con ten ts o f each m icros cop ical c e ll a re

ac c epte d as b eing m ade up o f in numerable
particles O f matte r an imal and mine ral m o v
, ,

ing rap idly within the circumference o f the ce ll

itself the motion o f the mole c u le s of which the
,

conte nts are formed being n aturally dete r

mined by the quantity of the mole cules p re s
en t in the cell The norm al quantity there fore
.

re pre sen ts right motion of the contents o r ,

H ealth the w rong quantity rep re sen ts wrong

,

motion o r D isease B ioche mis try rea c he s far

, .
,

but it doe s not attempt to re a ch to the dist r i

b u t io n of e le ctrons which mode rn chemistry
,

b e lieve s to con si st O f ele ctricity B io c he mistry

.

stops at the production o f mole cule s of mine ral

matte r whi c h is the form in which the b lood
,

make s use of its m ineral matte r .

I t m ay be said at once that i t i s not pos sible

for t h e l ayman to manufacture his own Tis sue
Remed ie s The proces s re quires spe c ial m a
'

chine ry an d spe cial accuracy Nor i s it pos si

,
.

ble for an y l ayman to m ake use o f the inform a

tion given in thi s book for the purpose of put
ting on the marke t an article o r group of arti
c le s un de r trade n ame s as proprieta ry r e m e d
, ,

19
20 B I O CH E M I STRY

ie s warranted to cure this that or the o t h e r , ,

d ise ase I mpos sib le is pe rhap s too s tron g a

.
,

word t o use in thi s con ne ction H e mig h t do a s .

s up po se d b ut if the pub li c is in forme d be fore

,

h an d of the fooli shne s s o f wastin g its mone y

on a n y p rop rie ta ry re me die s whatsoe ve r and ,

give n ade quate re aso n fo r this w arn ing as in ,

th is explan ation of the p rin cip le s of B ioche m

ist r y it is u n likel y t h at the p aten t remedy s o
,

exp loite d will have mo re than a ve ry b rie f

b u sine s s caree r T o a p u bli c fo rewarned that
.

B io che mistry 1 s comp lete to the extent of cur

in g all ill s wh atsoeve r th at are c urab le by the
adminis tration O f any me di c ine whatsoe ve r it
would see m that the p rop rietary med i c in e
w ould carry n o app eal This is o n e O f the
.

re asons fo r this b ook .

The re are p rob ab ly a do z e n large firm s in

the U n ite d S tate s w h o m ake a specialty of the
’
man ufa c ture o f S ch u e s sle r s Tiss ue Re me die s ,

in add ition to the i r re gular b usine s s o f man u

fa c t u r in g home opathi c reme die s and O f the se ,

a fe w m ay be men tion e d as outstan ding name s .

I n Philadelphia B o e r ick e and Tafel ; in S t

,
.

Louis The L u yt ie s Pharm acal C omp any ; in

,

C hi cago H al sey B ro s and C h i c ago Pharmacal

, ,

C omp any 6 45 S t C lai r St

, . T h is last n ame d .
-

'

ranks highe s t in the Op inion Of the write r n o t ,

b e c ause the othe rs are les s con s c ientious and

ac c u rate b ut solely be c ause he has p urc h ased
,

hi s S c h u le sse r Re medie s fo r the pas t five years

,
C
fro m thi s fi rm has found t he ir e ll salts sa t i s w -

f a c tory an d the i r p ri c e s in 1 lb lots tab let .

,

form s ati s fa c tory Thi s indo rsement is not

,
.

solicite d by the m an age r o f that fi rm It i s not .

 B I O CH EM I STRY 21

pai d for . It cannot le ad to an y b us ine s s con

n e ct io n betwee n the writer and the fi r m It .

is O ff e red for your bes t information on a poin t

of some importan ce to eve ry reade r of thi s
book .

O nly the homeop athi c man ufactu ri ng che m~ -

ist s p r oduce thes e Tis sue Re me die s b ecause ,

on l y they are e quippe d with the triturating

machine s re quired to p rep are the s alts a n d
only they m ake it the ir b usine s s to p rod u ce t h e
minutely divided p a rt icle s in their hi gh poten
c ies a c c ordin g to homeop athi c p roced u re It .

i s a slow proce s s in volvin g p atien ce an d deli

,

cate measuring adj ustme nts You will real i z e.

its nee d for accura cy whe n yo u remembe r that

Homeop athy use s medicines i n the 200 t h
poten cy quite fre que ntly and you will get,

so me i de a of what w ork is ne ce s s ary to p ro

duce a me dicine o f th is pote n cy whe n you
un derstan d the lab o r in vo lve d i n producin g
s u c h comparatively low p ote n cie s a s the 6 th
and 1 2 t h whi c h are the two p otencie s u s e d
,

by S c hues sle r him sel f in his late s t e dition O f

B ioche mistry .H i s rule m us t b e y our ru le .

It is ve ry easy o f rememb ran c e H e u sed three .

o f the eleve n s alts in the 1 2 t h de c imal tritu r a

tion o r 1 2 X be cause the p arti cle s were not

, ,

soluble in water namely i ron s ili c a an d fl u o r

, , ,

ide o f lime ; and he use d the other eight in the

6 th de ci mal trituration o r 6 X be cause b ein g
, ,

soluble in wate r they c oul d b e p ut to w ork

by the b lood in large r form comparativel y ,

speakin g .

The chemist take s one p art sodium chloride

and n ine parts sugar o f m ilk and grind s the se ,
22 B I O CH EM I S T RY

q u antitie s t oge th e r in the tritu r ating m a c h ine

for th ree hou r s The re s u l t is the fi rs t d e cimal
.

pote n cy o f sodi u m chloride o r n a t r um mur , .

,

1 X H e take s o n e pa r t o f thi s 1 X and n ine

.

p a r ts su gar of m il k an d t ritur a te s the se qu a n ,

titie s t oge the r fo r thre e hou rs The re s ult is the .

se cond de cim al poten c y o f sod ium chlo ride or ,

n atrum m u r 2 X H e ta k e s on e pa r t of this
.
, .

2 X an d n ine pa r t s s ugar o f m ilk and tritur ,

ate s the m fo r thre e hours The re s ult is the .

t h ir d de cim al pote n cy o f sod ium ch l oride o r ,

n a trum m ur 3 X An d so on to 200 X Th is
.
, . .

i s how the S chue s s ler Ti s s ue Re me die s a r e

p re pare d by c o n sce n t io u s m an ufact u ring che m
i st s You se e th a t th is p roce s s coul d hardl y
.

b e t ru ste d in t h e h an d s o f a l ayman You se e .

how infi n itel y m in ute the m ine ral p article s

m u s t b e come by t h e time y ou re ach the 1 2 t h
de cim a l pote n c y and yo u m a r vel t h at s uch
,

m icros copi cally s mal l p article s can b e used a s

re m edie s at al l fo r s uch obj e ctive realitie s a s
in fl a mm a t ion s pains fev e rs catarrhs a b sce s
, , , ,

s e s etc
, e tc B u t re me mb e rin g th at you are
.
, .
,

de alin g w ith the m icros c opical con ten ts o f

m i cros copi cal cell s o f the h um an body it m us t ,

be e vident to yo u t h at the on ly l o gical fo rm in

whi c h s uc h p article s can b e int rod u ced to the
b lood fo r it s use in cell b u ild in g o r repai rin g -

i s thi s ve ry m ic ros cop ical fo rm in w h ic h these

p article s are found t o exis t in the b lood an d
ti s s ue cel ls i n he alt h Y o u are n ot dealing .

he re with alb ume n s carbo hyd rate s or fats of ,

-

food b ut with the m ine ral in gre d ie nts o f t h e

,

ce lls o f the body B ioche mist ry s how s that .

t h e se m ine ral in g r e d ient s a r e the me di cine s of

 B I O CH EM I STRY

the bod y in the sen se that the y a re when s u p ,

p o r ted by the r ight quantity and quality of

ai r
,
food and wate r the regulators of the
, ,

b ody .

We h ave said that B ioche mistry i s not com

p le t e
,
and le aves m uch work ye t to be done
by late r in ve stigators It is in c omplete in the
.

sen se that it o ff e rs no cure of such intractab le

disorde r s a s l o comotor ataxia can c e r an d ,

sc le r o sis t h o u g h a case might be made o u t

, ,

fo r it s e ffi ca c y in the las t named B ut in the

-
.
,

se n se that B ioche mistr y supe rsede s an d take s

the place of al l known sys tem s of me d i c ine it
is a complete and p erfe c t sys tem You are a d .

vise d not to atte m pt to add to it o r imp rove ,

upon it I f yo u sho u ld c orrespon d with any

.

Of the manufa c turing chem ists me ntioned .

above they will ce rtain ly in clude with the ir

corresponden ce l ea flets of an appealin g n ature
setting forth the me rits of othe r preparation s
of the ir manufacture I f you write the m for
.

advice they w ill tell yo u that while the

Schue s sler Tis sue Re medie s u ndoubtedly have
me rit they must no t be re ga r de d as at all a
c omp lete syste m O f me di c ine as H omeopat hy
,

may be j ustly re gard e d to be ; e tc etc Y o u .

, .

are a dvised here and now to r eme mbe r th a t

the se fi rms d r aw the bulk of the ir b u sine s s
from the man ufacture of homeopathi c re m
edies and they are the refore in no position to
o ff e r y ou d isinte re ste d advice o n the subj e ct
’
of the c ompletenes s of S ch u e ssle r s B io chem
i st r y
. You are advi se d to p rocure S ch u e ss
’
ler s book o n B io c hem istry fro m any one O f
the se firms and not to b e p u t o ff from t hi s
,
24 B I O CH E M I S T RY

de mand by the o ffer to fu r nish y o u with an y

’
body e lse s Pract ice of B io chem i str y S chu e ss
.

’
le r s b ook le ave s m uch t o be de s i red It doe s
.

n o t cove r the subj e ct in s u ffi cie n t de t a il but ,

at le as t i t is S ch u e ss le r him se lf s pe aking a nd
n o othe r I t is not an e nth us i asti c homeo
.

path anxious to p rove to yo u th at a homeo

pathi c phys ician o f today i s a m uch be tte r in
fo rmed m an than Sc h ue s sle r e ve r was an d ,

t h at whateve r o f goo d the re is in B io che mi s tr y

’
is d ue to H omeopathy an d to S ch u e ssle r s
’
homeopath i c train ing . D on t yo u b e l ieve a
’
wo rd O f it F ol low S c hue s sler an d d o n t a l
.
,

low yoursel f to b e s ide tracked in thi s m atte r .

26 B I O CH E M I S T RY

f a t s T h e s e b uild the blood b one ne rve b ra in

.
, , , ,

s in ew m us cle etc of the b od y and p ro vide

, ,
.
, ,

u s with a n im al he at an d a n im a l e nerg y whe n ,

acte d upon b y the dige s tive fluid s and by the “

ox y ge n of the air we b reathe The bod y itself .

i s a che m i s t O f the highe s t s k ill Sulph ur for .

,

in stan ce i s p rod uce d a s s ulphuric acid in the

,

bod y by the action o f oxyge n a ctin g upon a l

bumen which would ins tantl y de stroy the tis
,

sue s i f the s ulph uri c acid did n o t at on ce co m

b in e with the sod a an d potas h particle s o f th e
blood to form the s ulphate s .

Yo ur se cond q ue stion j us t a s inevitab l y a s

,

the fi rs t wil l be $ , S up po se I take into m y

sys te m s o me Of this m ine ral m atte r s a y cal c , , .

pho s 6 X fo r teeth th at are n ot making good

.
, ,

b one h ow i s i t pos s ib le that thi s m inute

,

am oun t O f m ine ral can re a ch the goal $ Why

i s it n o t de s t roye d o r at le ast c han ge d b y the
,

acids and alkalie s it me ets in it s j o urney and ,

h o w d oe s it know whe re to go and what to

$
do $ Ve ry n atural que ry and very n atural
do ubt S O natural th at it furn is h e s the r eason
.

wh y B io ch e m 1 st r y is n ot a c c e pte d a s the onl y

scie n ce O f med i c ine worthy o f the n ame toda y .

Be caus e it i s hard to b elieve that the se mole

cule s O f m ine ral m atte r will n o t b e los t in the
blood s tream o r chan ge d in thei r ide ntity We
-
.

can not explain h o w they reach thei r goal b e

c ause w e cannot expl ain the m y ste r y o f l ife .

B ut we can poin t t o the con s truction O f the

teeth fo r exam ple as p roo f that the sto mac h
, ,

o f the in fant re ce i v e s lime p article s fl uorine ,

p article s and phosph ate o f potash particle s b e ,

s ide parti cle s o f alb um en an d othe r an imal

,
 B I O CH EM I STRY 27

m atte r o ut of w h ich life con structs t h e bone

,

an d ne rve matte r o f whi c h the te eth are b uilt .

H ow l ife doe s thi s ama z ing thin g we do no t

know We know that it is done I f the milk
. .
,

for ins tance c ontain s no trace of fluorine

, ,

the che mis t o f the body will be un ab le to

make the neede d c omb ination O f fluoride of
lime which is fo und i n the en ame l of the
teeth The milk m ust contain lime also to
.

form the c ombination o f phosphate O f lime

w hi ch i s found in the b ony sub stan c e of the
teeth and i f the re is a d e fi cien cy o f the mate
,

ri al s wh ich furnish phosphoric a c id and a la c k ,

of potash the ne r v e cells can not be b uilt We

,
-
.

do not know the n ame of thi s chemis t of the

bod y nor how the wonders are perfo rmed
, .

We se e i n the fact of the b uilding o f our own

bod ie s that the c he mis t o f the body knows
how to d o the work We do not know who.

he is W hat he is o r how he doe s h is wo rk

, , .

Some call him Go d ; some call him Divi ne

Mind ; some c all him Vis M edicatrix Nat u r ae .

We call him he re the c he mi st o f the bod y b e

cause it is the body we are spe akin g o f H e .

is a M a st e r ~Ch e m ist an d if we knew h ow he

,

doe s his work we should g r asp the se cre t of

wh at life is a nd we could make l iving an d
,

thinking mac h ines as this che mi s t m a k e s

,

plants and an imal s to live We cannot do that

.

-
yet .

We have one criticism of O iI r own to o ff e r

’
o n S ch u e s sle r s B ioche mis try and t h is i s a
,

v ery good p lace to state it Th e M aste r s ay s

.

that when any one o f the se cell —s alts i s ta k en

into the mo u t h the min u te min eral particle s
28 B I O CH E M I STRY

w ill fi n d the ir way rap id ly an d di re ctly into the

b lood by way O f the lin in g O f the mouth and
throat pene t r atin g the inte rs ti ce s b etween the
,

ce ll s o f whi ch the c onne c tive tis s u e is co m

pose d an d so e nte rin g the b lood s tre am with
,
-

o u t takin g the lon g j ourne y by way O f the

s tom a c h I t i s open t o que s tion whethe r the

.

ce ll s al ts do indee d act in this d ire ct way I t

-
.

i s doub tf u l if they p ass th rough the lining

me mb rane s i nto the b lood It is m u c h more .

likely t h at they take the usual cours e in to the

’
s tom ach a s the b aby s m ilk take s its co u rs e
into the s tom a c h when ce it i s a cted upon by
,

the che m is try O f the b od y ox y ge nated s plit , ,

up co mb ine d and distrib ute d t o the b lood

, ,

arte rie s and cap illaries T h e cel l s alts in t ro .

