34 



the sensation of i>uiv love, on account of the unnat- 

 ural, foreign, or undeveloped relation that must exist 

 between these two gases in the human electricity of 

 Mind. Lust is an inorganic force, acting in the human 

 mechanism through an overweight of subjective Nitro- 

 gen. The more developed the mind (Phosphorus and 

 Hydrogen in its spiritual aspect), the less will be the 

 lust (Nitrogen). Laughter proceeds from Phosphorus. 

 Weeping, from Hydrogen. Melancholia proceeds from 

 the same element. Excessive melancholia proceeds 

 from an injurious or unnatural relation of Phosphorus 

 and Hydrogen in encephalous matter, in which the 

 Hydrogen of the gray matter and contained within 

 the white matter of the nervous system overcomes the 

 Phosphorus, and continues to increase its effects indefi- 

 nitely. 



41. — All diseases of the human organism may be 

 divided generally into four great classes: 



Hydrogen, or Blue diseases. 

 Phosphorus, or Yellow diseases. 

 Nitrogen, or Red diseases. 

 Carbon, or Fatty or Black diseases. 



Pending a more thorough investigation into the 

 complex causes of a great many of the diseases 

 which are now enshrouded in mystery, the following 

 list only is presented upon observation that has suf- 

 fered many impediments. Some of these, therefore, 

 may proceed from the unnatural, accelerated vibra- 

 tions of a single gas in the human mechanism, or 

 from an unnatural lack of the required vibrations of 

 one or more gases. In this study, the cohered matter 

 of the mechanism (muscle, fat, bones, etc.) must not 

 ;wt ;is an obstruction to free investigation, as this 

 matter is only an effect and not the source. Acceler- 

 ated vibrations of a single gas in unnatural relation- 

 within the body, and which often result in atrophy, 

 must be reduced by accelerating the vibrations of the 



