SYSTEM OF REGENERATION

In order to bring the entire system of regeneration under review, I

shall here endeavour to present in condensed form all the essential

points in my teachings. The reader will thus be enabled to picture to

himself his body, with its vital organs, clearly as in a mirror; he will

become familiarized with its composition and twelve principal tissues,

as well as with the sixteen elements of which they consist.

Man is a unit, and the human body an accumulation of millions of

separate cells, which are centres of life and which, in different

groupings and combinations, form the various organs that render

existence possible.

This existence is the natural sequel of the existence of former human

beings. They generated the life that is to be transferred by us to other

living beings.

The several functions of the organism combine to form a chain of

activities in which there must not be a single link missing, if life is

to continue.

These activities are comprised within an accumulation of cells which

are by no means stationary, for life means nothing more than the

constant dying, of the old cells and the reconstruction of the new. It

means that the human body as a whole is continually in a state of

composition and decomposition.

Not until the accumulation of cells we call the body is recognized as

one complete correlated and inseparable entity and the absolute

interdependence of the separate cells, each one upon the others, is

likewise accepted as the verified fact that it is--not until then will

the erroneous and obsolete idea be discarded, by which the various

organs of the body have been professionally treated as separate and

independent considerations, even to the extent of being dealt with, in

cases of disease, as totally aloof from one another and conveniently

classed as proper subjects for submission to the expert opinion of that

superior class of physicians who devote their attention exclusively to

special organs and are accordingly termed "Specialists."

Thus the question arises: What is the cause of _disease_? The question

does not apply to any one particular form of disease or class of

diseases, but to disease generally, as a concrete term meaning any

disorder which may manifest itself by individual disturbances in the

body; for such disturbance is but a variation in quantity or quality of

one general disturbance, a variation in the mechanism that controls the

work of keeping the existing cells in proper condition and replacing

those cells which are constantly being destroyed. It is a variation in

the process of _regeneration, which we term life_.

METABOLISM is the process which is constantly going on in the human

system, whereby the cells that have been consumed by oxidation are

removed through the excreta--the faeces, the urine, the perspiration,

and the exhalations from the lungs--to be replaced by new ones.

_Metabolism_, means change of matter. It signifies the course by which

nutritive material, or food, is built up into living matter. This

process is accomplished through the blood, which distributes the

necessary material to all parts of the body where cells need to be

replaced and carries away the consumed portions.

In the marvelous performance of its functions, when properly supplied,

it carries the elements that are essential to regeneration in the

correct proportions. When not properly supplied, these proportions

become incorrect and foreign formations may arise which are disturbing

to the organism.

In nature there is a constant tendency to counterbalance disturbances in

the proper proportion and by distribution of cell building material to

restore the normal condition. We may thus speak of the overwhelmingly

curative tendency of nature.

Metabolism is the function of the body which most constantly requires

attention. So, therefore, it is always through the blood that we must

assist nature in the process of counterbalancing and rectifying or

healing abnormal conditions.

It follows then, that, despite the apparent variety in _constitutional_

diseases, they are all practically the same. They are all disturbances

of metabolism through some irregularity in the quantitative or

qualitative condition of the blood.

Professor Jacob Moleschott, the great physiologist, has crystallized

this truth in the immortal words: "One of the principal questions to be

always asked of the physician is this: How may good healthy and active

blood be obtained? View the question as we may, we shall be forced to

acknowledge openly and explicitly or guardedly and indirectly that our

volition, our sensations, our strength, and our pro-creative powers are

dependent upon our blood and our blood upon our nutrition."

If such unity exists, why then the great difference in the human organs?

How is it that a bone in its stonelike hardness is essentially the same

as the exquisitely sensitive eye?

This is owing to the adaptive property of the cells, in the course of

their enormous accumulation, to different functions, which, again,

depends upon the varied arrangement of the constituent elements. These

elements all find lodgement in the blood, and are carried by it in

necessary quantities to the points where they are needed to assist the

organs in replacing consumed matter.

The difficulty found in grasping this idea of _unity_ has led to the

most momentous errors in modern medical science.

One result has been the undue attention paid to the study of anatomy,

insomuch that the different organs are regarded as wholly distinct

groups of cells. This is convenient from a descriptive standpoint, but

it tends too much to draw attention away from the source of life, and of

health. Only by noting the common characteristics of the cell

accumulations termed organs, are we enabled to supply the necessary

elements that may be lacking. And thus we arrive at the subject of _the

chemical analysis of the human body_ and its various organs, a subject

that has been badly neglected throughout the centuries.

It has been determined that the entire human body consists of a certain

number of chemical elements, appearing in different aggregations in

different parts. These aggregations repeating themselves in the various

organs.

