ALCOHOL ABSORBED AS ALCOHOL. 41 1 



pabulum become bioplasm. Particles of the living 

 matter or bioplasm after a time undergo change in 

 fact die, and become gradually converted into inani- 

 mate "cell-contents," "cell-wall," or "intercellular 

 substance." These inanimate formed substances may 

 accumulate and undergo condensation and other 

 physical and chemical changes, or they may be re- 

 solved by the action of water, oxygen, and the like, 

 into new substances as fast as they are produced. 

 Such new matters produced by the agency of the 

 bioplasm of " gland cells " may pass into a tube or 

 duct, and in many cases constitute a secretion. 



The rate at which bioplasm grows and is repro- 

 duced, is determined solely by the facility of access 

 of the proper pabulum ; so that, if nutrient matter 

 comes into contact with the living matter readily, the 

 living matter increases rapidly. In short, the more it 

 is fed, the faster it grows. The power of growth on 

 the part of living matter remains the same, but actual 

 growth always occurs under certain restrictions. The 

 restrictions or impediments to the access of nutrient 

 matter vary in different cells, and in the same cell at 

 different periods of its existence. Alcohol and many 

 other substances cause changes which result in in- 

 creased impediment of access of nutrient matter. 



Alcohol is not a Food but is absorbed as Alcohol. It 

 is probable that whenever alcohol is taken, a certain 

 proportion, which increases as the dose is augmented, 

 passes into the blood and circulates with that fluid as 