-
,

du ce d i nto the body in the ir prop e r c omb in a

.

tion s Of pho sph ate s chlo ride s o r s ulph ates

, , ,

c a n b e in stantly p ut t o wo rk b y the che mist

Of the bo dy an d sent t o the re lie f Of the ce ll s

re quirin g them whethe r they de s c e nd into the
,

stom ach o r pe ne trate the c on ne ctive tis s ue .

Thi s criti c is m in n o way a ff e c ts the ques tion

o f the activity Of the cell salts and i s n o t m a -

t e r ia l t o a d i s cus s ion o f the e ffi c acy Of the

syste m o f B i oche mis try I t i s a que s tion h o w .
,

e ve r th at i s ve ry likely t o b e asked yo u by
,

any we ll in formed p hys ici an w h o i s skepti c al

-

re gard in g the value o f the S c h ue s sle r me thod ,

an d h e m ay g o t o the le ngth o f in fo rm in g yo u
th at i t i s i mp os s ible fo r the c el l s alts t o act in -

the di re ct m anne r in di cated Yo ur an swe r to . .

hi s obj e ctio n the re fo re is that yo u are per

fe ct ly s ati sfie d t o h ave the cel l s alts travel the -

lon ge r ro ute o f the s tom ach The point is .

 B I O CH EM I STRY 29

t h at t h ey ge t to thei r des tination event u all y ,

and are p ut t o wo rk
’

Th e Tis s ue Re medie s o f S c hues sler are

tas teles s except for the s light sweetne s s o f the
sugar of m ilk contain ing the m The eas ie s t .

way o f ta k in g them is in the ir tab let form ,

avo iding the powdere d form The r igh t

poten cy fo r the s ilica calc fl u o r an d fe rrum
,
. .
,

phos is a s you h ave bee n told the l 2 X

.
, , , .

Th e right pote n c y fo r the three potash s alts ,

the three soda s alts the magne sia and the ,

phosphate of lime is the 6 X From two to .

four o f the little tab le ts is a dose They should .

be placed unde r the tongue and forgotte n .

They will dis appear rapidly In c ase s o f p ain .

o r se ve re disorde r the dose m ay be repeated

every hal f hour un til the pain ce ases o r im
-

p rovement is m an ife st $ the n eve ry hour an d ,

fi nally e v ery th ree hours Ex c es s w ill do no .

harm You could take hal f a pound O f the

.

tab lets at one time if in cline d t o waste your

money b ut the res ult is waste The exces s
, .

is me rely un used by the bloo d and i s carried

into the intes tine s with other w aste of the
,

body The value o f the s alts i s b e s t shown by

.

the small dose f re quently repeated Why .

waste good cell b uildin g materi al $ These tab

-

lets cos t at presen t about pe r lb and a .

,

full supply o f 1 lb of each of the e le v en could

.

prob ab ly b e bought for This would

last you e asily for ten years p rob ab ly longe r ,
.

We do not advise you howeve r to lay in any , ,

such supply The s alts do not dete riorate b ut

.
,

if you have them on hand you are li k ely to

alternate the m too r apid ly and t ry too man y
30 B I O CH EM I STRY

h a l f t h o u gh t o u t expe rimen ts o n yo u rse l f o r

- -

y o u r frie nd s with th em an d yo u will b e d i s

,

a pp o inted in t h e re s ults b lamin g the ce ll sa lt s

,
‘

fo r y o ur own m istake I f you are usin g a ce r

.

tain s a l t to p r oduce a con stitution al chan ge in

y o u r body u s e the one s alt i n di cated an d d o
, ,

n ot t h in k y o u k now an y thin g ab out re s u l ts

u n til yo u h ave use d hal f a po und o f t h is s alt ,

w h ich will take at le as t s ix month s o f yo u r

ti me S O sl owly d oe s the b od y of m an re a d
.

j u s t i t s e l f a t i t s b a s i s o f life t h e ce ll s t ru c tur e
,
-
.
 C H APT ER V
DR B O ERICKE S DI G E ST O F BI O CHEMI ST R Y
’
.

B arring the fact that D r B oe r icke w r ite s of .

’
S ch u e ssle r s B ioche m istry a s con s i s tin g o f
TW E LV E T i s sue Re medie s instead of t h e ,

rightfu l E LEV E N there i s n o fault to b e ,

fo u n d wit h the following text o f a little p a m

p h let pu t o ut b y H alsey B ro s o f C h icago $ .
,
“
T 0 D r S ch u e s sle r of O ldenb u r g G e r m an y
.
, ,

is d u e the c r e dit and hono r o f havin g o r igi

n a t e d and in troduced the sys te m of m e dic a l
p ractice now k nown a s B io c h em i s t ry B io .

c h emistry con s ists ih the s ucce s s ful tre atmen t

of all p h ys iological disturban ce s or d iseas e s , ,

by t h e adm ini s t ra tion of one or mo r e o f

twelve p r operly prepa r e d mine r al r emedie s
‘
whic h h e a p tl y te r m s cell sa l ts The h u .
’

ma n bod y i s compo s e d of ce ll s T he r e a r e .

blood cells nerve cells bone ce ll s cartilage

, , ,

cells etc , . etc

, C h emical an al y s is show s
.

that the foundation an d life o f the se ce l ls ,

their integ ri t y st ru ctu r e an d vit al i t y de

, ,

pen d upon the p rope r proportion O f certain

inorganic sa lt s the pr in ci pal o f w h ic h a re l i m e
, ,

s oda potash i ron and m agne s ia According

‘
.
, ,

to S c hu e s s l e r — An y dis turb an ce in the mo l e

,

cu la r m ot ion of t h e se ce ll s alts in living t is

sue s con s ti tu te s di s ea s e w h ich c a n b e r e ctifie d

,

an d p h y s io l ogica l e quilib r ium r e e s tab li sh e d b y -

31
32 B I O CH EM I STRY

t h e a dm in ist r ation o f the s e same m ineral salts

’
in s m all qu an tities .

“
The b ody i s m ade up Of cells D i ffe r e n t .

k ind s of c e lls b uild up the di ffere n t ti s s ue s an d

o rgan s o f the body Th e di ff e re n ce in the ce l l s
.

i s l argely dete rm ine d by the kin d o f ino r gan ic

s a l ts whi ch e nte r into the i r compos ition Th e .

ce l l s al t s a r e the ti ss ue b uilde rs an d b oth t h e

,

s t r uctu re an d vital ity o f the b ody d epen d upon

t h e i r p roper quanti ty an d d is trib ution in e ve ry
ce ll.

Th e Ti s sue Re med ie s are t h e s e inorganic

ce ll s alt s p rep are d by tritu ration accordin g to
,

t h e h omeop athi c method an d the reb y re nde r e d

fi ne e no u g h to b e ab so rbe d by the d el i cate
c e ll s w h e re ve r neede d .

H e alth i s t h e s tate o f b o d y w h e n all th e

ce lls com p o sing the v arious tis s ue s are in a
no r m al condition an d the y are k e p t in thi s
,

st a t e w h e n e ach o f the m re ce i ve s th e re quis ite

q u antity o f the nee dful s alt r e quire d for th e
up b u ild in g O f the d i ffere n t tis s u e s D i s e a s e i s
.

an a l te red s tate o f the ce ll p roduce d b y so me

,

i rr eg ul arit y in the s upp l y t o the ce ll s o f one

of the inorgan i c tis sue s alts I mp e r fe ct ce l l
.

a ctio n r e s ults dis e ase d ti ss u e s an d organ s fo l

,

low a n d all the phenomen a o f d isea s e a r e d e

,

v e lo p e d
. N o w the c ure con s i s ts in re s to ri ng
,

t h e n o rm al ce l l growth by furnis h in g a m in i
m u m do s e o f that ino rgan i c s ub stan ce w h o s e
m ole c u l ar m otion i s d isturbe d wh ich dis tu rb
,

a n ce c aus ed t he d ise ase d a ction To do thi s .

su cce s s f u l ly it i s n e ce s s ary to kn ow what s a l ts

ar e nee d ed fo r t h e upb u il d in g o f t h e d i ff ere n t
t is su e s an d fo r th ei r norm al action T h is .
34 B I O CH EM I STRY

ow n s p e cia l an d par ti cula r ce ll s a lt ; fo r in

s t a n c e th o s e en te ring into t h e formation o f
,

ne rve ce lls a r e M agne s ia P ota s h Sod a an d , ,

I ro n ; o f bo ne ce lls Li m e M agne s ia an d S ilica

, , ,

e tc e tc
.
, .

“
Th e inorgan ic s alts fo u nd in the as h e s o f
t h e bod y a r e al l e s se ntial to the p rope r growth
a nd d eve l o p me n t o f every part o f the b o d y .

“
T hi s m e tho d o f tre atin g all fo rm s of dis
e as e h a s b ee n e m ine n t ly s u cces s f ul an d can b e ,

c o nfi d en t ly r e co m me nded .

“
C hie f U se s o f the Tis s u e Re medie s .

1 C a l c ar e a P h o s — Ph o s phat e o f Lim e
. . .

“
T h e gre a t r e me d y fo r th e y o u n g a nd grow
ing . I n d i spe n s ab le d u r in g d e ntiti o n an d
pu be r ty T he to nic afte r acute di s e a s e s an d
.

fo r con s tit u tion al wea k n e ss c o n su mptio n , ,

e m a ci ation b o ne d i s e a s e s a nd al l ai l me n ts th at
, ,

p r o ve obst in a t e S low ly d eve lo p in g we a k

.
,

c h i ld r e n c hl oro si s a n d d i ffi c ul tie s durin g me n

,

st r u a t io n ; l e u cor rh oe a a n d p ain s d u r in g m en
s e s e s p e ci a l l y in y o u ng gir ls T he g r e a t re m
,
.

ed y fo r t r an s ition p e r io d s o f l ife— d e ntition ,

ub e r t y o ld age
p“C al ca re a Fl u o r ica— Flu o r i d e o f Li m e
.
,

A d i stu rb a n ce o f t he e q u ili b ri u m o f t h e
mole c u le s of t h is s al t ca us e s a d i lat ion a n d t e
la x e d Con d ition o f e l a st ic fib r e s h e n ce u se fu l in ,

v ar i co s e ve in s h e m o rrh o i ds a n d v as c u l ar
, ,

tu mo rs Al s o i n har d b on y swel l in g s F o r
. .

p i l e s i f th e y a re apt t o b l ee d i t m a y b e a d
, ,

v a n t a g e ou sly a lte r n ate d wit h Fe r r um P h o s

—
.

3. F e rru m P h o p
s h o r ic u m P h o sph ate of I ro n .

“
A ll a i l m en ts ar i s in g f ro m d i s t ur be d c ir cu
la t ion feve rs in fl a mm at io n s conge st ion s th us
, , , ,
 B I O CH EM I S T RY 35

whe ne ve r heat pain re d ne s s throbb ing

, , , ,

quick ene d p ulse are p re sent The fi i st s tage .

o f all a cute disea s e s col d s p ne umon ia p le ur

, , ,

i sy b ronchitis crou p diphtheri a d iar rh oe a

, , , , ,

rhe um atism e t c , I t i s the b e s t and s ur e s t

.

remed y for c olds on the ches t in childr e n ,

w hether s imple cata r rhal a ff e ction s o r going

on to pne umonia Nose b lee d always calls fo r
.
-

it o r any h emor r hage f rom any orifi ce o f the

,

body It is an excellent re med y fo r wettin g

.

Of the bed in c hildren

4 Kali M u r ia t icu m
.

“
Ch loride Of Potash — .

All ailmen ts chara c te rized by exudation s ,

in fi l t r a t io n s swellin gs durin g the latter s tage s

, ,

O f acute d iseases ; thus a f te r o r in alte rn ation ,

w ith Fe rrum Phos All ailme nts a c c ompanie d .

by a white o r gray coatin g O f the ton gue ; thi ck

white dis charge and expe ctoration s skin dis ,

ease s dyse nte ry e tc A n exce llent co n st it u

, , .

t io n a l remedy fo r O l d chroni c ailments he redi ,

ta ry c omp laints an d dys crasias .

5 Kali Pho s — Phosph a te o f Potash

. . .

“
The great remedy fo r all form s o f Nervo u s
Debility I t is indicate d in al l diseas e s o r
.

symptom s a risin g from wan t of ne r v e powe r ,

brain exhaustion ne u r asthen ia sleeples sne s s, , ,

w ant of energy i rritab ility lack Of confi den ce

, , ,

gloomy forebodings m o r b id fe a r s hysteri a , , ,

hypochondriasis melan c holia e t c Ner v ous

, , .

n e s s ne uralgia an d pain s gene r ally e sp ecially

, ,

in those who are run down H ea dac h e s in .

delicate excitable an d ne r v ous peop l e Pa r a

,
.

lyz in g p am s I n l imb s Also the reme dy f o r .

ve ry o ff en sive d is charge s o ff en s ive ulce r s , ,

etc I t i s the reme d y for all ne r vo u s people

.
,
36 B IO CH E M I STRY

curin g the i r he adache s n e u r a lg 1 a s s leep le ss , ,

n e ss de sponde n cie s an d pain s

, .

6 Kali S u lp h u r ic u m — Sulphate o f Potas h

. .

“
A wan t O f thi s s alt cause s ye llow s l im y ,

depo s it o n the tongue s l imy thin de ci d e d ly , ,

ye llow o r green is h d is charges and p ee l ing o f ,

the S kin U se ful in any ailme n t whe re t h i s

.

c o n dition prevai l s e spe cially i f p atie n t i s wor s e

,

towards e ven ing an d in he ated room C a t arr hs , .

fro m any m u c ous memb rane —he a d vagin a , , ,

e tc w he n se c r e tion is ye l low an d s limy F r e

.
, .

q u en tl y calle d fo r towa r d s the en d o f a co ld ,

w h e n the d i s c h a r ge is pro fuse an d co m e s u p

e a sy .

7 M agne s ia Ph o sp h o r ic a— P h o sp h ate o f M a g
.

n es 1 a .

“
C hie f re me dy fo r n e rvous complain t s O f a
sp as mo di c n ature Al l ail m e nts with in ten se .

pain s d artin g sp as mo d ic con s tricting I t i s

, , ,
.

the gre at anti sp as modi c r e m e d y h e n ce in con

-

,
’
v u l sio n s colic with flatule n ce St Vitus
, ,
.

D an ce s pasmod ic coug h c ramps n e ur a l gi a

, , , ,
’
p alp itation tooth a ch e wri te r s cramp e tc
, ,
.

C hie f rem e dy fo r b aby 8 colic .

8. Natrum M u r ia t i c u m — C h lo r ide o f So da o r a
,

C om mon S a l t .

I s foun d in all the tis s ue s o f t h e b o d y .

