found that the highest charge on the red blood cell is in the 

 left ventricle, where agitation is most violent. We found that 

 as the speed of the red blood cell decreases in the course of 

 its slow circulation through the capillaries, each red blood 

 cell contributes its electric charge on certain electrostatic 

 collectors in the area of oxidation, thus building up a 

 voltage. The left ventricle and the arterial tree may be 

 considered a condenser system that contributes the negative 

 energy of the metabolic arc. 



When the high-tempered zebra perceives a lion by sight, 

 smell, or sound, the brain cells flare in oxidation, at once 

 increasing the positive potential. Instantly impulses pass 

 from the brain over the motor nerves to the running mus- 

 cles; instantly impulses pass from the brain over the two 

 sympathetic nerve trunks, namely, the major, minor, and 

 lesser splanchnic nerves. At their terminal these two nerve 

 trunks divide into two branches, one of which supplies the 

 adrenal medulla, stimulating the output of adrenalin, and 

 the other supplies the celiac ganglion and plexus, stimu- 

 lating the output of sympathin. These two hormones, 

 sympathin and adrenalin, cause an instantaneous increase 

 in the power of the heartbeat and circulation of the blood, 

 hence raise the negative potential. 



From the celiac ganglion and plexus, the sympathetic 

 nerve fibers pass along the arterial blood vessels down to 

 the capillaries, delivering positive electric charges to the 

 blood-vessel walls. The negative charge is supplied by 

 the red blood cells within the arteries and capillaries. The 

 involuntary muscle fibers of the arterial wall lie between 

 the positive charge delivered by the sympathetic nerve 

 fibers and the negative charge delivered by the red blood 

 cells. 



It is clear, then, that a single capillary with its continuous 

 stream of negatively charged red blood cells may serve 

 both as a negative pole to the sympathetic nerve fiber on 

 its wall and as the negative pole to the positive end plate of 

 the voluntary muscle fibers. 



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