52 Proceedings of Indiana Academy of Science 
“Not only was man complete physically at one time, but he 
was perfect mentally. He knew all philosophy and all science. 
Mathematical exactness was instinctive with him. He knew and 
could interpret bird song. He knew where the flower bloom came 
from, and why. He understood the passions of the tiger. He saw 
all problems with clear and unmistakable vision. 
“He was complete spiritually. He discussed with the Divine 
the themes of the divinity. He communed with the angels. 
“He was so complete in his structure that he possessed the 
power to destroy his own perfection, and he exercised this power. 
He sinned. That is to say, he violated some law of harmony. What 
it was we do not know. Perhaps we shall never know. But we 
know that it was the exercise of a power by which the integrity 
of the triple structure was destroyed. I think that touched his 
every phase and characteristic. It devitalized him physically. The 
majestic brow receded; the form became bent. Warts and vile 
protuberances grew upon the skin. The nerves lost control over 
the muscles, and these, uncontrolled, fell to hideous expression. And 
it devitalized him mentally. He lost intellectual excellence. He lost 
the power of discerning truth clearly amidst every confusion and 
complexity. 
“It devitalized him spiritually. He could no longer look clear- 
eyed upon the angels nor commune in freedom with the God. And 
in this condition—a physical degenerate, a moral wreck, an intel- 
lectual prostitute—he was cast into the wild amid the wild things 
over which he had held unrestrained dominion.” 
This, you will observe, is offered in support of the claims for scien- 
tific excellence of “Garabed”. If you are sufficiently generous you will 
admit that it completely establishes the case! 
The Keely motor swindle is a classic, so familiar to all that it shall 
here receive mention only. Also the perennial device for “burning” 
air instead of expensive fuel. Likewise a myriad of other schemes for 
obtaining something for nothing, that have deluded and bewildered men 
of all generations. 
a * * * * * 
It is time now that we should give some attention to the mineral 
water faker. This gentleman’s business is, perhaps, considerably less 
obnoxious than many others because, in a general way, some of the 
results are wholesome. Bear in mind, therefore, that it is only to the 
extent and in the sense that it is a fake that we visit our displeasure 
upon it. Also please remember that our faker of science is the one 
who shows people not the real science or a correct application of the 
real science, but a slightly different one, so like the true one (perhaps 
even a mirror image of it) that the untrained cannot discern the dif- 
ference. But this slight variation is the one item upon which is based 
the success, financial or otherwise, of the faker. 
Scientifically speaking, the task of the mineral water faker is 
comparatively simple. It is a fact well known among medical men 
that many (if not most) people do not drink enough water and that 
constipation, with all of its attendant ills, is the consequence of such 