U se ful fo r all p ain s s u c h a s in dige stion etc , ,

.
,

w h en ac c omp an ie d by e ithe r flow o f s a l iva o r

i n crease d se cretion o f te ars vomitin g o f w a te r ,

o r cle a r m ucus C atarr h s with froth y wate ry

.

m u cu s o r b li ste rs I n all catarrh s w h e re t h e

,
.

se cre tion is clear an d tran sp a r ent H e a d ache .

,

c o stive ne s s inte rmitte n t fe ve r w ith cata rr h

,

O f the stom ach .

 B I O CH EM I STRY 37

9 .Natrum P h o sp h o r i c u m
Phosphate O f —
Soda .

I s the remedy fo r those dis ease s that a rise

from an acid condition o f the system I t i s .

e spe cial l y suited t o young childre n w ho have

bee n fed with t oo much s ugar an d s u ff e r from
acid ity Dyspepsia acid risings s our vo miting
.
, , ,

green ish sour diar r hoe a tongue is coated with

, ,

a y ellow depos it an d thi ck like c re am When , .

eve r this c ondition is pre sen t n o m atter in what ,

disease s this remedy w ill p rove curative For

, .

worm s and comp laints cause d b y the i r p r e s

,

e nce .

1 0 Natrum S u lp h u ri cu m —
. Sulphate Of Soda .

Acts o n the cells Of the live r an d kidneys

an d regulates the amount Of wate r in the tis
sue s B ilious ne ss head a c he with vomitin g of
.
,

b ile b itter taste diarrhoea gravel san dy urine

, , , , ,

in termitten t fe ve r d rop sy diab ete s liver , , ,

troub le s troubles arising f rom living in damp

,

place s .

1 1 Sili cea— Quart z

. .

I s use ful in s upp uration s p romotin g t h e ,

formation O f pus an d maturin g ab s c e sses dis ,

ease s o i the ne r v ous syste m pa ralyti c sym p ,

$
toms spasms rheum ati c pain in limb s e t c
, , ,
.

Y ou will fi n d D r B oe r i ck e s b rie f de sc r ip
'
.

tion o f the properties O f the Tiss ue Reme die s

as give n ab ove o f great value t o yo u when ,

re ad in conne ction with S chu e ssle r s de s cr ip ’

tion whi c h follows late r There are certa in .

outstanding fe ature s o f th is s ys te m o f B io
chemistry w hi ch yo u shoul d hold c l e arly in
yo u r m in d from this time fo r ward The mo s t .

significan t o f thes e i s that B ioch e mi stry doe s

38 B I O CH E M I S T RY

no t t reat d i s e as e b u t s u c h sy m p tom s o r s ign s

, , ,

a s n ature throw s out to inform t h e in s tr u c t e d

b ioc h e m is t w h a t s a l ts are re quire d t o r e move
t h i s s ign an d c u r e the dis eas e i f t h e con d ition ,

has p r og r e s s e d to the point w he r e it ha s b ee n

c l a ss ifi e d as a d i s e a se Th i s m e a n s t h at t h e
symp to m s o r s ign s a r e t h e c a l l o f the cel ls fo r
,

a i d T he n a me o f a d i s e as e i s of no co n se
.

q u e n c e at a l l i n B io c h e m i s t ry ex cep t a s a ,

gu id e t o t h e lice n se d p hys ician I t d oe s n o t .

i n an y w ay al te r the sy m p tom s o r S ign s w h i c h

c all fo r n atr um s u l p h fo r ex a m pl e i f th e p a .
, ,

tie n t i s b i l io us t o b e told tha t h e ha s m a l a rial

,

fe ve r o r i f s uga r is e s ca p in g f r om the bo dy b y
,

wa y o f t h e u rine to b e tol d th at he h a s d ia
,

b e te s The b io che m i s t wil l us e n at r um sulph

. .

i n all a ff e ction s o f live r an d k i d ney s b e ca u se ,

t h a t i s t h e s alt in di cate d b y t h e sy m ptom s o r

si gn s .

S im i larl y i f yo u have a co ld in the h ead w ith

,

ru n n in g o f clea r m ucu s l i k e wate r thi s i s t he , ,

symp to m o r si gn fo r n at r um m u r an d whe n .
,

e ve r t h e s ign i s c l e a r wate r o r m u c us no m at ,

te r in w ha t part o f t h e b ody it a ppe a rs the re m ,

e d y is al w ay s the s am e n atr u m m u r I f th i s , .

c o l d o f yo u r s is d is tingui sh e d b y a w h ite
m u c us l i k e th i ck m i lk t h is i s the S ign f or
, ,
.

k a l i m u r a n d w h e t h e r t h i s flow o f m u cu s i s
. .
,

f ro m th e no str i ls o r fro m an y p a r t o f t h e body ,

as l e u c orrh e a o r cata rrh o f th e s tom ach or -

, ,

wh i t e to n g u e o r p imp l e s wit h w h ite con te n ts

, ,

k a l i mu r w i l l b e th e in v a ri a b le r e me dy fo r
. .

t h i s S ign T o e l ab o rate a l ittl e mo re on t h i s

.

p oin t i f th e d i s e a s e i s c a l l e d D i p ht h eri a a nd
, ,

the t on s i l s sho w w h i t e st r in g y co ve rin g t he , ,

 B IOCH EM I S T RY 39

re medy i s k ali mur b ecau s e t hat i s the sa lt

. .
,

in d icated by the s ign I f y o ur cold s how s a .

green m ucus o r y e llow a n d g ree n a s o l d ca

,

t a r r h s often do t h e s alt in dicated b y thi s s ign

,

is n atrum s ulph I f t h i s excr e tion o r r u nn ing

.

of green m u cus appe ar s in a n y p art of the

b od y t h e indicate d s alt 1 3 a l wa y s n atrum s u lph .

Yo u m ay h ave j aundice o r inte stin al c a tarr h

o r bilious fe ve r o r any o ne of a do z e n d is
orde rs cal led b y t hei r n ame s b ut i f the s ign
, ,

is a green mucus o r di s c h a rge the s a l t calle d ,

fo r 1 5 n a trum s u l ph .

In pla ce o f fi ve h un dre d re me die s for fi v e

h u n dred n ame d an d clas s ified dise a s e s you
have i n B io ch e m I S t r y exa ctly e leven remed ie s ,

an d p o s s ibly te n s ign s or symp tom s o r cal ls

o f t he ce l ls f or certain in dicated s a lts The
fi rs t an d co mmone s t S ign of cour s e is p ai n , , ,

the s e con d is infl am mation or feve r the th ird ,

i s constipatio n o r conge stion t h e fo ur th i s ,

anemi c o r ill nourishe d appe aran ce the fi f th

-

is exudation o r c a tarrhs the sixth i s n ervou s ,

di sorde r s the se venth is swellings the eighth

, ,

i s b ony growt hs the n i nth is s upp uration s the

, ,

tenth is de cay o r los s of h air a t r o p hy o f m us

’

, ,

cles organ s e tc The se s y m p tom s of s o me

, , .

t h in g wrong with the h um an b od y are me t

wit h in s ofa r a s fre quen cy is c o n ce rne d about
in t h e o r de r give n he r e Ea c h of the se sym p .

t om s is to b e s ub divide d b y the b iochem ist into

i ts c h aracte ristic s Fo r example there are
.

m an y k in ds o f p ain the re are m any k in ds of,

in fl amm a t io n s the r e are man y kind s of de cay

, .
 C H APT E R VI
‘

PR O MI N E N T PR O P ER TI E S O E TH E S ALT S

C a lc P h o s Th i s s alt ha s a n a ffin it y for

. .

alb u men Alb u me n i s the c h ie f con s tit u en t

.

o f the b ody c ells -

Eve ry ce ll contain s alb u
.

me n The re fore w hen the b ody show s a was t

.

in g con d ition o f an e mia it i s eithe r u nab le to

us e t h e a l b ume n o f the foo d in b u il d in g o r it ,

is lo s in g alb u me n i n s ome m an ne r b y the k i d ,

n ey s p os sib ly I n any case we m us t us e t h e

.

’
s alt th at is alb umen s a ffinit y by c h em i c a l a t
t r a ction n a mely cal c p h o s Th i s i s n ot onl y
, . .

the r ight s al t fo r al l d iso rde rs o f b on es b u t ,

the right s alt fo r al l condition s o f m al n ut ri—

tion an d was ting o f fle sh .

C al c F l uo r
. Thi s i s a spe cifi c i n the case o f
-
.

tee th that are we ak in en amel I t i s the s alt

f o r hard s w ell in gs I t cure s those suppos ed l y
.

in curab le case s o f catarrh wh ich are a cco m

p a n i e d by the s trong fe tor o f de cayin g b one ,

o r c arie s .

Fe r r u m P hos Thi s i s the fi rs t r e med y fo r

.

p ain o f any kind at its beginn in g T he fi r s t .

re me d y fo r any inflam mato ry cond ition .

Kali M u r
. T hi s i s the se cond r e medy for
.

all p ain s an d in fl a m m a t io n s when they h ave

re ache d a stage whe re a white exudation Or ,

w h ite S i g n o f an y kin d i s evident .

Ka l i P ho s
. Thi s i s th e great Ne rve Salt
. .

40
42 B I O CH E M I STRY

e dy Fr o m c h il dhood to ol d age the e asie s t

.

tro u b le fo r the b od y t o fall in to i s a con ditio n

o f a cid ity whic h i s shown forth b y a varie ty o f
s ign s among whi c h the p ain of rhe umati s m i s
on e o f the mo s t com mon I f it can b e clearl y .

e s tab l ishe d that the rhe um ati s m i s caused by

a n a cid c ond ition then n atrum pho s will cure .
,

eve n tho ug h th e r h e umati s m i s i n it s in fl a m

m a t o r y stage an d unb e arab ly painful , .

N a tr u m Su l p h M os t o f t h e se s alts pe rform
.

doub le d utie s o r d utie s o f a two fold n at u re

,
-
.

T hey are t h e b uilders and the y a re al so the ,

ca r e take rs o r j an itors w h o see t h at the f u n c ,

tion s o f the o rgan s run s moothl y I n the case .

o f n atrum s ulph it is the gre at l ive r an d kid

.
,

n e y s al t and it i s u sed al so by the b lood to

,

re mo ve wate r fro m Old cel ls th at h ave los t

the i r us e fulne s s an d whi c h m us t b e burne d u p
b y the oxyge n o f the b loo d an d cast o u t o f .

t h e b ody t o m ake room fo r new an d vigorou s

ce l ls to take thei r place s The th ree n atrum .

s al ts n atrum m ur n atrum pho s and n atrum

,
.
,
.
,

sulph are all con ce rned w ith the wate r use d

.
,
-

b y the cells N a t r u m m ur attra c ts wate r an d

. .

p uts i t t o use in b uild in g N atrum phos . .

ch an ge s acid se c re tion s o f wate ry con si ste n cy

t o a lkalin ity N atrum s ulph withhold s wate r
. .

fro m de cayin g cells expe ditin g the i r rem oval ,

from the body Natrum s ulph is the S pe c ifi c . .

al so i n the com mon American disorde r con ,

st ip a t io n by stim u latin g the live r to n ormal

,

activity .

S ilicea This is t h e gre at r e med y fo r all pu s

.

con dition s I t is also in dicate d whe reve r the

.

n a i ls show exce s s ive b rittlen e s s I t w as em .

 B I O C H E M IS TR Y 43

ployed by S c h ues s le r particu l arly in sc r o fu l

o u s b lood diso rders o f long standing
-
.

When yo u intend to u se the Tis s ue Re m

edie s to rid y our se lf o f a long st anding condi -

tion of c onstipation fo r example let u s see

, ,

what s alt you would sele c t I f the ton gue i s .

white y ou wo u ld choos e k ali m ur I f you a re . .

a ne r v o u s s ubj e c t an d there i s m u c h fe to r
,

with ba d ta s te in the mo u th gene r all y y o u r ,

choice wo ul d be the nerve s alt ka l i pho s fi rs t ,

. .
,

o f all i n the expe ctation that whe n the nervou s

,

s ys te m i s attende d to the fun ction s w o uld

‘

a u tomatical ly improve I f the re is at the s ame

.

time a cond ition of acidity of the stoma ch ,

as so ciatin g the constitution with he art b u r n —

,

d y speps ia o r in dige s tion you would sele c t

, ,

natrum pho s I f the condition of c on stipation

.

is due to a d ryne ss of the inte stinal tract the

re medy indicate d i s n atrum m u r I f there i s .

m us cula r lack o f peristalti c action of the in

t e s t in e s the innervation will re s pon d be s t to
,

fe rr u m p h o s If there is muc h fl atu l e n ce e vi

.

dent t h e right salt fo r that is n atr u m s ulph .

Final l y i f the constip a t ion i s accompan ied b y

ancient s c r ofulous condition s an d s uppu r ative
d i s ease s s i l ice a will an swe r m o re e ffe ctive ly
,

t ha n any othe r s alt The re fore you wil l g r a sp

.
,

t h e i m po rtant truth that a s ign or s y m p to m i s

n o t t h e s o l e indi cation I n itself of what s al t i s
re q u ired W h en you h a v e m astere d th e s im pl e
.

r u le s gove r n in g the administratio n o f t h e s a lt s

in t h e o rd e r of i mpo r tan ce of the s igns you
wil l n ot rush has til y to the con cl u s ion t h a t
you are q u alifi e d to t r e at the d isease s and d is
o rd e rs of y o ur fri e n ds a nd acq u aint a n ce s The .
44 B I O CH E M I STRY

poi nt O f th is b oo k in deed the r e aso n for it s

, ,

p u b l i c ation is n ot that yo u s h al l forthw it h

,

l aun ch o u t a s a B io che mi s t fo r the t r e atin g

o f d ise a s e The point o f t h e boo k i s t h a t y o u
.
,

an d none ot h e r no m atte r what hi s t ra in i ng

,

an d ex p e rie n ce m ay b e are the b e st j ud ge of

i
,

y o u I o w n phys i c al b e ir
g an d t h,
e l e as t l ike l y
t o m ake any mi s take in inte rpre ting its nee d s .

I t will b e m uch e as ie r fo r yo u c orr e ct ly to

d iagno se you r o w n c ase th an fo r an y othe r
p e r so n t o do s o Y o u for in stance c a n d e te r
.
, ,

mine t h e re ason at the b a c k o f t h i s con d ition

o f con s tipation i n you r o w n ca s e fa r b ette r

tha n a nyone e l se can d o i t T he r e i s al way s .

a r e a s on I t is your b us in e s s to k now wh y
.

yo u r b ody acts o r fail s t o act i n a ce rta i n

w ay . The Ti s sue Re med ie s will s e t r igh t fo r
you an y con d ition o f you r b od y t h a t i s a h
no r m a l Yo u wil l le arn ve ry rapi d l y h ow t o
.

ta k e care o f yo ur o w n he alth an d h ow to pu t
yo u r s el f r ig h t i f you go wron g M o reove r .
,

yo u w il l me et wit h m an y case s in yo u r o w n
fam il y w h e re it will b e quite s afe fo r y o u to
a pp ly the k nowledge yo u have gaine d f r o m a
study o f y o ur o w n phys i ca l con d ition B ut .

d o n o t p l u nge in to a c tivity a s a G ener a l Pr a c

t iti o n e r . The w r ite r has studie d S chu e ssle r s ’

B io che mis try fo r te n years active ly an d in ,

t e n s iv e ly an d he is mo re con s cious o f the

,

lim itation s o f h i s k nowle d ge o f the che m is try

o f the hum an bo dy than p u ff e d up with h is

a c qui reme nt o f k nowle dge Go slow an d be .

