The Washington herald., 1912-03-03

- 7 misuse. or abuse, or neglect Of our
bodies we are constantly throwing
ourselves out OF normal relations to
the world. This fact may show
itself In the way We encounter the
fr1ctions of daily nfe-by exhibiting anger.
annoyance. impatience, resentment-in our
ability to meet situations Of moment. in our
lessened capacity for work. Ninety-nine
persons in a hundred might Indignantly deny
that they were sick and yet be in consider
able measure less than at their physical
prime.
In the dnal analysis man Is but bundle
OF living oells. The energy that tzese cells
build up IL his energy. The physical dis
comforts and losses they meet are bis losses.
DR.. George n. Gould in an essay on The
Biologic Basis OF Ethics and Religion /" says
that " life reaches control of the physical
forces by the cell mechanism. and. SO far as
We know, by It solely" 1t Is thus that men
double their control OF the physical forces
OF the world, and 50 amazingly rapid IL
this gain In directionaI control that one al
most hesitates to set any limits TO our future
domination and use Of the physical forces"
Mans Power PHYSICAL.
What 10 the origin OF mans power to DO
this? It is physical Says DR. Gould: ANY
chemist who knows of the release OF energy
in a disintegrating and simplifying mole
cule. any ptysiologist who has caught q
glimpse OF the physics of digestion and as
similation, knows well enough that the physi-
cal energies Of the living organism are gained
by the utilization Of the liberated forces OF
q complex molecule, first anabolized or built
up by life. then katabolized by the same
power when and where, the liberated force
Is desired. Something like 100000 blood
cells. II Is said. die within US every second.
and 100000 new ones are created and viyi-
fed to carry on the work Thus all vitality
Is supported IN its world work by the oissipa-
ton OF energy released In the dis-ategration
OF complex moIecule OF matter. The mech
anism Of assimilation. of heat production, OF
movement, OF every bodily function Is that OF
the continuous indrawfng OF streams OF COM
pick molecules In which are locked con-
densed atomic motinties, OF building them
to greater complexity, Of extracting their
energies by disintegration. ana OF oIscarding
the refuse and the used up mAt'IInL To be
alive Is TO do that; what does not DO this is
not alive"
Life In Every Cell.
Every Cell In our body has an ndependent
life, says Dr. Gould. and he goes 30 far as
to say that this bIologos Is Go1 himself
As an individuol its nutrition Is effected
the same as that OF the body; II draUs into
Itself streams Of food. accepts some. exhausts
the force in the complex moIecule. utilize , the
sucked out force, and excretes the useless
debris II 10 clear that intelligence,
purpose. ethics, seIf-sacr1nce-contrcl, in
word-reside in the heart OF the Cell But.
as all cells OF the organ and body ally and
sacrifice themselves for q common end, the
cell intelligence must ind a common unity in
an Intelligence behind all cells whereto
ali lines OF direction lead and whereby all
are governed
The basis Of life being so wonderful, once
being understood men look to the body
with more Of reverence, with more u con-
Germ and care and may give 1t actual devo-
tIon as a means TO the highest things ir life.
DR.. Gould says that Gods greatest oIrn-
Guilty and sorrow is denutrition and disease.
Every living thing is thwarted. stuDted.
SCARED. imperfect, and his most woudrous
ingenuity is to overcome and circumvent the
Ills that beset the evolution aud limit the
nfe OF every organism existing on earth.
Nobody can realize this as can tie physioNo-
gist and physician