Twelve principal aggregations of chemical elements have been established

and designated by the term _tissues_.

This fact led to the discovery of the truth that in the process of

healing attention must be given, not to the various organs, but to the

various tissues.

These tissues are dependent directly upon the condition and contents of

the blood, whose office it is to nourish them and which exhibits the

wonderful property of conveying to each tissue its selective

regenerative materials, _provided of course, that these elements are

present at the time in the blood_.

Sixteen definite elements have been established--and a seventeenth will

probably soon be added thereto--which, in their various combinations and

aggregations, form the different tissues of which the organs in the

human body are composed.

The prevalence of one or several of these elements in a certain tissue

forms the main or governing feature of that tissue. Thus, the prevalence

of potassium phosphate characterizes muscle tissue, the prevalence of

ammonium phosphate (lecithin) nerve tissue. Each one of the various

tissues consists of certain of these elements, and each tissue at every

point where it occurs is affected by the lack of any of its elements.

One of the greatest physiological chemists, Justus von Liebig, maintains

that, if one of the necessary elements in a chemical composition is

missing, the rest cannot fulfill their duties and the respective cells

must become diseased and degenerate.

This discovery, known as "the law of the minimum," has thrown additional

light upon the tasks before the new school of medicine.

Upon the basis of a careful diagnosis, the necessary nutritive salts or

cell-foods, carefully compounded in accordance with the law of

chemotaxis must be administered. This law discovered by _Engelmann_,

requires that these cell-foods must be administered in digestible and

assimilable forms so that the cells will be attracted by the chemical

reaction, which may be of a positive or a negative character.

This being so, we can easily build up the tissues, by studying their

chemical composition and supplying to the system that which is

necessary, in the form of food. The cell will take care of the rest.

Each tissue has its specific cell-system, and each cell will be

attracted only by those ingredients which are needed for the mother

tissue.

_To bring to a tissue through the blood the lacking constituent element

or elements is the only means of regenerating and healing diseased

cells._

In this connection we are considering only constitutional diseases.

It has been shown that the lack of certain chemical elements from the

blood signifies disease and that the variety of the disease depends on

which of the elements are either lacking entirely or are present in

incorrect proportion.

After this lack has been determined, the course to pursue in curing the

disease is to supply the lacking chemical elements in the form of

concentrated cell-food in _addition_ to the regular food.

This method displaces entirely the old system of filling the body

with poisonous drugs in order to _counteract the effects of the

disease_. Such a system may suppress the symptoms by benumbing the

nerves and preventing pain, it may counteract the natural process of

healing of which inflammation, fever and pain, are the outward

manifestations;--_but it can never cure_.

The discovery of dysaemia, or impaired blood supply, as the governing

cause of disease, has destroyed another idol of modern fetish worship in

medicine.

Since the discovery of various species of bacilli, which accompany

nearly every form of disease in some form or other, these have been

commonly declared to be the causes of diseases, and the tendency is to

find some poison that will kill the bacilli in order to cure the

disease.

The bacillus, on the contrary, is only the consequence, or symptom, of a

disease. The diseased and decomposing parts furnish fertile soil

suitable to the propagating of bacilli because of the lack of the normal

chemical elements in the blood and tissue. But to kill them, while the

underlying conditions for their reproduction remain unchanged, can,

obviously, never effect a cure. So the great hopes that have attached to

sero-therapy are doomed to disappointment, and the application of

anti-toxins prepared from the serum of animals, are fated shortly to

vanish in the wake of others of those strange temporary crazes which

periodically obsess mankind for a while and pass away.

The discovery that a dysaemic condition of the blood leads to certain

destructive processes termed diseases, was soon followed by the

apprehension that one of the principal factors in bringing about such

disturbance is _predisposition_,--in many cases heredity.

The term "Hereditary disease" signifies that the improper chemical

composition of the blood of one or both parents is transmitted to the

offspring, and that it causes in them likewise a degeneration of certain

tissues and of the organs composed of those tissues.

The hygienic-dietetic system of healing does not, however, regard

heredity as an invincible enemy, especially since my discovery of the

"Law of the Cross-Transmission of Characteristics."

It is in the solution of this problem of "hereditary disease" that my

system will eventually come into its own and will ere long be recognized

as the most rational and effectual therapy ever applied since the

beginning of the art of healing. It may be years before it is accorded

the proverbially tardy acknowledgment of the "orthodox" schools, but

that it will, nay _must_ be eventually adopted is virtually a foregone

conclusion--that is, if it be indeed the function or policy of the

physician of the future to adequately seek to succour the suffering and

regenerate the races of mankind. Of the physician of the present it can

at best be said in Goethe's incisive words:

"Er halt die Theile in seiner Hand,

Doch fehlt ihm leider das gelst' ge Band."