,

thorough Ke ep a cool h ea d Yo u h ave y ou r

. .

h and on the foun d a t ion o f me d i ca l s cien ce he r e ,

b u t d o no t r u n to th e ext r e me o f su ppo s i n g
 B I O CH EM I STRY 45

th at you have nothing to d o b ut app ly the

te a chings Of this book the day afte r tomorrow .

Y o u h ave a lo t o f de liberate thinking t o do

after you have learned the e s se ntials o f B io
chemistry b e fore yo u can use it witho ut m ak
in g far t o o m any mistake s .

Noti ce that N ature c arrie s nothin g in the

way Of a laxative o r c atharti c o r ton ic in these
e leven mine ral s alts The r e ason fo r the a h
.

sen c e o f a ton i c is that t hi s is a foolis h word

c oined by medi c al p ra c titione rs opera t ing as ,

a s trengthe ning s timulan t t o the syste m U n .

de r st a n d that n ature has n o stimulan ts b e

cause she needs n one S he ha s o n e toni c a nd
.

one only n ame ly the harmon y o f the ce ll s

, , ,

whi ch is the c ondition o f He alth Th i s i s her .

General Toni c She ha s no specia l tonic

. Nor .

h a s sh e a c athartic I f yo u h a v e b een in t h e
.

hab it o f taking p ills o r tab lets o f a loe s rh u ,

ba r b c alomel e tc etc to p rod u ce a mo ve

, , .
,
.
,

ment o f the bowel s you h a v e bee n ta k in g a

,

sub s tan ce into y o u r body w h ic h i s so forei gn

to it s activitie s that you r body i s a nxio u s t o
ge t r id of it as s peedily as po s sib l e I t doe s .

so Y ou h ave pe rh ap s congrat u late d yo u r s elf

.

on t h e re sult B ioc h emis try w ill te a c h yo u t o

.

t h in k str a ight on thi s matte r Yo ur b ody is .

a marvel Re spe c t it
,
.
 C H A PT ER VI I

E X T RAC TS F R O M S C H U E S S L ER S
’
BI O CH EMI C
T HERA PY
$ L a st E d i t i on . Publ i sh e d by Boe r icke Ta fe l ,
Ph i l a
d e lph i a )
.

I n m y b io che mic a l t h e r a p y onl y e l eve n

r e me d ie s are u s e d the s e be ing su ch a s ar e
,

h omoge neo u s wit h t he inorgan i c s u b stan ce s

con taine d in the b lood a n d i n the ti ss ue s o f
t h e hu m an or gan is m Th e se r e me d ie s
mu s t be given i n s ma ll d o s e s Whe n
.

e ve r s m a l l do s e s a r e me ntio ne d the r e a de r ,

us uall y at on ce t h in ks of H omeopath y ; my
t h e r ap y h oweve r is not h omeop a t h ic fo r i t
, , ,

i s not founded on t h e l a w o f s im i l a r ity b u t o n ,

t h e phy s io l ogic c h e m i cal p r o ce s se s whic h ta k e

-

p l ace in t h e hu m an organi s m B y m y me th o d .

o f cure the d i s turb an ces o cc ur rin g i n t h e mo

tion of the m ole c u le s of the ino r gani c su b

s tan ce s i n t h e hu man b od y a re d i r e ct ly e q u a l
ize d by me an s of h omogene ous s u b s ta n ce s ,

w h i l e H o meo p at hy attain s i t s c u r a t iv e e n d s
in an in dire c t wa y b y me a n s of h ete r oge ne ous
sub stan ce s A r e me dy s e l e c t ed a c
c or din g to t h e p r in cip l e o f sim ila r s i s a h om eo
p a th i c r e m edy b ut a re medy w h ic h i s homo
,

g e n e o u s w it h th e m ine r a l s ubsta n c e s o f th e
o r g a n i s m an d t h e us e o f whi c h Is fou n d e d o n
,

p h ys io l ogic al c h e mi s t ry i s a b ioc h em ic al r e m
,

e dy .
 B I O CH EM I STRY 47

B loo d con s i sts of wate r su ga r fat al b u , , ,

men s odium chlo r ide $ common s a l t ) p ot a s

, ,

s i u m chlo r ide calcium fl uo r i d e s ilici c aci d

, ,

$ silicea ) iron lime magne sia soda an d pot

, , , ,

ash . Sodium s al ts p re d ominate I n

the se rum o f the b lood potas sium s alts in t h e ,

b lood corp us cles S ugar fat and the alb u men s

-
.
,

are the so called o rgan i c con stit u e nts of t h e

-

b lood ; wate r an d the above men tione d s alts

a r e th e in o rg a n i c p a r ts B loo d con .

tain s the m ate rial fo r al l the various tis s u e s ,

1 e
. .
,
the cells of the body This mate r i a l .

reache s the tiss ues through the walls of th e

capillarie s and thus makes good t he w as te i n
,

the c ells cause d by the tran s form ation o f it s

s u b stan ce s . The albumen des tine d
to b uild up new ce l ls is sp lit up th r ough the
in fluen ce of oxygen within the tis s ues The , .

products of s uch a d ivis ion are the s ub stan ce s

forming mus cles ne r ves gelatine muc us , , , ,
‘
ke r atin a nd elastin
, The s ub stance w h ich
.

forms gelatine is inte nde d fo r the conne ctive

tis sue for the b ones the cartilage an d the
, ,

ligaments ; the s ub stan ces form in g m u cus ,

m us cles an d nerves are destined for the muc u s

c ells ,the mus c le ce ll s the nerve cells an d the
-

,
-

c e ll s of t h e b rain an d t h e sp inal ma rr ow ; the

ke r a tin is intende d fo r the hair the n ails an d ,

the cell s o f t h e epide rmis and the epithelium ;

the el a stin for the e lastic tis sue s .

“
W h en th r o u gh me a n s of foo d and d rink ,

prope r l y d ige sted the b lood is compen s ate d

,

fo r the l o s se s w h i ch i t h as su fl e r e d from su p ’

plying th e n u t r itive material to the tis s u e s ,

and when t h u s t h e r e is p re s e nt in t h e ti s s u e s
48 B I O CH E M I S T RY

t h e n u t r i t ive m at e r i al in t he r e q u i s i t e q ua n
tit y a n d i n th e r ig ht pla ce a n d w h e n t h e re is
,

n o d i stu rb a n ce in t h e motion o f th e mo l e c ul e s ,

t h e n th e bu i l din g of n e w ce lls a n d th e de st r u c
ti o n o f th e old ce ll s a s we ll a s t h e e l im in a tion
o f w as te p r o d u ct s p r oce ed s n o r m al ly a n d t h e ,

m a n i s in a s t a te o f h ealt h .

“
W h e n a p at h ogen i c i rr itation t ou c h e s t h e
ce l l i ts fun ctio n i s th e r eb y at fi rs t in cre as e d
, ,

be c aus e it en dea vor s to r e p e l thi s ir r ita t ion .

B u t w h e n i n con s e q u en ce o f t h i s a ctivit y it
, ,

l o s e s a p a rt o f its m ine ral m a te r i als f or c arry

ing o n it s f u n ction s the n it un d e r goe s a p a tho
,
’
ge n i c c ha n ge Virc h ow s ays T h e e s s e n ce o f
. .

d i se ase 1 5 the ce l l c han ged p a t h o g e n e t ica lly .

’

“
Th e ce lls whi c h h ave u n de r g o n e p ath o
gen ic c ha n ge s 1 e the ce l l s in w h ic h the r e i s
, .

a d efi cie n c y i n one o f th ei r mine ral co n st it u

e n ts need a compen s a t ion b y m e an s of a
,
‘

ho moge neo u s m ineral su b s tan ce S u c h a com .

p e n sa t io n m a y be m ade s p o n t a n e ou sly i ,

th rough the curati ve e ffort o f n ature where b y ,

the re q u is it e s ub s tan ce s e nte r t h e cel l s from

t h e i r in te r s ti ce s B ut if t h e s p ontaneo u s c u re
.

is del ayed therape utic ai d be come s ne ce s s ary

, .

Fo r thi s purp ose the r e qui r e d m ine ra l su b

s t a n ce s a r e given in a mo l e cu l ar form Th e .

mo le c ule s e n te r th rough t h e epithel i u m o f t h e

c a vity o f the m out h an d t h ro at into the b l ood
an d d i ff u s e the m s elve s in ve r y di re ction .

“
T h e b ioc h em ical re med ie s are u s e d in min
i m al do s e s . N a ture ope r ate s onl y by
m e a n s o f at o m s an d by m ean s o f gro ups o f
a tom s or mole cul es The grow th of ani m a l s
.

an d o f plan ts i s e ffe cted b y adding new at o m s

50 B I O CH EM I S T RY

Phosphori c Acid
C h lo r ine

M il k a l s o con tain s tra c e s o f fl u orin e an d s i l ice a .

A lit r e o f m il k o r gram me s o r
, ,

g r ain s i s the a ve rage quantity con s ume d d ail y

,

b y a s u c k lin g child w e ighing ab out 6 k ilo

g r am m e s .

“
Th e amo un t o f m ineral s ub s tan ce co n
t a in e d in one ce ll i s infi nites imal B y we igh .

in g m e a s ur in g an d cal culatin g t h e p hysio lo

, , ,

gian C S chm idt h a s comp ute d t h at one b l ood

, .
,

ce ll con tain s about the o n e b il lion t h p art of a-

gram m e o f Pota ss i um C h lo ride .

“
In m y p r a c ti ce I ge ne ral ly u se t h e 6 t h
d e ci mal trituration I n a cute case s ta k e e ve r y
.

h ou r o r e ve ry two ho urs a quantity o f the

trituratio n a s l arge as a p e a i n ch ron i c case s ,

take as m uch th re e o r fo ur time s a d a y

,
.

F e rrum Phos Si licea an d C al c F l u o r I u s

.
, . .

u a lly give i n the 1 2 t h trituration A .

m illigram me o f s ub stan ce 1 3 cal culated to con

tain an ave rage o f 1 6 t ril l ion s of mole c u le s the ,

6 t h decim al t rituration should the re fore con

tain ab o ut 1 6 b illion mole cules This n umbe r .

i s mo re t h an s u fficien t t o e qualize the di s tu rb

an ce i n the m ole cul ar motion s o f the ti s s ue s .

I r on I ron an d its s a lts posse s s t h e pr op

.

e r t y o f attractin g ox y ge n The 1 r o n containe d

.

i n t h e bloo d c u r p u scle s ta k e s u p the in h al e d

 B I O CH E MI STRY 51

O xy gen thereb y sup pl y in g with i t al l the tis

,

s ue s o f the organ ism I ron will cure

.

I . The fi rst stage o f all in fl a m m a t io n s 2 . .

Pain s and H emorrhage s w hen caused by hy ,

p e r e m i a 3. Fles h wound
. s contusions , ,

sp rains etc a s it re moves the hype re mia

,
.
, .

P h osph a t e o f M a gne s i a i s co n
t a in e d in the b lood c o rp us cles in the m us c le s
-

, ,

i n the b rain in t h e spin al marrow in the

, ,

ne rve s in t he bone s and the teeth

, .

When the motion of its mole c ule s in the nerve s

is disturbe d there arise pains also cramp s
, ,

an d p aralysis .Th ey are ame l io rated

by warmth and by p re s s ure aggravated by a ,

light touch . I t will also cure sp a sm s

Of variou s k inds ; sp asm s O f the glottis ,

whooping cough lock j aw c ramp s o f the m us

,
-
,

c les of the calve s hi ccough tetanus St Vit u s

, , , .

dan ce .

Ca l c i u m Ph o sphat e is foun d in al l
cells ; it is most ab undant i n the os seous c ells .

It p l a ys a most im p ortant p art in the fo rma

tion O f new ce l ls I t the re fo re se rves as a rem
.

edy in ane m ic s t a te s and for the re storation ,

o f tiss ue s afte r acute disease s .

P ota ssi u m P h o s ph a t e i s contai ned

in the cell s of the b rain the ne rve s the mus , ,

cle s and t h e b lood $ the b lood c orpus c les ) as ,

al so in the plasm a $ serum ) o f the blood and

in t h e othe r inte rcellular fl uids A disturb .

ance in the motion s of its molecul e s p roduce s $

1 . I n the domain o f the cell s o f thought $
desponden c y anxiet y fe arfulne s s an in c lin a
, , ,

tion to weep home s icknes s s uspiciousnes s

, , ,

agoraphob ia w eakne s s o f the me mo r y an d

,
si m ila r i ll hu mo r 2 I n t h e vaso mot ory
. .

n e rve s $ at fi rst a s m a ll a nd f r e quen t pu l se

$

late r o n it i s re tarded 3 I n the s e n s o r y . .

n erve s $ p ain s wit h se n s ation o f pa ral y s i s 4 . .

I n the m oto ry ne rve s $ we a k ne s s o f th e m us

cle s an d ne rve s eve n to p ar alys i s 5 I n t h e
, . .

t r ophi c fib r e s o f t he Ne rvu s s y m p ath icu s $ r e

t a r d a t io n o f nutrition e ve n to a total ce s s a tion
the re of in a lim ite d cellul a r are a an d then ce ,

a s o ften in g an d d e ca y of the a ff e cte d ce ll s A l l .

ch an ges in the s tate o f he a lth h ave the ch ara c

t e r is t ic o f dep re s sion .

P ot a ssiu m C hlori d e i s con taine d in

alm ost all the ce ll s and is c h e mi call y r ela t e d
,

t o fib rin .I t will dis solve white o r grayi s h

white se c re tion s o f the m ucou s me mb rane s
an d plas ti c e xudation s I t i s the re fo r e t h e
.
, ,

re me dy fo r catarrh s when the se cretio n h a s

t h e form d e s cribe d ab ove ; it i s als o t h e
r e medy fo r croupous an d d iphthe ritic e x u da
tions .

S o di u m C hloride The wate r w h ich

i s in troduce d i n to the dige stive c an al i n d r in k
ing o r w it h the food e nte rs in to the b lo od
th r ough the ep ithelial ce l l s o f the m u c ou s
me mb ran e b y me an s O f the common sal t con
f ain ed i n the s e cell s an d in the blood fo r sal t ,

ha s t h e we l l k n own p rope r t y o f a ttr a c t ing

-

w a te r W at e r i s in ten de d t o moiste n al l the

.

ti s su e s 1 e ce lls Eve ry cell contain s s od a

,
. .
,
. .

The n as ce n t chl orin e which i s sp l it o ff fro m

the s od i u m c h loride O f t h e in te rce ll u lar fl u i d
c omb ine s with th is soda The s odium c h l o r i d e
.

ari s in g b y thi s comb ination at tra cts w a te r‘ .

