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THE BASIC PHYSIOLOGIC REGULATORS 



By W. M. LOWE, M.D., Lometa, Tex. 



The physiologic functions essential to perfect 

 health, are: 



(1) Normal circulation. 



(2) Normal respiration. 



(3) Normal temperature. 



(4) Normal assimilation. 



(5) Normal sexuality. 



These essential functions are dependent upon : 



(1) Perfect action of the heart. 



(2) Perfect action of the lungs. 



(3) Perfect action of the digestive organs. 



(4) Perfect enervation. These taken together give : 



(5) Perfect sexuality. Imperfect sexuality during 

 the sexual life of an individual is a strong symptom of 

 abnormal health. 



It is obvious that in order to have perfect action of 

 these organs they must be free of all disease per se in 

 perfect health. Also, it is evident that the actions of 

 these organs are often disturbed by an acute infection 

 of some other organ or portion of the body. Thus, an 

 erysipelas of the hand will temporarily disarrange all 

 those organs. 



But every physician of experience has found many 

 people in ill health when the most painstaking exami- 

 nation would fail to reveal any diseased condition of 

 either the heart, the lungs, the digestive organs or the 



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