He holds the parts within his hand,

But lacks the mental grasp of all.

For full explanation of the significance of my law, I must refer you to

the first lecture in my book entitled "Within the Bud,"--and the lesson

therein on the theory of "Pangenesis," which space forbids my repeating

here. This lesson will convey conclusively to any thinking mind what

heredity really means. After a brief study of this interesting subject

the importance of the "Law of the Cross-Transmission of Characteristics"

will become amply apparent and the intelligent reader will undoubtedly

wonder why it has not been applied and acknowledged long ago. For

answer, I must refer you to the schools, whose policy it has ever been

to, at any rate, abstain from assisting, if not absolutely to

diplomatically hinder the development of fresh scientific discoveries.

But the time is fast approaching when a sharp and decisive end to this

iniquity will be demanded by the will of an enlightened people; only

then will the existing orthodox power be compelled to loosen its

obstructive grip which the interests of humanity have, so far, been

powerless to unclasp. But, to quote the stirring words of one who looked

with prophetic, faithful eye into the tangled problems of futurity:

"The people will come into their own at last,--

God is not mocked for ever."

My Law of the Cross-Transmission of Characteristics may be simply stated

as follows:

Under all conditions, the matter of sex is determined in the egg-cell at

the moment of fertilization.

Under all conditions, the sex is determined by a struggle for the

mastery in the egg-cell, between the energy of that egg-cell and the

energy of the male spermatozoon. In a crisis, when the life of one of

the two seeds is trembling in the balance, one of them--through the

exertion of its "Latent Reserve Energy," dominates, and engenders a

child of the opposite sex. This reversal of the sex is in conformity

with the Law of the _Cross-Transmission of Sex_; that is, the mother is

represented in the male offspring and the father in the female,--this

being the normal expression of the Law of Cross-Transmission of

Characteristics.

The "Latent Reserve Energy" is provided by nature for the "Preservation

of Species," and through this provision an impulsive, vehement energy

can, at the final moment of a crisis, be called upon for the salvation

of its kind.

A _seeming_ exception to this is due to the "Law of the Dominant" which

overrides the action of "Latent Reserve Energy," and is a provision of

nature for the preservation of the "Dominant," which is the most

prominent quality in nature.

When the subject is properly understood, this _seeming_ exception will

also become clear.

In the natural course, the study of heredity leads to the understanding

of _predisposition_. In other words, if you have understood heredity, it

will be easy to understand predisposition; for it means that the

protoplasm or seed, from whichever organism it may proceed, must contain

some of the salient characteristics of its ancestors, good and bad,

dominant and recessive. Not only will it contain characteristics from

father and mother, but from _all_ the direct ancestors. It is impossible

to know exactly which points will manifest themselves, but a good many

_bad_ points _may be_ eliminated by studying the ancestral line; and the

direct diseases or bad characteristics of a parent, _must be_ eliminated

by applying the Law of the Cross-Transmission of Characteristics.

For example: If the father has a certain disease or positive symptoms

of that disease, by no means create a girl, as she will certainly be

predisposed for that disease, and may pay the penalty, if "Regeneration"

is not begun early. The same principle applies to the mother. If she is

diseased, do not create a son, until "Regeneration" has been brought

about.

Furthermore, it will be possible to improve the offspring by encouraging

and promoting the good points, especially after studying and applying

the above law, as well as my law of the "Determination of the Sex at

Will."

Looking at the question from this point of view, we begin to realize the

enormous significance of my discovery. This supplies the main reason for

the study of the laws, for the "_Prevention of Diseases_."

Only when we know that every acquired characteristic may be transmitted

to the offspring will we become conscious of the _terrible

responsibility_ we assume when we reproduce offspring, and realize that

we may create more pain and suffering instead of eliminating it.

As Nature _demands_ that we reproduce ourselves or be punished for

disobeying her laws, what is to be done?

Study and follow the advice given in this book, and you will awake to

the fact that Nietsche's words were not "Utopian" when he commanded us

to "reproduce something better than we are."

Together with the predisposition to disease, the child also acquires the

hereditary tendency to regeneration; and thus rational hygienic-dietetic

treatment may be able to eliminate the diseases which were formerly

pronounced incurable. This can only be effected by the effort to remove

the cause and strengthen the weak points by means of Regeneration.

The reader will now plainly understand that in order to heal, according

to the hygienic-dietetic system, the blood must be supplied with the

chemical elements that are missing from the tissues.