B y thi s me an s t h e cell i s enla r ge d a n d d i

vide s up O n ly in this wa y can ce ll s d ivi d e s o
.
 B I O CH EM I STRY 53

a s to fo r m additional c el ls T he re m a y .

be sim u lt a neo u s ly tho ugh in place s d i s tan t

from one anothe r d iminishe d o r inc r e ased se
,

cre t io n s in con s e quen ce o f the d is tu r b ance in

“

the fu nctio n of the mole cule s of com m on s a lt $

e g the re ma y be cata r r h of the s to mac h wit h
. .
,

vom itin g o f w a te r o r of m ucous and at the ,

same time con stipation from a d imini s he d s e

cretion o f mucus in the colon .

S od i u m Pho s p ha t e is containe d in
the b l oo d co r p us cles in the cells of t h e m u s
-
,

cle s of the nerve s and of the b rain a s we ll

, ,

a s in the inte rcellula r flui d s Through th e .

p re s en ce o f N a t ru m Pho s lactic acid is de .

,

c o mpo s e d into carbon i c acid an d wate r .

S od ium phosphate 1 8 the remed y for thos e dis

ea s e s which are caused by an exce s s of la c tic
acid . U ric acid i s dissol ve d in the blo o d
b y t wo f a ct o r s ; the wa r mth o f the blo od a n d
So d i u m pho s phate I f uric a cid is de pos ite d
.

f rom it s s o lu tion in the j oin t s or ne ar t h em ,

o wing to a d efi cien c y o f Sodi u m p hosp hat e or ,

wh e n i t c o m b ines wit h the b a se o f Carb onate

o f so d a i n to u r ate of soda w h ich i s in s olub le ,

t he n th e r e a rise s pod a gra or acute a r t hr itic

rh eu m a ti s m .

C alciu m Fl u o r i d e i s fo u nd i n the su r
face of th e b o ne s in t h e en ame l o f the tee t h
, ,

in t he e last ic fi b re s an d in t h e cell s of t h e
,

e p i d e r mi s .A di s turb an ce 1 n the m otion of i ts

mol e c ul e s wit h a con s e q u en t los s the r e o f i s
foll owe d b y $ 1 A h ard l u mp y exudation o n
.
,

t he su r f a ce o f a bon e 2 A r e la x a tion of
. .

e last ic fibre s ; then ce an enla r ge m en t o f t h e

ve s sel s h emo rr h oid a l knots 3 T he ke r a t in
,
. .
,
54 B I O CH E M I STRY

o r ho r ny s ub stan ce co ntained in t h e ep i d ermi s ,

t h e h ai r an d the n ails ex u de s f r o m t h e cell s o f

,

the ep iderm i s Th e ex uda te d r ie s u p at on ce

.

a nd be com e s a c ru st fi rml y adhe rin g t o the ,

S kin ; it th us app ear s e g on t h e p alm s W h e n

, . .
, .

t he h a n d t hu s a ff e cted is u sed c h ap s a n d tea r s ,

in the cru st s are fo r m e d .

Si l ice a is a con s tituen t of t h e cells O f

t h e con ne ctive tis s ue of the e pi d e r mi s the h ai r
, ,

an d th e n ail s I f a su ppurative ce nte r i s forme d

.

e ithe r in the con ne ctive tis sue o r in a po r tion

o f t h e s k in S ili ce a may b e use d Afte r the
, .

function al ab i lity o f the ce lls o f the conne ctiv e

ti ssu e w h ic h h ad b ee n imp ai re d b y the pre s
,

su r e o f t h e p u s h as bee n re store d to i t s in
,

t e g r ity t hr ough a s uppl y o f mole c ule s o f Sili

cea , the se cel ls are the reby e n a b le d to t h row
o ff in im ical s u b s tan ce s $ t he p u s ) I n co n se .

q u e n c e t he
, p u s i s e ithe r ab sorb ed b y t h e l y m
p h at i cs o r it i s c ast o u t .

S o di u m S ul p h a t e T he a ction o f the
So d i u m su lp h ate is cont rar y to t h a t o f t h e
So di u m chlo r ide B oth indee d have the fac
.
, ,

u l t y of a tt r actin g wate r ; t h e Sod i um chlo ride

att ra c ts t h e wate r de s tined t o be pu t to u se i n

the o r g a n i s m b u t t h e So d i u m s ul ph ate a tt ra c ts
,

th e w a te r forme d dur in g the r e t rog r e ss ive

m et a m o rph o si s of th e cel ls and s e c ur e s its ,

e l im in a tio n f r om th e organ i s m T h e S o d iu m .

c h l o r i d e c aus es th e s p littin g up o f t h e ce l ls
ne ce s sary fo r t h e i r m ultipl ication ; t h e S o d ium
su l ph a t e wi th d r a w s wate r fro m t h e s upe ra n
n u a te d l e u cocy t e s and th us cau s e s t hei r d e s
t r u ct ion S o d i um su lp h ate cure s c h i l l s a nd
.

fe ve r b ilio us fe ve r in fl u en z a diabe te s b il ious

, , , ,
 B I O CH E M I STRY 55

vomiting b ilious d iarrhoea oedema

,
ca , ,

t a r r h s with y ellowi sh gree n o r gree n sec r e

-

t io n s, e t c
_ .

P o t a ss iu m S u l p h a t e i n re c iproca l
action with i ron e ff e cts the tran s fe r o f the
inhale d oxygen t o al l the cells a n d i s con ,

t a in e d in all the cells containing iron Whe re .

the re is a d e fi cie n cy as to Potas sium sulphate ,

a c cordin g t o the locality and exten t O f the de

fi c ie n cy the followin g symptom s m ay arise $
,

a se n sation O f heavine s s and wearines s ve r ,

tigo c hilline s s palpitation o f the he art a u x

, , ,

ie t y s adne s s tootha c he head ache an d pain s

, , ,

in the limb s . There en sue s a de s q u a

m ati on O f cells o f the epidermis and the ep i
thel ium wh ich have bee n loosene d fro m thei r
,

conne c tion be cause they we re n ot su ffi c iently

$

provided w ith oxygen The s c aling O ff of the se

.

epithelial cell s i s followed by c atarrh s wi th a

se cretion of y ellow mucus I t al so cure s .

la ry n ge al catarr h an d catarrh s o f the b ron ~

,

chia of the c onj un c tiva o f the m ucous me m

, ,

brane o f the nostrils etc where the secretion

,
.
,

ha s t he ab ove me ntione d c haracte r istic s ; also

a c a t a r rh of the stoma ch when the tongue h as ,

a y e l lo wis h m u c ous c oating ; al so a catarrh o f

the m iddle e ar and ren al catarrh .
 C HA PT ER VI II .

R EV I EW O F S C HU ES S LER S PRAC T I CE
’

I t wo u ld see m the n that cert a in o f t he s e

m ine r a l sa lt s h a ve t h e ir sp e ci a l a ffinitie s
a m o n g o r g a n i c p r od u ct s Le t u s t ra ce t h e .

conn e ction b ri e fl y
fCa lc
. P h o s a tt ra c t s alb um en A l b ume n o f
. .

fo o d i s t h e c h ie f n ourishe r of the b ody an d ,

c h ie f ce l l b u i ld e r W h en eve r th e r e f or e t h e r e
-
.

i s a n exu d at ion o f a l b umen fro m a n y part o f

t h e b o d y o r w h ene ve r the re is a condition o f
, .

i l l n our i sh me n t o f t h e b od y p r e s ent t h e re i s a
-
,

l oss o f c al c ph o s i n t h e bod y w h ic h m u s t be
. .
,

s u p p l ied .

‘
Kali M u r att ra cts fib rin A wh ite e x u da
. . .

ti o n o f a fib r in o u s n atu re ca lls for kal i mur . .

to c h e c k t h e l o s s I t h a s als o bee n ca l le d the

.

s aliv a sal t be cause wit h o u t k ali m ur it w ould . .

be im p o ss ib le fo r the C he m is t of t h e B od y to
m an u facture s aliva Kali m ur t h e re fo r e is . . .
, ,

n e ce ss a ry for t h e r ig h t m asti cation o f fo od in

t h e mo u t h .

N a t rum M u r a ttra ct s wate r A wa ste o f

. .

w a ter i n a n y p ar t o f t h e b o dy t h e r e fo r e m e a n s
a l os s o f n atru m m ur Thi s m ay b e a c ol d .

with c l e a r ru n n in g m u c u s a vo m itin g o f w a t ,

e ry fl u ids a d i arrh oe a o f a w ate ry n a t ur e b l i s

, ,

te rs o r p i mp l e s on t h e S kin wit h c l e ar w at e r y ,

c o nten t s etc e tc M oreo ve r if t h e stoma ch

,
.
,
.
,

d o e s not f or m the p r ope r a mo u n t of h y dro

56
58 B I O CH E M I S T RY

use le s s re me die s and o n e o f the mos t dan ge r

o u s sub s tan ce s e mp lo y e d by t h i s bl u n d e r in g

s chool o f me dicin e The proof of the b l u nde r

.

i ng is shown in the fact that n o phys i ci an is

s ati s fi ed with the p re paration s of i ron th at are
in us e to day b e ca u se o f the ir bad e ff ect s upo n
t h e d ige s tion Ye t the y con tin ue to p res c r ibe
.

i r on a s a ton i c S ch ue s sle r shows th at in p lace

.

o f iron n at ru m m ur and calc p ho s are the n at

. . .

u ral re me d ie s fo r this con d itio n o f chlo rosis .

Fe r rum P ho s att r acts ox y ge n . Whe n yo u .

unde r s tand t h at the ox y ge n o f the ai r yo u

b reat h e i s t he on ly fue l that n at u re use s in
b o d y b uil d in g actin g as a fi re upon the food
-

y ou e at yo u u nde rs tand the fun ctio n of iro n

,

i n the sys te m I ron i s n o t a ton i c in it s el f

. .

T he b o d y c a rrie s i t i n one fo rm an d in one ,

fo rm only n ame ly the pho s phate of i r on I n

, , .

its m i cro s copi cal form thi s pho sp h a te o f i ron

—
b e co me s a part o f the b lood co r puscle s color ,

i n g t h e m r ed an d e nters e ve ry ti s sue o f the

,

b od y givin g tone particularl y t o the m us cle

,

ce l l s The b ody u se s i ron also to a l lay in fl a m

.

m ation s and to c u re p ain s th at a re a cco m

p a n ie d b y fl u s h in g s of the face an d sy mptom s ,

o f he at .

Kali P h o s i s n o t attracte d to an y organic

. .

m ate r ial in particula r b ut fun ction s a s the ,

c h ie f b ui lde r o f the n e rve an d b rain cells I t is .

the n erve t on i c s al t b e ca u se i ts activitie s lie

-

chiefl y i n cont rol o f the fun ctionin g o f the

S y mp athe ti c Nervous S y ste m o r N ervu s S y m ,

p a t h i c u s W he. n the ne r vous syste m i s in

o r de r the whole m an i s in a fair way of b ein g
i n o rd e r o r in h e alth Whe n an y p a rt of the
,
.
 B I O CH E M I S T RY 59

ne r vous syste m is o u t o f o rde r su c h d iso rd e r ,

m ake s itse lf app a re nt in a numb er of pain f u l

di sturban ce s o f fun ction whi c h are n ame d a s ,

disease s o f a ne rvous origin Ka li Phos is . . .

there fore t h e mental s alt gove rn in g the ab il ,

ity o f the b rain t o fun ction s moothly in all it s

me ntal p roces ses Keeping in m ind the S ig.

n ifi ca n t fa c t that all he althy things are s wee t

tempe red it is c le ar that the fi eld fo r kal i phos . .

is wide Any continuo u s man ifes tation o f de s

.

p o n d e n c y des pair
, o r ill te mper i s evidenc e o f
,
-

la c k o f kali phos in the constant con stitutio n

. .

o f the b l o od .

Kali Sulph is accre d ite d by S chues sle r wit h

. .

a ss istin g i ron in the wor k o f carryin g oxy g en

to t h e b lood ce lls and tis s ue cells of the body
- -
.

Wh e n there is s c aling o f the oute r skin t he ,

epide rmis the caus e i s t o be found in a la c k

,
'

o f oxygen to the cell s a ff e cted and this co n ,

dition may be set right b y use o f k ali sulph in . .

it s micros copi c al form Th e write r l ays no

.

spe cial emphas is o n the use o f this s alt b ecau s e

in te n y e a rs of expe rimental w o r k he has fo und
l ittle confi rmati o n of this fin din g In his ow n .

experien c e the ma rked res ults th at have fo l

lowed the use of n a trum su l ph fo r i nstan c e .
, ,

have b een lackin g i n t h e case of kali sulph . .

The carryin g o f oxyge n seem s to be fully a t

tende d to b y the iron of t he co rp us cles H ow .

eve r the M as te r ce rtain ly h a d a fa r gre a te r

,

fu nd o f experien ce to draw u pon than t h e

write r and this doubt i s p u t forward here on ly
,

that yo u m ay no t se ize upon kali s u l ph a s the . .

remed y by me an s of which yo u will te s t the

value o f B ioche mis try as a w ho l e W e wo u l d .
60 B I O CH E M I STRY

g u a r d yo u ag a in s t p o s s ib l e d is ap poin tm en t
he r e an d t h ere fo r e advi se tha t y o u m a k e you r
,

fi r st t r ia l w it h k al i pho s a s the n at ural

. .
,

str engt h e ne r of the n e r vou s s ys te m .

M agne s i a P h o s is the Spas m s alt actin g

.
,

u p on t h e fun ction s o f the whi te ne rve cell s -

.

Sc hu e s sle r u sed this s alt p arti cu larl y i n cases

o f t ub e r culo s i s that we r e n ot too fa r a dvan ced ,

bu t w h i c h h ad ad van ced b e y ond the p oin t

w h e r e n at r u m pho s co uld be us ed with a dv a n
.

t a ge to d i s so l ve the swe l lin gs o f the g la nd s .

Th a t i s to s a y h e u se d m a g pho s w h e n case
, . .

o u s d e gene ration h ad se t in s a y in g o n th is , ,
“
p oin t $ W h e n t h e ce lls ne ar the s e case ou s
m a ss e s a re t oo w e ak to rej e ct t h e m the y a re ,

d efi cien t in M agne s i a p ho sp hor ic a By th e .

,

t h e rap euti c a l s uppl y o f min im a l q u an titie s o f

t h i s s a l t the s e cell s are re sto r e d to t h e i r in
t e g r it y an d th us e nab le d graduall y to r ej e ct
t h e s e t ub e r cular m as s e s The d e tr it us of th e
.

r ej e cte d m a ss e s i s th en re move d from the o r

‘

m
$

g a n is by the us u al excretive c h a nn el s .

C a l c F l u o r i s t h e arc h i t e ct of t he en a me l of
. .

t h e te et h a n d b y m e an s o f it s p rodu ct k e ra tin
, , ,

help s to m an ufact u r e t he h ai r I n i ts c u ra tive .

wor k i t d i s so l ve s h a rd b o n y s we ll in g s i n a n y
,

p art o f the b o dy a n d c o rr e ct s ex u da t ion s o f

,

th e ho rn y s u b s tan ce Fo r ex a m p le co r n s an d
.
,

cal lou s e s a r e p rod u ce d b y th e ex ud at io n o f

t h i s h o rny m atte r thr o u g h t h e epi d e r m i s Th e .

fl u ori de o f l ime take s u p th e s e ex ud atio ns ,

mole c ule b y mole c u le an d ca u se s th e i r a h

,

so rption by t h e b loo d .

