Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1915-01-08
Y ecslssise, isiA SyAAcss1>
the FOUNDATION, OF, HEALrH.

-
pe ecssssise, ma SyAAGsss9 Z
INSTRUMENTATION OF, HEALrA. /
Al life 10 dependent alike for IL
/ xetsnins and for ~ mainte nancs up.
Ion The influence Of certain chemical
lfActofs. among which heat. and mois-
Itsss, NAY b regsrt d g paramount,
1hs organisms now living on this
earth are known % plants and AMI.
mails ana without exception one and
81 are subject TO the Same. laws. This
sn4kss for 9 closs correspondence
among al life and thus It 10 possible
Tor % 70 unrayel and expose the tan.
.gled sources Of, our physical Ills with
comparative ease. The study Of plants
- called botany and that OF the ami
mails II known % zoology. while the
study OF living things In general. In
Guiding both animals and plants. 10
known - biology. Humanity owes q
vast debt to biology and that debt 10
tncreasing every day.. s, l
Biology teaches ,us, that there 10 NO
room for chance IN nature and that
unrestricted growth never results in
discord. Discord 10 always artificial.
Wherever there Ii any unnatural"
condition We know there must have
been some interference to account for
Il. And the present drift in the medl-
cal world ID to locate this interference.
Research work conducted along
these lines with nsh, chickens and the
like has recently exposed many inter
esting and extremely Illuminating
facts with relation to the. subject OF
the disease known % cancer, and
makss II very clear that We easily
might solve most Of our physical trou.
hles n much tho { same way II We
would only learn to heed the lessons
acquired in the handling Of the lower.
organisms. ~ ". " s..;
Incubation 10 4 word in common
use; It II, derived from the Latin words
meaning to brood. OF. to lie on. and
specifically It means the action Of the
hen In sitting on her eggs to hatch
them; the word II also used in pathol-
oSy % expressing the development
within the human body Of the germs
q disssss, and It 10 especially asse-
cis4sd with the Artificial means oe:
Matching eggs with incubators or for
any analogous purposes Of An artificial
fostsrmother nature. Artificial ,incu-.
baton was known TO the Egyptians
and. to, the Chinese almost from time
immsmot1al. but Il q Of comparatively:
Islcsat uSs In thas country.
4 Il 100 ordinsfy fertile hens exgs are
.placsd u a Incubator equipped With
4 suitable device tor regulating the:
Aanount Of heat. ar and moisture I'D
United, and It be regulated to main.
tain q, temperature Of approximately
100 degrees Eahrenheit, ysry marked
changes may ps noted IN tie interior
Of the egg from day u. day, - the 70
suit Of the.absorption 81 the heat
4 Assuming the temperature and mois:
ture Ia the interior q the Incubator
to have been siormai,, Gambling the 100
eggs on shout the NTH day of incuba-
ton win evesl:remarkabIe changes
taking place In :them:s the developing
germ, with blood vessels radiatinx
from 1t like . spider web, win b. dis
tinctly visible. Gambling again about
the tenth day will show : further id,
vance. and It this time usually not q
lev of Tie developing chicks WIN Be
foaad TO have died! The percentage
dying at this stage iss!aeternainsd By
the general vitality OF the lock laying
the eggs. II for any reason the dock
ID not In normal condition there will
not Be SUFFICIENT vitality In the, gsrms
70 carry. them further and they die.
Again on the. fourteenth day It % Gus
touaafy to candle Or test for the dead
ones, for again there Will be some
with only sufficient energy TO get this
far. Between the tenth and fifteenth
days the chick becomes relatively
large and bulky. the temporary re-
spiratory apparatus, together with IT.
veins, Increases greatly n size and q.
tent and the life processes proceed
With greater activity. On the nine
teenth day Il ID the rule again tc
search for the dead ones and then the
machine 10 usually not touched again
until the, hatch 10 completed. 7s sss
~ II tire temperature and moisture
have been maintained approximately