There are three ways of accomplishing this; namely, by diet, by

nutritive preparations, and by physical treatment.

The first and most natural way is by means of proper diet.

Since the chemical elements are introduced into the body through the

food, the quantity and quality of the food must be regulated. The

patient must receive food that will help in regenerating his blood;

particularly such food as contains the elements that are lacking in the

affected tissues in his body.

The regular supply of food is however usually insufficient to overcome

the process of destruction, and it is therefore necessary to add the

missing elements in purer form and larger quantity. These nutritive

preparations contain only such chemical elements as exist in the human

body; they also contain them in the proper chemical proportion and are

entirely free from poisonous substances. They promote a general

regeneration of the blood that will eventually lead to a complete cure.

Physical treatment may be made to assist the proper circulation of the

blood, opening at the same time the pores of the skin for the withdrawal

from the body of disease elements and the introduction of desirable

material. Massage, gymnastics, ablutions, and various kinds of baths and

packs constitute the most of the healing measures of this description

resorted to.

This is indeed the legitimate field for Osteo-Chyropractice.

In order to understand the method of treatment which I apply, it is

necessary to understand one of the great laws of physiological

chemistry, acknowledged as such by the great masters of chemistry, such

as Liebig and Hensel.

This law demonstrates that _nature is a unit, its component parts a

given number of elements, each of which has distinct qualities, and the

combination of which produces the various manifestations of life_.

These elements are classified as combining to form minerals, plants and

animals. They are all closely interrelated. The plant draws the mineral

elements from the soil, and after certain processes of combination,

conveys them as food to the animal. The animal substances that man

consumes make up the balance of the elements that are required to build

up the human body.

It is a matter of comparatively new discovery that the minerals are just

as important a part of the human body and of its food as the other basic

chemical elements. The discovery showing of what minerals the necessary

ingredients of the different body tissues are composed and in what

combination and quantity, in order that they may become incorporated

into the organism, has made it possible to supply them to the diseased

body in the purest and most effective way through nutritive

preparations, while their existence in food also furnishes an indication

as to the regulation of diet.

I have already given, in the preceding pages, the frank expression of

favourable opinion upon this vital topic generally, as voiced with

unmistakable, conviction by no less an authority than Assistant

Surgeon-General, Dr. W.C. Rucker of the United States Public Health

Service. I will now cite, in further corroboration, the opinion of the

distinguished Editor of "The Fra," as addressed to myself personally, in

special relation to an advance section of the book "Dare to be Healthy,"

together with other similar matter, and which, coming as it does from

one who is himself a leader in the van of the advancing phalanx of the

followers of Truth and Enlightenment, may be safely held to constitute a

just criterion of the literary and technical value of the work. It is

expressed as follows:

_From John T. Hoyle, Managing Editor of "The Fra."_

"From my reading of your 'Lessons,' and especially from 'Dare to be

Healthy,' I can see that you have evolved a new concept in

medicine, or rather 'Nature Healing,' which promises great results.

I trust you will be able to put the whole into a printed book that

we may all have the benefit of your discoveries. Unlike most

physicians, while you treat of the most profound and vital

scientific subjects, your language is so well chosen and your

method of presentation is so clear, that no intelligent person

would have difficulty in following your thought. You have

undertaken a monumental work, and that success may attend your

efforts is our heartfelt wish."

_From Elbert Hubbard._

"What I have read of it is intensely interesting and shows that you

have a keen insight into the philosophies of life."

There are other spontaneous and unexpected testimonials of an equally

encouraging and complimentary nature from men whose knowledge and

attainments entitle their opinions to the tribute of respect. These

might well be likewise added here, but for the necessary limitations of

space.

When Moses saved the hosts of Israel from starvation in the desert, by

obtaining the solid and liquid food requisite for their deliverance, he

called the name of that food "Manna." in like manner, both as a just

tribute to the success they have achieved in the past and as an earnest

of the deliverance they are destined to achieve in the future, I have

designated my preparations by a similar term and called them the

_"Dech-Manna" Nutritive Preparations_.

Although presented in so condensed a form, the preceding outline cannot

fail to inspire in the mind of the reader a vivid conception of the

simple grandeur of nature's handiwork, more especially as regards her

provisions in relation to health and disease--secrets revealed, through

microscope and alembic, to those who, in spite of organized

discouragement, have attempted to fathom the erstwhile mysteries of

human suffering and to carry hope and freedom into the hostile camps of

Fear, Disease and Death.

To bring these considerations within the comprehension of all, and to

win all, so far as possible, to the practical observance of the means

and precepts of Health and Safety is the object of the projected course

of study of which the following is the business proposition.