Silice a i s attracte d to p us and all p us Co n

d it io n s
. W h en eve r s u pp uration form s a
 B I O CH EM I STRY 61

s y mpt o m o f a bod ily d isea s e s ilice a ha s a

p ar t to pl a y in it s r e moval S c hu e s sle r s pe aks .

of it s v alu e in a l l c hr oni c a ff ec t ion s a n d p a r ,

t icu la r ly in c h r onic a r thritic r he u m a tic co n -

dit ion s as i t form s a sol u b le comb in a ti o n or

, ,

s o d i um s i l ic at e wit h the s od a o f t h e ur ate

,

of so da c aus ing the ab s orptio n of t h e d e

,

pos it a n d i ts removal f r om the b o dy thro u gh

the ly mphatics F or the s ame reason he u s e d
.

s il ice a in ren al gravel H e cre dit s s ilice a al s o

.

wi th the p owe r o f re storin g the pers p iration

o f th e feet when thi s h as been su ppre s sed fo r
a n y r e a s on which s uppres s ion may h ave t e
,

su lt e d i n s uch outw a r d man ife station s o f

d i s e a se a s a mb ly op ia c a t ar act an d para , ,

l y si s .

Y ou wi l l be re quired i n y o u r st u dy o f B io ,

che mistr y to reme mbe r that the b ody is as

,

quic k to fo r m hab its as the m ind We spea k .

of m enta l h ab its b ut we s eldom allude to ,

bodil y h ab i t s su ch a s the h ab it of con stip a

,

tion the h ab it o f ac i d i ty o f the s tom a ch the

, ,

hab it o f vom iting t h e h ab it o f pain e tc etc , ,

.
, .

I n s ele cting t h e right sa l t there fore y ou will

be called upon to d i s tin g u ish between an
ac u te or acti ve d iso r de r a nd a h ab it An u n , .

de r st a n din g o f the diff e r ence wil l as s i st you

in s e lectin g t h e sal t th at i s nee d e d t o r e ctify
t h e condition T he body f a ll s e as il y into bad
.

h ab it s Fo rt un a te ly they a r e e a s ily co rr ec t ed
.

b y t h e r ight r e m e d ie s the cell salts and t e ,

-

sp o n d t o t h i s co rr e ction in mos t ca s es rap i dly .

C ance r h oweve r whi c h is th e habit of cell

, ,

b u ilding out of p l a ce doe s not s o re s pond , .

Why we do not know

, .
 C H A PT E R IX .

S PECI AL CHARAC T E RI ST I C S

T h e followin g guide fo r u se of t h e T is s u e
Re med ie s is nothing mo re t h an a general
s um m ary whi ch s pe ci al con d i tio n s m igh t
,

make e n tirely untrustworth y I n t el l ige nt s e .

le ction o f the s alt is de te rmine d on ly b y yo u r

cle a r u n de rs tanding o f the e s se ntial p roces s e s
of y o u r o w n phys ical bod y a nd t h i s i s by n o ,

me an s a di ffi cult thin g to arrive at It re .

q u i re s on ly th at yo u s h a ll ob se r ve w h at yo u r
bod y is do in g Th is i s p articularly your b u s i
.

n e s s ; y ours o n ly Yo u nee d a cop y o f

.

S ch u e ssle r s B io che mi stry from B o e r ick e 81

’

T a fel t h e pub lish e rs an d w h e re ve r y o u r e ad

, ,

in tha t copy that Kali C hlo r is indicated y ou

. .
,

will un d e rs tan d that Kal i M u r i s me an t . . .

Why the p ub lis hers should spea k of Ch lo r ate

o f P o t a sh t h r o u g h ou t t h e b ook w he n C hlori d e
o f Potas h is m e an t i s a my s te ry Ap a r t from .

t h at cu r ious e rro r the book i s exce llen t ; we ll

p rin te d o n good p ape r and cloth bo un d T he
, ,
-
.

p rice is I t i s a s mal l book Y o u can .

b e gin to app l y the in form ation it con tain s

wit h in t h ree d ays b ut y o u w ill n ot ex h aust
,

the va l ue o f it s c on te nts i n th ree yea r s .

S u c h o f u s a s a re con vin ced o f the co r rect

ne s s o f B ioche mis try as the only s ys te m o f
me dicine worthy o f the n ame mu st s oone r , ,

o r late r form o u rs e lve s into an Associ ation

,

62
 B I O CH EM I STRY 65

o f B io c he m ists and S ince the purpose o f this

,

book i s to ta k e the b us ines s of carin g fo r o ur

o w n b odie s out of the hand s o f doctors o f

medicine and re store it to the owne rs o f those

bodies it is evident that the as so c iation
,
“

“ $
should signify by use of the wo rd laym an
that its membe rs do n o t pra c ti c e B io c he m
ist ry as a p rofe ss ion in the sen se o f co m p e t
ing with phys ician s o f the regular s chools
o f me dicine in the tre atment o f dise ase The .

Ass ociation of Lay B io c hem i sts should b e a

sel f prote cti v e organ iz ation emb racin g in it s
-

me mbe rship all d rugles s he ale rs w ho t r e at

d ise a se a s a profes s ion and livelihood b ut ,

composed for the mos t part of me n an d

women who li v e by the p rinciples of B io
c h emistry as employe d for the be nefit o f
them sel v e s an d the i r fam ilie s on ly It m ay .

be that the de v elopment of this ide a will call

for clinical instru c tion lectu re cou rse s and ,
-

graduating examin ations con fe rring the d e ,

gree of A L B Asso ciate Lay B iochem i s t

. . .
, ,

but this i s al l in the future an d not at the ,

present time ad vis ab le Th e immediate t h ing

be fore y ou is that you t a ke up this wo rk a s a
.

home s tudy for your own im me diate a dv a n

tage . In pursuin g this stud y y ou nee d fo r
the fi r s t few ye ars noth in g b ut this boo k a n d
S ch u e ssle r s B ioche mistry
’
as said ab o ve ,
.

W h en y o u are fi rmly grounded in the es s en

t ia l s it wi l l be advi sable t h at you r ead a ll
you can ge t your han ds on i n c onnection wi t h
t h e u s e of the Tis sue Re me dies by l e ading
H omo e opath s be cause you w il l the n be in a
,
‘

po si tion to distin gui sh b etwee n t r ue B io

64 B I O CH E M I S T RY

c h e m ic p ra ctice an d H o me o p at h i c p ra c t i ce .

Th e p re s en t p rice o f the tab le ts a s s t ate d ,

is p e r lh b u t thi s i s a war time p rice

.
,
-
.

T h e no r m al co s t i s $ 1 p e r lb an d y ou r fi rst .
,

s up pl y o f the salts should con s is t of 1 l b o f .

K a li Pho s un le s s t h ere i s s ome thin g o f a

. .
,

di se ase of an a cute n ature pre se n t w h ich y o u ,

a r e ve r y anxiou s to b e rid of Eve n in s u c h .

ca s e y o u cannot do bette r t ha n pu t yo u i se lf '

on k ali p h o s tre atmen t fo r a coup le of week s

. .

b ef or e yo u ta k e u p an y othe r s alt The e ff e ct s .

of th e s a l t s a r e almos t i mpe rceptib le in

c h ron i c co ndi tion s b ut so me ti me s startlin gly,

rap i d in pa in s and ac u te disorde r s T h e i r .

g r e at e s t val u e howe ve r is i n the ir pow er o f

, ,

reb uil d in g t h e bo d y r e movin g ab no r mal itie s , ,

an d r e s to r ing t h e b o d y to it s norm a l cond itio n

o f he al t h I n accomplis h in g this pu r pose t h e y
.

b re a k up hab it s of the b ody th at have ta k e n

y ea r s to fo r m N atural ly the p ro ce s s of co r
.

r e c t in g th e se h ab its i s as s low an d g r a du al

as t h e p ro ce s s of form in g the m Expe ct noth .

in g m ar ve l o us in t h e way o f in stan t re su lts ,

t h e r e f or e M oreove r the s alts fol l ow in g t he

.
, ,

n atu ral orde r p rod u ce r e s ults i n the m a t u r e

,

an d e ld e rly m u c h m o re s low l y th an in t h e
ca s e o f t h e you ng The rig h t an d e a sy wa y .

to tak e t h e s al ts i s to k eep a s upply in a

sa u ce r or sm all r e ceptacle upon t h e dr e s s e r ,

and t a k e fou r ta b l e t s on ris ing i n t h e m o r n

ing an d four on goin g to bed at n igh t c arry
, ,

in g e ig h t tab le t s wit h yo u to y o ur offi ce ,

l oo s e I n t h e poc k e t to b e t ak en sa y at e l e ve n
, , ,
’
o cloc k a m an d at f ou r o c l oc k i n t h e a f t e r
’
. .
,

noon .Th i s i s t h e do s e fo r a n adult ; fo r a

66 B I O CH EM I STRY

m akin g the be s t p rogres s in t h e hi sto ry of t h e

cas e und e r a die t o f fruits and ve ge table s ,

with a m in im um o f m eats s upple me nte d by a ,

cours e o f s u c h b ioche mi c a l re med ie s as n at

rum s ulp h an d s ili ce a take n i n alte rn ate
.
,

pe rio ds o f o n e month of e a c h .

T u b erculo s i s This dre ad ful s c o urge o f

.

the wh ite ra c e s pre se n ts n o in s upe rab le o b

s t a c le s to the b io che m ist Tu b e rculous p a .

t ie n t s are notorious ly de fi c ient in lime The .

f ever and loss o f weight y ield readily to Fe rru m

Phos and C alc Phos particularly to th e lat
.
, . .
,

te r s alt w hich o n acco un t o f it s a ffi n ity fo r

,

alb ume n i s the b ody s avio r in all was ting

,
-

c ond ition s Fre s h air night an d day n o

.
, ,

phys ical exe rcis e wh ateve r ab und an t food , ,

take n with o r without ap pe tite ab und an t ,

m ilk i f g ood m ilk is p rocurab le othe rwi se

, ,

ab und an t wate r and a co u r se of calc p h os, . .

,

wil l cure any ordin ary case of tube r c ulo sis ,

to s tay c u red i f the p atie n t will supple men t

,

thi s re gime n by takin g tw i ce a s lon g ove r

hi s me al s as othe r people e mployin g thi s ex ,

ce s s time in com plete m as tication o f eve ry

mouth ful o f food whe the r solid o r li qui d The ,
.

rule i n thi s case i s th at n o fo od should b e

swal l owed whic h h as n ot bee n b rough t b y
com plete mastication i nto a l iquid cond ition ,

and n o food should be swallowed un til t h e

taste h a s d is appeared b y p rolon ge d mastica
tion T h e se a r e t he two fund amen tals o f t h e
.

sys te m o f Fl etc h e ris m o r comple te m as tica ,

t i on of food which p roduce d s uch astonis h

,

ing im pr ove me n t in the ph y s ical conditio n o f

the founde r o f t h e s y s te m H o r ace Fl etche r , ,
 B I O CH EM I STRY 67

an d ha s done so much fo r the physi c al bet

t e r m e n t of his thousand s o f follo w e rs scat
t e r e d throughout the world .

As a me an s o f class ifying d isease a knowl ,

e dge o f bacte riology is in te re sti ng As a con .

t r ib u t io n to exact knowle dge o f the form of

t h e micro o rgani sm s p rod u c in g ce rtain c o n
-

d it io n s of dise a se b acte riolog y has bee n use

ful As a guide to the p roduction o f an ti
.

toxin s for the c ure o f disease b acte riology h a s

been of value in isolatin g the active germ A s .

an excuse fo r m u c h fluent non sen se and bogus

spe c ifi cs b acteriology has a good deal to a h
’
swe r for Yo u m ay re cal l Ko c h s Tube r c ulin
.
,
“
606 ,
and othe r m u c h touted re me di e s that
-

failed to gi v e a good a c co unt o f the m selve s .

The b io c he mis t i s n o t imp re ssed by b a c teri

ologi c al find in gs H is sys te m of c ure deal s
.

wi th the s ign s and symp toms that ind i c ate a

de parture from the normal s tan dard o f health ,

and he i s well as sure d that to n ame a di s

-

e ase co rrectly an d to cure the disease are

two ve ry d i ffe ren t thin gs H e has n othing t o
.

do with the n am ing of the d isease H i s co n .

ce rn i s t h e S ign or symptom He kn ow s that .

the body in health c a n take c are o f any b a

c illu s that h a s o r h a s n o t yet been d iscove r e d ,

n ame d a n d c las si fie d The bioche mis t i s n o t

.

more impres sed by anti typhoid se rum than -

by M e t c h n iko ff s exploded opin ion that ben

’

e v o le n t ba c te ria a re re siden t in B ul garian

b utte rmilk G o d help us
. medi cal s c ien c e
,

h a s su p p l ie d u s with ab s urditie s enough $

'
 C H AP T ER X .

TH E PRAC T I CE OF M EDI CI N E

The c h ie f value to t h e com mun ity in t h e

B o ard o f H e alth l ie s in it s exe cutive p owe r
o f warnin g the p ub lic again s t epide m i c d is
e as e a n d con tagion an d e n forcin g those s an i
,

t ar y p re cautions wh ic h the p ub li c i s too ig

n o r a n t o r t o o c are le s s to carry o ut o f its own

a ccord The B oard o f H e alt h i s the re fore a

.

pol ice p owe r an d rightly s o

,
Exte n d in g it s
.

fun ction s in ce r tain localitie s with great a d

van tage to the citi z e n it h a s ina u gurate d a
syste m o f in spe ction of the t ee th o f S c h ool
ch ildren ,
with co mpuls or y cond ition s o f
tre atm en t attac h e d th at h a s b ee n o f the
,

gre ate s t b ene fi t to the w el fa r e of the y o u n g ,

an d the re fore o f the co un t ry at l arge Not

in th is ce ntur y ma y we look fo r a ge ne r a l
.

advan ce in p ub lic intelligen ce relatin g to

'

h y giene and san itation wh ich will rende r the

se rvice s o f a B oard o f H ealth a s ine c u r e Th e .

he a l th o f a comm u nit y is chie fl y depe nde nt

upon t h e a ctivitie s o f it s B oard of H ealth an d ,

too m u c h p rai se can hardl y b e be stowed upon

the e ffi cien c y o f a dmin is tration o f it s a ffai r s
thro u ghout the countr y a s a w h ole .

