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stant exposure to pathogenic agencies from within and 

 from without. 



In other words, the nervous system, being synonymous 

 with life and responsible for the conversion of dead or 

 inorganic matter into living protoplasm or bioplasm, and 

 the fashioning and moulding of that bioplasm into the 

 various tissues and organs of a composite human body, 

 continues to maintain the vitality of that body, to guard 

 it against the influences of morbidity, and, where unsuc- 

 cessful in its battles with these, it continues the use of 

 its best endeavours to neutralise the effects of every 

 morbid influence, which has attained a temporary ascend- 

 ency by opposing it with its utmost physiological vigour, 

 until it perishes in the attempt or comes out the victor. 



