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serve a daily growth of nails, hair and 

 of the whole outer skin. This outer 

 layer consists exclusively of dead cells, 

 which daily scale off by the millions 

 through wear, washing or otherwise, 

 and are replaced by other dying cells 

 from the inner living tissues. The same 

 process of dying and renewal takes 

 place in the organs of the cell. As 

 man's lifetime often depends on the 

 trade he has chosen, so it is with the 

 cells in his organism. Those that per- 

 form heavy work, as for instance 

 glandular cells, often die in the mo- 

 ment their mission is filled. This proc- 

 ess commences even in the individu- 

 al's embryonic state. With lower ani- 

 mals, whose generation takes place 

 outside the mother-body, we can often 

 observe with the naked eye how whole 

 organs normally die and disappear. 



If the cells as well as men are im- 

 mortal beings, the question naturally 

 arises: what becomes of these inces- 

 santly dying cell generations? The an- 

 swer must necessarily be apparent if 