Thi s b r in gs u p t h e q u e s tion of the p re se n t

s tatu s o f the do cto r o f med icine Is it not
.

a h ighly a b s ur d thin g th a t a citi z e n sho uld

blindl y p a y m o ne y o u t o f h is poc k e t to a
68
 B I O CH EM I STRY 69

ph y s ician o r d ruggi st for the purchase of

medi c ine s which are mean t to re store him to
health $ Ap a rt from the po in t that the advi ce
of one ph y s ici a n o r one druggis t is not the
same thing at all as the ad vi c e o f anothe r
ph y s ician or anothe r druggi st is it not r idicu
,

lous that one in dividual in a comm unity

should make his l i v elihood o u t o f the p ain s
and s ickne s se s of anothe r individual $ IS it
not clear that the C hine se syste m of pa y ing
an in suran c e on health by p ayin g the do cto r
only a s lon g as the citizen remain s i n he alth
‘

i s the sounde r p rin c iple o f the two $ Is i t not

askin g too much o f human n ature th at the
physi c ian o r druggi st should A LWAYS do h is
utmost to te rm i nate as rapi d l y a s po ss ible the
illnes s o f the patien t an d the reb y dep r ive
,

him sel f o f a p art o f hi s in come $ I t is a fool

i sh an d illogical way of b uyin g relie f f r om
s ic k ne s s an d w orks ve ry un satis factorily
,
.

C learly while mode rn medi c ine exists at all

, ,

i t should b e a m un i c ipal o ffi c e adm in isteri n g

,

its a ff ai rs not as at p resen t on the co mpeti

,

tive b asis of the ind i v idual reputation o f this

or that physician paid by hi s patients a c
, ,

cordin g to the i r mean s ac c ording to his su c

,

ce s s
, and a cc ord ing to the n ature of the treat
men t re quire d by the c ase b ut upon the same
,

b asis as the p re sent Bo ard s o f H ealth ex ,

ten din g the pe rson ne l o f its o ffi c ers to fi t the

requireme nts of the comm unity and e x e r cis ,

ing its knowled ge b oth medi c al and s urgical

, ,

to the be st of its ab ility upon a salary charge

,

ab le to the communit y Thi s i s com mon

.

se n se as applie d to the p racti c e of me dicine

70 B I O CH E M I S T RY

an d surge r y today The tax paye r sho u ld be

.
-

as s u r e o f me d ical o r s urgical a tte ntion i f he ,

need s i t , as he i s s ure o f wate r fo r hous ehold

pu r po se s and fo r the s ame re ason b e c ause
, ,

he pays the rate s I t would be s till a m a tte r

.

o f opt ion with the citizen whe the r h e availe d

him sel f of this opportun it y o f fre e me di cal

advi ce or treatme n t Noth in g i n the pre sent
.

p racti ce o f me d icin e give s us hope to be

lieve that i t will e ve r k now an ythin g m ore
ab out t h e right treatme n t o f disease than it
know s tod ay be cause its s tude n ts a re
, '

groun de d t h r o u g ho u t t h e ir college te rm s in
the im me morial e rro rs o f their de ad an d gon e
p rede ce s sors an d they are i n n o pos ition to
,

fly in the face o f such t e a chin g They le arn .

what the b ooks te ac h t h e m right or wron g , .

T h e y p ra ctice wh at the y have learned They .

m u s t continue so to do o r s tarve The rad i, .

cal c h an ge in m odern med icine will come

ab out i f i t e ve r come s b y p re s s ure from
, ,
-

without p re s s ure app lie d by the laym an who

, , ,

havin g grad ually ab sorb ed the b e lie f that hi s

b ody i s his own con ce rn an d that it b ehoove s,

h im to ac quire s ome accurate know ledge o f

its behavio r dri fts so fa r away from the lure
,

o f d rugs that the p ra c titione r i s fa c ed with

the alte rn ati ve o f alte rin g the me thod o f hi s

sys te m o r pe ri shin g fo r wan t of patients It
,
.

i s p rob ab le that thi s enlightenm e n t on the

p art o f the p ub lic will force the adoption o f
so me s u c h m un icipal s y ste m o f the practi c e
o f me di c ine as outline d above aff o rd ing a s a fe ,

m ean s o f l ivelihood to the future p r actitio ne r .

We should n o t ta k e too gloom y a view o f

 B I O CH E M I STRY 71

the pos sib le imp roveme n t in the practice of

me di c ine howeve r when we con side r the
, ,

sp lendid c ommon se n se displ aye d in the ar

-

rangeme nts o f the mode rn p ub lic school w ith

a v iew to compel lin g the pup il s to improve
thei r p hysi c al c ond ition b y athletic exe rc i se s
in the ope n air by use o f a prope r outdoor
gymnas i um e quipment Thi s mo st wise an d .

b e n e fi ce n t add ition to the men tal train in g o f

the c lass room we o w e to t he activitie s o f th e
-

B oard s o f Health This is supple mented by

.

w r itt e n in s t r u c t io n in the fun damental s o f

'

h ealth b uild i n g whi c h is inten de d to familiar

-

i ze eve ry student with the thin gs to be kn own

about the right c are of the b ody Nothin g .

o f equal val ue to thi s ad v an ce in s c hool

trainin g has bee n show n S in c e the abol ish
“

men t o f the cane a s the only p rope r method

of implantin g knowledge in the y outhful
m in d C omparin g mode rn education al me th
.

o d s with an c ien t edu c ational method s it doe s

n o t seem too san guin e a hope that some d ay

we shall note a s im ilar ad van ce in the p r a c

tice of med icine .

I f a ll the world we re advocate s o f S ch u e s

’
s le r s B i ochem istry the re wo u ld be n o nee d

of Va c ci nation We be lieve that the b io

‘

c hemist i s in depen dent o f anti toxin s a n d ha s -

n o need o f the v ac c ine virus to m ake him im

mun e to the s mall p o x ge rm B ut we have

-
.

n o doub t upon the point that va cc in ation is a

p reventive of s mall p o x and m communitie s

-

that know noth in g of B iochem istry vac c ina ,

tion has stood for many years as a solid wall

of prote ction . Le t the re b e n o m isu n de r
72 B I O C H E M I STRY

st a n d in g on t h i s poin t We h a ve s ma l l sym
.

path y wit h a nti v a ccina t io n ist s bec a use o f the

-

fa ct that i n fo rm ation u po n t he point o f the

e fli ca cy o f v a ccin a tion i s e a s il y p rocu r ab le .

T h e tab l e s o f m o r talit y d o no t lie Th e f a cts .

a r e be f o re y o u Vac cin a tion an d n o ot h e r

.
,

t h ing h as pra ctical l y wi p e d o ut s ma ll pox Do

,
-
.

n ot i n y o u r e n th us ias m fo r B io che m i s t ry f a l
, ,

si fy t h e im p ortance o f a fact t h at see m s to

s up port t h e c l ai m s o f an y o th e r sys te m o f
m ed icine .Li k e m o s t d isc o ve rie s of v a l u e to
the h um an r ace vac cin a tio n w a s fi r st b r ought
,

to the a tte nt ion o f E ur ope b y a la y man .

I t wa s n o p r od uct of t h e lab o rator y L a dy .

M ar y Wortle y M on tag u w ritin g from H ol ,

land to a frie n d in En gland s ome th in g o ve r ,

“
s ixt y y ea rs ago sa i d $ ,
T he people here
a re n ot a f r ai d of s m a l l pox The y pro
-
.

te e t the m se lve s b y s c r atchin g t h e arm with

a nee dl e poin t d ippe d i n t h e vir u s o f a cow
-

tha t h a s cow pox T h i s give s t h e m a S l igh t

-
.

a ttac k o f the d i s e ase an d t h e y are then sa fe

,
$
again st an attac k of s m a l l pox Followin g the
-
.

p ub l ic d is se m in ation of thi s news Dr $ e nne r , .

,

amon g ot h e r s o f the pro fe s s ion be cam e active ,

i n s up po rt o f the p roce ss w h i c h has j ustified

,

it s e l f as a so un d p re ven tative o f thi s d re ad

d i se ase in al l co u ntrie s s in ce that d ay .

We ar e n ot on t h e same s afe g r ound h ow ,

eve r whe n we con s ide r the s pe cifi c r e me dy

,

o f al l s chool s of me d icine in t h e case o f that

s courge o f hu m an it y n ame d S y philis T he .

spe cifi c d rug e m ploye d is me rcur y The a ction .

of m e r c u r y i s fatal to the life o f the ge r m

o f sy p h ili s b ut there is n o r el iable in form a
,
 C H A PT ER XI .

‘
S U MMA RI $ ED GU I DE T O U S E O F S ALTS
‘

Ab s ce ss B o ils C a rb u n cl e s
, , and F e lo ns .

Fe rrum Phos in fi rs t s tage s .

, .

Kal i M u r in se co n d stage s be fo r e p us
'

. .
,

fo rm s .

N atrum S ulph in old c hron i c case s .

, .

Silice a when pu s fo rm s
,
.

A cid D y sp e p sia H e a r t b ur n , .

N atr u m Pho s .

A cn e .

Natrum S ulph i f live r is inactive .

, .

S ilice a i f p imple s S how p u s .

Fe rrum Pho s at on set of d i sease . .

A
ga
at
e .

a rum Sulph .

A n e m ia a n d C h l or o sis .

C alc Phos . .

Fe rrum Pho s a s s upplemen ta r y re med y . .

N atrum M ur i f the re is a hab i t o f col d .

,

sore s an d water bl i ste r s .

A st h m a .

Kal i Pho s i f n e rvous asthma

. .
,
.

Kali M ur in c ardiac asthm a with pain

. .
, ,

ful bre athin g .

C alc Phos. i n the b ronchial a sthm a o f

.
,

chi ld ren .

Silicea i f a sthm a is old hab it an d con sti

, ,

t u t io n a l .
 B I O CH EM I S T RY 75

B a ck a ch e .

Fer ru m Pho s in h ot pain s ove r l oin s an d .

,

kidneys relieved by cold cloths

, .

Kali Phos i n s ti ff bac k r e lieve d b y gen t l e

. .
,

exe rcise .

C alc Pho s i f b ac k ac h e i s accom pa nie d b y

. .
, _

ane m ic cond ition .

B a r b e r s It ch .

M agnes ia P h o s .

B on e s D ise a se s o f
,

C al c Phos
. in al l ca s e s of defe ctive bon e
.
,

d evelopmen t dela y e d de n titio n in c h i l ,

d ren w e a k nes s of bo ne s
, .

F e rrum Pho s whe n r edne s s s wellin g an d .

, ,

in flamm ation appe ar .

Kali Phos if ne r vous we a k ne s s i s p r o m I

. .
,

ne nt .

C alc Fluo r in Dec ay of b on y tis su e c ar

. .
, ,

ie s ne c r o s i s bon y g r owt hs
, , .

B r a in F a g
-
.

Kali Ph os
. .

B r on chiti s .

F e r rum P h o s in fi rst s tage s wit h in fl a m .

,

m ation .

C a l c Pho s w h e n wa stin g a c co m p a me s the

. .
,

cond iti o n an d w h e n expe ct ora tion is a i

,

b u min ou s .

Natr um Su l p h i f b ronc h itis i s ast h mat ic .

, , ,

agg r avated by damp w e athe r .

Nat ru m M u r in c h ronic b r on c h iti s .

, .

B u nions .

Kali M ur . .

B urn s .

Ka l i M ur appl ied exte r na lly as a p a ste

. .
, .
76 B I O CH EM I S T RY

C a tar rh .

Fe rru m P h o s i n fi rs t st age .
, .

C a l c Fl uo r
'

. . in ch r on ic c a ta rrh wit h b ad
.
,

odo n
N at r um M u r i f d i s c h arge is c l e a r an d t h in
.
, ,

li k e wate r .

K l i S ulph i f di s charge 1 5 t h ic k a n d y e l
a
. .
,

ow .

C a l c P h o s if ane m i c con d ition is m a rk ed

. .
, .

N a tru m P h o s whe n c a tarr h i s a e co m .

,

p a n ie d b y gast r i c di so rde r s .

N a t r u m S ulp h i f d is ch a r ge i s gree n o r y e l .
,

l ow gree n m u cu s
-
.

S ilice a in ch r o nic catar rh wit h p u s b ea r

, ,
-

in g p im ple s .

C olic .

M agne s ia P h o s .

C on st i p a t ion .

Ka l i M u r i f tongue is w h i te
. .
,
.

Kali P h o s i f s tool s a r e ve r y o ffe n sive

. .
, .

Fe rr um Pho s i f due to mu s c ul ar l ac k of .
,

powe r and ine rtia .

Nat r um M u r i f s tool s a r e d ry an d h ard .

,
.

C a l c P h os fo r ol d peop l e
. .
, .

N atrum Pho s e s pe ci al l y i n c h i ld r en .
, .

N at rum S ulph in ch r on ic con st i p ation .

,

w i th m u c h fl atu l e nce .

C o u gh .

F e r r u m P h os i f s o r e an d fe ve r is h wit h .
, ,

p ain .

Ka l i M u r wit h w h ite s t r in gy expe cto r a

. .
, ,

tion .

C a l c P h o s i n t u be rcu l o us cough
. .
,
.

N at r um M d r i f sp u t a i s s a l t y wit h wate ry
.
, ,

ex p ecto rat ion .

 B I O CH EM I STRY 77

M ag Phos if sp as mod ic and d ry Al so in

. .
, .

Whooping C ough .

Natrum S ulph if expe cto r ation i s gree n o r .

,

yellow gree n -
.

Silice a in smothe ring nig h t cough

,
-
.

C ram p s .

M agne si a Phos .

C r o up
.

C alc P h o s
. .

D e n t ition .

C alc P h os whe n child re n ge t tee th slowly

. .
, ,

b a ckw ard in walkin g fontane lle s are ,

s low i n clos in g .

Silicea in child r en of s cro fulou s ten d ency

,
.

D i abetes .

Nat r um Sulph .

Di a r rh oe a .

Ferrum Phos i f fe v e r i s prese nt .

, .

Kali Phos when exhaustion accomp an ie s

. .
,

and stools have carrion odo r .

Natrum Phos in n urs in g c hildren with .

, ,

acidity .

M ag P h os in mu c h c r ampin g pain with

. .
, ,

co l ic .

D i ph t he ri a .

Fe rrum Phos at on se t of inflammation .

, .

Kali M ur whe n wh ite me mb rane S ho w s

. .
, .

Kali Phos if d ise ase advance s to gan g re ne

. .
, .

D ro p sy .

Natrum S ulph .

D y se n t e ry .

Ferrum Phos a t on se t to con t rol fe v e r . .

Kali Phos if de lirium i s p re se nt and e v a c u

. .
,

a t io n s have carrion odor .

M ag Pho s i f much c ram p in g

“

. .
, .
 8 B I O CH EM I STRY

D y sm e n o rrh oe a $ Pain f ul M e n st ruation )

F e rru m P h o s i f face is re d fl us he d wit h
.
, , ,

n a u s e a a nd vo m itin g .

C al c P h o s w h e n h e av y pain s accom p any

. .
,
.

M ag P hos i n cra mp ing col ic ky pain s

. .
, ,
.

Kali P h o s i n p a l e ane m i c case s with g r e a t

. .
, , ,

pa in m en s e s p al e
, .

E a rache .

F e rrum P ho s i f shar p i nfl a m m a tion f ro m

.
,

c o ld d r a f t .

K al i M u r in c h ron i c cata rr h a l in fl a mm a
. .
,

t io n ;
N a t r um Su lph w h e n pai n is agg r avate d b y .
,

d a m p we at h e r .

