The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1915-04-16
(CopyriGht. 1914. b. 4 S. Gray)
PROTECTIVE SUBSTANCES.

III NA'hui W il6hN, NHC OlSIONCi Ci
OF opsonins, speaking before the Chel-
sea Clinical society of London, assert
ed that, while their origin in the body
was unknown, 'all the protective sub
stances which were involved In the
cure Of disease were to be regarded
as produced by the internal secre-
tons" TT should be recognized he
added, that chronic or local infection
was a symptom of defective internal
secretions ind that those secretions
could be ella borated In the body when
there was youth, strength and health
by the application of the appropriate
stimulus given in proper quantities. =
Naturally the mind of thinking man
lnstinctively turns to the search for
this appropriate stimulus Other
things being equal, it is quite signifl-
cant that the highest degree Of i'm
munity to infection is generally to be
found among those people most close
ly approximatjng primitive living con-
ditions, and it is among this class that
the highest number of breast-fed in
fants will be found Also it, is signif-
cant that hay fever, neurasthenia and
the other neurotic disturbances are
more prevalent among the refined and
the educated than among the Hitter
ate and the poorer classes.
Inasmuch as we all begin as a sin.
gle cell and every particle of change
beyond that state must come as the
result of the absorption of external
matter, we are inevitably forced to a
consideration of the building material
out of which the body must be con
structed as being the only logical
point of departure from the normal
state of health. It is impossible to
build substantial and durable build
ing without sound and suitable fouuda
lions, lumber, brick and mortar, ant
1t Is impossible also to build a nor
NAL, healthy human body without suit
able building material. If building
disintegrates and falls down we know
the cause must have been inferior ma
terial and workmanship. Likewis,
premature physical collapse or dis
ease or abnormal conditions in tn,
human body must come from the
same cause. Nature does not max
mistakes, but adjusts each thing &C
cording to its correct relationship wit
everything else.
In the past the value of food ha
been estimated by its contents in fats
carbohydrates and proteins. as est
mated by rather crude chemical analy
| sis and the caloric equivalent of tn
| food. The demonstration of the ne
| cessity of certain inorganic salts 70
the maintenance of body metabolisn
| proposition which is still bein
| streluously fought in many quarters
marked a forward step of vast impol
| lance to human health and Happiness,
but it fell far short of solving tn
most serious problem confrontin
modern civilization. Further compr,
hensive efforts to reach this solutio
resulted more recently in the disco'
cry that individual rroteids consist c
/ numerous amino acids nitrogen holt
| llS COulPOunuS1 anu tlldt tdCn BIOlti
differs in the quality and the numbe
of these amino acid building stones
This discovery opens our understand
ing to a comprehension that protein
which are deficient in certain OF thes
amino acids will not alone suffice
maintain an equilibrium of nitroge
| metabolism.
The work OF Hoist, of Funk and
| the later investigators of the differeY
deficiency diseases gives to medicin
an entirely new conception of foo
requirements.
The discovery of these substance
(the vitamines) is certain to produt
a revolution in existing theories /,
such substances have been undreame
of by psychologists and pathologist
They are the key necessary to unloc
the doors to the unexplored regior
that the comprehensive and brillial
work of Brown-Sequard, Sajous al
numerous other keen minds ha,
opened to wondering humanity. TT
significance of the discovery is n
grasped until we come to understar
that in these numerous and comp
Gated amino acid bodies we undout
eddy have the appropriate stimulus
sought for; tho mother substance
according to Funk, out of which a
made the wonderfully effective %
sOnins," "hormones." or whatever y
may choose to call them, the cheInic
compounds manufactured by the COZ
plicated cooperative system of du,
less glands that have automatical
regulated and carried forward
mans vital functions since the begi
ming of time, and are fully able
continue the operation normally al
in accordance with the laws of d
universe to the end of time-provid
man acquires sufficient intelligen
not to interfere with the operation
the functions.
A brilliant red card is probably
distinct an entity as one can imagir
| apd vat I'm fha lipbt of tho ettn fro