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bral substance. Bleed a man till the brain suffers 

 through lack of blood till syncope comes on till 

 the brain evolves mind feebly, or withholds its func- 

 tion altogether, and we can see the agency of blood 

 in mind-making. Cut off all blood from the cerebral 

 mass, and no mind will be elaborated. 



When zinc and copper plates are properly ar- 

 ranged in a galvanic battery, and dilute sulphuric acid 

 is poured upon the laminated metals, a force or energy 

 an entity is generated, though its presence and ac- 

 tivity, may not be rendered appreciable to the senses 

 until the agency be conducted on a wire, or otherwise 

 exibited or displayed. Although the galvanic product 

 be not visible as is bile, it is nevertheless a chemi- 

 cally elaborated something that can be made mani- 

 fest through proper media. The product of the brain, 

 spinal cord, and other nerve centers, displays itself on 

 the nerves of animal bodies ; magnetism, galvanism, 

 and electricity, move best on metallic media. 



Living venous blood bathes the ultimate bodies 

 of the hepatic organ, and an inspissated fluid, called 

 bile, is elaborated and set aside (secreted). The chem- 

 ical action of the two bodies (liver and blood), under 

 the influence of vitality, sets the bile-making battery 

 in action, and hepatic fluid is produced ! Dead blood 

 poured upon defunct liver would not produce bile a 

 vital influence must be present. So with sanguine- 

 ous currents and the cerebral mass ; brain washed in 

 devitalized blood will not develop mind or intellectual 

 force ; the action is chemico- vital, yet none the less a 

 physical activity. 



The brain is an organ, as is the liver. The one 

 elaborates or evolves mind, and the other bile. The 



