The Origin of the Chemical Elements 

 and of Cell Life 



The fundamental principles of Organic Chemistry must be traced 

 to their primal source before the " Origin of Cell Life " can be dis- 

 covered. 



Chemical substances, such as acetic acid, butyric acid, propionic 

 acid, ammonia, carbon dioxide, hydrogen, nitrogen, phosphorus, 

 sulphur, etc., the products of cell activities, prove the cells to be 

 made up of these substances, because it is impossible to conceal the 

 fact that all existing plants and animals have originated from others 

 of the same kind. 



If the smallest cells which we know anything about produce cer- 

 tain chemical substances, we must recognize these substances as the 

 " offspring " of these cells, because the cells themselves increase by 

 " fission," part of the mother becoming the new cell. The life of the 

 mother cell is an "everlasting" one because of this equal division of 

 the mother-cell into two new cells. The only actual individual repro- 

 ductions are the chemical products of the cell's activities. 



The statement has been made by Tvndall, and others, that life 

 is the result of " mere chemical affinity," and in order that we com- 

 prehend the meaning of this " chemical affinity " we must trace to 

 their primal source the fundamental principles of Organic Chemistry. 



Dr. Lowig, the great German chemist, says, "It is constantly 

 becoming more apparent that the organic compounds, if all their 

 relations are brought into view and not alone their individual char- 

 acteristics, belong to distinct groups, which, as it were, correspond 

 to the natural families of plants, and that these groups are again 

 united to each other by a common bond." 



The cell substance termed " protoplasma " is identical in constitu- 

 tion in both animal and vegetable cell construction, so that while 

 we are tracing the " Origin of Cell Life " we will confine our 

 investigations to the products of the most infinitesimal cell, bacteria, 

 whose chemical products, in many instances, can reproduce the same 

 conditions in animal bodies as the cells themselves, so that we have 

 actual proof that liquids are alive and can produce protoplasmic 

 cells, as bacteria, in the animal body if introduced into the body 

 after the same manner as bacteria cells. 



Dr. Ivowig declares the organic compounds belong to distinct 

 groups, united by a common bond. 



Bacteria are divided into distinct groups, so that this characteris- 

 tic of grouping is inherited from the " Organic Compounds," or 

 chemical substances. 