E p ile p sy .

Ka l i M ur. .

Fe rru m P h o s w h en blood ru s h e s to h e ad .
, ,

fl ush in g t he f a ce .

N a t ru m w h e n ca u se d by worm s in
chi ld r en .

E rysi p e las .

Fe rrum P h o s a t o n se t w h en infla m m ation .

,

an d feve r app e a r .

K al i M u r in s econ d stage .
, .

N atr u m S u l ph i n so ft pu ff y infl a mmation .

, ,
.

F ev er .

Fe rrum P h o s t h e fi rst re me dy a t on s e t o f
.
,

a n y fe ve r .

Kal i P hos in fe ve rs wit h m ar k e d fe to r ;

.

sp e cifi c in typho i d st a t e s .

N a t ru m P h o s i n ga s tric f e ve r s w i t h a cid
.
,

it y .

N atru m S ul ph in m a l a r ia l c h i l l s an d fe v e r ;
.
,

m a lar i a ; all b i l i ous fe ve rs .

 B I O CH EM I STRY 79

G la n du la r S w e l li n gs .

Kali M ur
. .

Natrum Phos .
, if lacti c acidi ty is s uspe cte d
a s cause .

G oitr e .

M ag Phos . .

Hay F ev e r .

M ag Phos . .

H e m o rrh a g e .

Fe r rum Phos .

H e m o r rh o id s .

C al c Fluor $ Fe rrum Phos for fi rst s tage )

. . . .

H e a da ch e s .

Fe rrum Phos in s ubj e cts o f quick p ulse .

, ,

hot he ad s .

Kal i M ur in S ick he ada c he

. .
,
.

Kal i Phos in nervous heada c he

. .
, .

C alc Ph o s
. i n c h ildren hands a n d fee t
.
, ,

cold at the time .

Natrum Sulph in b ilious he ad ache s wit h .

, ,

tenden cy to vomit .

H e a rtb urn .

Natrum Phos .

H yst e r ia .

Kali Phos
. .

Imp o t e n ce .

Kali Phos
. .

I nfl a mm a t ion .

Ferrum Pho s Firs t Stage .

,
.

Kali M u r Se c on d Stage
. .
, .

S ili c ea Third Stage

,
.

Influ e n z a .

Natr um Sulph a specifi c in this dre ad d is .

,

ease No other r emedy is re quired Dose

. .

two tab lets e v ery fi fteen m inute s .

80 B I O CH EM I S T RY

I nte r m itten t Fev e r .

N atrum S u lp h .

$ a u n d i ce .

N atrum S ulp h .

Ki dn e y s .

F errum Phos i f te nde rne ss and in fl a m m a .

,

tion are p r e sen t .

Kali M u r i n d i ffi c ul t urin ation

. .
, .

N atr u m S ulph r e n al g r ave l .

,
.

L e u co r r h e a .

C al c P h o s
. in ane m ic gi rl s .
, .

Kali M u r in b lan d wh ite di s c h arge n on

. .
, , ,

irritatin g .

Ka l i P h os i n s caldin g an d ac ri d d is c h arge
. .
, ,

wit h g r e at ne r vous ne s s .

S i l ice a in p us l i k e th i c k yellow d i s c h arge

,
-

, .

L i v e r C o m p la i n t s .

N at r um Sulp h .

M e a sl e s .

Fe rrum P h os in fi rs t s tage .
,
.

Kali M u r i f cough is p resen t

. .
, .

N e u r a l g ia .

M ag P h os
. .

P l e u ri sy .

Fe r r u m P h o s .

Kal i M ur in s e cond s ta ge
. .
, .

P n e u m on i a .

Fe rrum P h os .

Kal i M ur in se cond s tage

. .
,
.

R he u m a ti s m .

Fe rrum P h o s at o n s e t .

N atrum P h o s .

S c a rlet F e v e r .

Fe r r um P h o s .

Ka l i M ur in s e con d s tage
. .
,
.
 C H AP T ER XII .

C O N CL U S I O N
The O ne B e s t Wa y N e w Th o u gh t boo k s
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are wri tte n with t h e p u r pose i n view of p r e

se n ting to the re ade r in compact fo r m t h e one
b e s t way o f do in g what is to b e d one ,

whe the r as in the fi rs t book o f the s e rie s t h e

, ,

s ubj e c t conce r ns t h e b uild ing of Wil l o r a s , ,

in the p re se n t boo k whethe r it deal s with the ,

b u ild ing o f H e alth of B o dy an d M ind We .

fee l the phys ical to b e of s uc h impo r tan ce in

the de velop me n t o f the me ntal an d s pi ri t u a l
pow e r s inhe ren t in m an th at our third b oo k ,

o f the O ne B e s t Way se rie s will also con ce r n

- -

itse l f e nti r e l y with the we ll being of the phy -

s ica l b ody .

The n a me o f the third boo k o f t h e O ne

B e st Way se r ie s o f Ne w Tho ught b oo k s wil l
-

be The Ne w T hought Sys te m o f Phys ical

C ultu re an d B e auty C ulture developin g the ,

ph y s ical body to i ts highe s t e ffi cien cy adap te d ,

t o the use o f both s exe s o f all age s b e twe en ,

se ven and seve n ty This book w il l b e pro .

fu se ly illust r ated by M i ss Ethe l S ta h l a rtis t ,

o f N ew Thoug h t in pe n and ink d rawing s

,
.

Si z e 1 00 page s uni form in b indin g wit h thi s

,

volume p rice $ 1 postpaid to any part of the

, ,

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.

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.

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.

82
 B I O CH EMI STRY 83

T h e n a me of t he fourt h boo k of t he O ne
B e st Way se r ie s of New T h ough t bo o k s will
-

“
be The New Th o u ght S ys te m o f D ie te t i cs ,

giving ve ry clear ins tr u ction up on the ch e m

is t ry o f food s and t he e ff e ct s re su ltin g f r om
inj udicious m ixture s of antagon isti c ed ible s .

T he be nt of the boo k i s strongl y in the d irc e

tion o f vege tari an i s m a s o ff erin g t h e s ol u tio n
to m a n y of t he d igestive an d a ssimilati ve
p r oblem s of tod a y that ba ffle u s Th i s will .

c on stitute the l a s t o f the books o f this se rie s

devoted e x clusive ly t o the advantage of the

ph ys ic a l body The re maining book s o f the
.

se r ie s w ill deal wi t h t h e d eve lopme nt of me n

tal an d spiritua l powe rs We do not feel that
.

the st ud ent i s in t h e be s t ve in t o re ce ive i h

struc t ion u pon t h e h ig h e r p owe rs of the m in d
unti l t he t h in g s o f the b od y h a ve b ee n put
u po n t he be st po ssib le foundation for hi s u n
de r st a n din g a nd a cceptan c e W r itten by the
.

sa me ha nd a s t he pre ce din g boo k s o f the

se r i e s t h i s fo ur th b oo k will b e o ff the p res s
,

and re ad y for m ailin g b y t h e last d ay of M a r ch ,

1 92 1. U n iform in s i z e b indin g an d price with

,

the p receding b oo k s o f t h e series b ut not illus

,

t r ate d .

Ret ur n ing now to a co n s ide ration o f the

third boo k o f t he s erie s the S y ste m of Ph y
,

s ica l C ult u re o r ig inated de ve l ope d a nd p r a e

,

ticed b y the author l e t us se e w h e re in it d if

,

fe rs from the thousand and one s y stems a i

ready o u the ma rk et In this day i t is r ash
.

to speak of an original s y stem of a n y t h in g

un le ss y ou are ver y s ure that y ou ar e well
within the facts in m akin g the claim It
.
84 B I O CH E M I S T RY

m ay throw s om e light o n the b a si c theor y o f

righ t p h y s ical develop me n t whi c h the b oo k
p uts fo rth i f we quote he r e a re mark m a de
som e te n y e ar s ago to t he autho r b y M r .

Sam ue l Wall o f T acom a Wa sh in gton T he ,

.

autho r had s a id i n an o ffhand wa y to M r .

“
Wal l O h that r e m ind s m e that I am wo rk
, ,

i n g o u t a n ew sy s te m o f Ph y s i c al C ulture .

It s a wond e r All the exe rcise s are take n in

’
.

’
b ed .
$
H e w a s unp repare d fo r M r Wal l s .

h u ge r o ar of laughte r o r for hi s com ment , ,

vo c i fe rated at the t o p of h is lun gs Fo r

G o d s s a k e if a m an m u st exe rcise le t i t b e
’

, ,

in b e d $ No do ub t t he re is s ome t hing d roll

$

i n s u ch an an no u n ce me nt b ut the author had ,

spe nt so m u ch time i n the de ve lop ment o f thi s

s y ste m th at the h umo r of it s method i f it ,

eve r exis ted fo r h im had lon g bee n fo r gotte n

,

i n app r eciation o f the value o f re s ults It .

woul d n ot be w ith in the facts t o sa y that the

a uthor had a s sid u ous ly practice d thi s sys te m
from that fa r d ay t o thi s in its whole an d
’

comp l ete fo r m b ut it would b e quite true to

,

sa y t ha t h e ha s neve r relin quished h is inte re s t

in th e p r actice of s ome d ai ly de tail o f i t an d ,

con side r s hi s pheno me nall y good h eal th as

d u e i n no s m al l me as ure to thi s o b se r v
a n ce T h e outstan d in g feature o f t h is S ys
te m Wh ic h d is tin gui she s it fro m an y o the r
.

s i m i l a r sy s t e m on e a r t h is o f co u rse t h at t h e
, ,

exe rci se s are take n by the studen t re cumbent

upon hi s chas te c ou ch b ut the attra c tive ,

th in g about the Syste m is that it n eve 1 pall s $$

upon the atten tion ; i t ne ve r b e come s a weari

n e s s an d a pe st ; it ne ve r los e s its edge o f
 B I O CH EM I S T RY 85

p leasu r e in perfo rmance We con s ide r thi s .

qualit y of perpetual attractivene s s the mo s t

s triking thin g ab out it .

O n reach ing m iddle life the ave r age man ,

and wo m an loo k upon t he mselve s a s fi n is h e d

products The y m a y be satisfied o r d issa t is
.
,

fi e d prob ably the latter b ut they do not co n

, ,

s ider the pos s ib ilit y of changing the m se lve s

to thei r likin g I t is a curious trait in human
.

nature this determin ation to m ake the be s t

,

of a bad j ob They are diss atisfie d w ith their

.

appe aran ce o r thei r circum stance s o r thei r

, ,

me ntal powers b ut the y s ettle down to s uch

,

enj o y ment o f life a s is pos sib le to thei r

sche me of livin g without a glim mer o f unde r
,

standing that thei r face s bodie s minds and , , ,

ci r c umstan ce s are ab sol utel y s ubj e ct to the ir

,
’
will I f the y don t like thei r health they a re
.

told in this book how they can improve it .

’
I f the y don t like their circum stan ce s the y
have bee n told in the fi rs t b ook o f th is s e rie s
how to chan ge them I f the y don t like the
.
’

shape of the i r b odie s o r the appea ran c e o f ,

thei r face s they will be told in this fo r t h co m

,

in g S y ste m of Physical C ulture h o w to alte r

the m permanentl y to s uit the m se lve s Al .

though the b ook is w ritten a s are all the ,

books of this serie s as if addre s s in g an audi

,

en ce o f men e ve ry line o f the tea ch ing he re

,

i s as applicable t o women as t o men The .

Physi c al C ulture Sys tem more so be cause it ,

in clude s d ire c tions fo r alte rin g the facial con

tours t o which me n are indi ff e ren t b ut t o ,

whi c h wome n are keen ly alive A m an would .

fee l foolish if he gave thought to the l ine s

86 B I O CH E M I STRY

on h is face I t would see m a folly to h im to

.

tr y to improve his face H e i s right to the ex .

te n t that h is face is a m atte r o f no co n se

’

q u e n ce B ut a woman
. s looks are o f imm en se
con se que n ce to he r and again thi s is rightly
,

so be cause her c harm i s in sep arab ly linked

,

with he r appe arance Age an d the m arks of .

,

age are n o t the tragedy to a m an that the y

,

are t o a w o man Thi s b e in g the s tate O f the

.

c ase we shall expe ct to fi nd that wome n are

e mployin g the Ne w T hought Phys ical C u l
tu re Syste m as an ai d to beauty to ward o ff ,

the S ign s o f app roa c hin g age while me n wil l ,

u se it chie fly to imp rove the ir phys ical vigor .

I t wil l achie ve thi s double purpose in all

c a se s re gardle s s of the en d fo r whi c h it i s
,

used and r egard le s s o f the age o f the pe rson

,

w ho use s it .

While ph y s ical li fe end ure s in the b ody ,

the re i s motion Wh ile the re i s m otion the

.

b ui ldin g pro ce s s con tin ue s A m an o f n inet y .

c a n b uild chara c te r me mory an d will i f he

,

will do the sim ple things re quired t o b uild

the se m en tal qualities You have bee n told .

h ow A m an o f n ine ty can re store his ph y s i

.

c a l health by use o f the Schues sle r Tis sue

Re medie s Yo u have bee n told h o w and why
. .

A m an of n inety c a n reb uild h is phys ical bod y

by the New Th o ught S y ste m o f Phys ical C u l
ture and i f he wis h e s to do s o he can take
, , ,
‘

fo rty y ears o f the mark s o f time o ff his face

b y the same m ean s I t i s fo r hi m to s ay
.

whethe r the e n d i s w o rth the trouble Th e .

poin t i s th at al l men o f all age s in all lan ds

, , ,

an d in all the hi sto ry o f men that h a s com e

 B I O CH EM I STRY 87

to us for the past four thousan d y e a rs have ,

b elieve d that the appearan ce o f age was a

nece ssar y cond ition o f a dvan cin g years and ,

could not b e alte red O ur point i s that it c a n

.

be alte re d if you wi sh to alte r it No m an h a s .

eve r believed that i t was in h i s powe r to alte r

it Again our point is t hat it is a s entire l y
.
,

in his powe r to alte r hi s appea ran ce as it i s

‘

in h is powe r to imp rove his me mor y and for ,

exactly the same rea son n ame ly that m an is , ,

ar chite c t of his own b od y be cause life i s mo

tion be c ause the cell b uild s w hile life con
,

t in u e s and be cause the e mployme nt o f ce r

,

tain simple motion s s t i m ulate s the activit y of

the builde r This is a valuable thing to know
.
,

and odd onl y in that i t i s n ot known The .

opportun ity to put thi s kn owle dge to work

fo r y our ad vantage will be o ff ered you What .

use you make o f the knowled ge re sts a s in ,

e ve ry othe r case w ith yourse l f You m ay

, .

’
accept the author s positi ve as suran ce how ,

eve r that you will not fi n d in the New

,

Thought S y ste m of Physical C ulture any r e

semblan c e whateve r to the usual sys tem s e m
ployed for the developmen t o f the physi c al
body Nor will you at any time feel the le ast
.

w earines s in pursuing the in struction regard ,

le s s o f you r age and re gardle s s o f whe the r

,

you b e man or woman .

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