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equilibrium permits nutrition again to act. 

 Isolated katabolism brings dissolution ; ka- 

 tabolism alternating with anabolism permits 

 growth. Disruptive katabolism, emotion, and 

 devolution are one, and they ensue when there 

 is a disturbed equilibrium within the organism, 

 or adverse elements outside of it. They act 

 upon the organism until the new conditions are 

 met, when a forward movement takes place 

 along new lines. 



These facts have a practical significance in 

 the sudden cures arising from emotional causes. 

 Disease causes false growth at particular points, 

 and in order to preserve equilibrium, false 

 growths occur at other points. An explosive 

 emotion disrupts some of them, and then the 

 lack of equilibrium starts other destructive 

 forces which do not cease until the whole 

 organism is placed in a new and simpler 

 balance. Then new growth can take place to 

 restore the former complexity in healthy direc- 

 tions. Destructive losses may weaken, but if 

 unhealthy parts are eliminated, a new vigor 

 may soon be attained, and the organism be 

 restored to its former condition. 



