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how life could be started in an unfertilized egg by 

 inserting an electric current. This was done by 

 placing the white of the egg in a vessel containing 

 salt, calcium and water, and turning an electric 

 current into it. Life in this way can be raised to 

 the fourth stage, he says. 



Another interesting experiment was a comparison 

 of the effect of electrical charges on the ferments of 

 human blood, yeast, plant and platinum. The fer- 

 ments mixed with water were placed in separate 

 vessels, when the ions of each began to move about, 

 causing bubbles to go to the top of the vessels. 

 Ether was placed in the different vessels, and then 

 a few drops of hydrocyanic acid, a deadly poison, 

 were added. The ether, by having an opposite elec- 

 trical effect to that of the acid, neutralized its effect. 



So, in the case of all poisons, if it be known whether 

 the electrical effect is negative or positive to that 

 of the blood ions, an ion producing an opposite 

 electrical effect will counteract the poison. Prof. 

 Blake says: "The reason ether prevents the pain 

 of operations is because it stops the coagulation 

 of the nerves. All atoms of matter are charged 

 with electricity. All vital actions are always con- 

 nected with electricity. All drug effects are brought 

 about by electrical charges made with the meetings 

 of the ions in the blood and those in the medicine." 



How strongly does Prof. Blake sustain my theory 

 when he says, "All atoms of matter are charged 

 with electricity. All vital actions are always con- 

 nected with electricity." He also shows how medi- 

 cines affect the human body, how antidotes neu- 

 tralize poison, why stimulants arouse electrical 

 energy, and how narcotics stupify and deaden it. 



