Chapter Six 



What Elements of Origin- 

 ality Are Contained 

 in the Theory? 



OBVIOUSLY, because this new theory of life 

 states the basic law of the organism, it neces- 

 sarily affects all problems connected with the 

 organism. 



The several elements of originality which, it ap- 

 pears, are contained in the theory, are the following: 



I. It is the first correlation of the facts of the 

 essential characteristics of the organism, physical 

 chemistry, and atomic physics. 



II. It differs fundamentally from efforts to inter- 

 pret life in terms of physical chemistry (enzyme 

 action, etc.), even though the chemical atom and the 

 ions be reduced to the terms of atomic physics. 



III. It is the first relatively complete theory of 

 life based upon today's atomic physics. 



Original is — 



IV. The concept that the living state of the 

 organism is determined by an intraatomic system, 

 the Z-system. 



V. The concept that dissociated (from atoms) 



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