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pathological change, which is also saying, in other words, that 

 a disturbance of the domestic symbiosis has taken place, that 

 bad (physiological) currency now takes the place of good, i.e., 

 that pathogenesis takes the place of symbiogenesis. 



The mononuclear and polynuclear leucocytes are really separate 

 organisms living in us, and they have qualities which it is very difficult 

 to call anything else but consciousness ; so that it is a subtle distinction 

 to draw the line between the parasites which these leucocytes are, in 

 a way which are part of us, and those that are not. When the balance 

 of power is well preserved amongst our leucocytes, when they are working 

 well together, then all is well with us. (Italics mine.) 



The above experiment, therefore, seems indeed to be wel? 

 calculated to prove that anything which diminishes symbiotics 

 diminishes resisting power; that mutilations, though they 

 produce reactions, are yet costly in vitality. The moral is that 

 the way to avoid constant risks of being poisoned by even small 

 doses of apparently harmless substances, and as the result of 

 unavoidable minor mutilations, is to avoid every habit which 

 produces physiological " misere," and loss of integrity. 



We must learn to rely upon integrity, health, and 

 symbiosis rather than upon manipulations calculated to meet 

 one evil by another. 



The following are some of the leading principles of 

 anaphylaxis : 



1. "A definite incubation period is necessary before 

 anaphylaxis can be induced"; i.e., as I would interpret it, 

 when poisons, such as certain albuminous substances, are 

 injected into an organism, the body is occupied to incubate 

 (i.e., to neutralise them) as best it can. This state may be 

 termed a primary "infection" or "intoxication." The 

 operation "sensitises" the organism. A second injection 

 (stimulation !) is generally required to bring the body to per- 

 form a violent effort of elimination (crisis). This is also called 

 the "exciting" dose because it produces the anaphylactic 

 shock, i.e., the symptom that is the cause of so much 

 perplexity. 



