24 MICROBES AND HEALTH. 



gence carries on the great system of the universe, and 

 it is for this reason that germs are everywhere present. 

 Earth, air and water are filled with them. So is the hu- 

 man body, and if through accident, injury or inflam- 

 mation, the brain, heart, lungs or other organs become 

 diseased, and through the effects of such disease there 

 are some cells or tissues destroyed, germs are present 

 to aid in liberating such tissue, and they do this by 

 their power to produce fermentation. This separates 

 the elements or component parts that they may be 

 eliminated, so that each may add its mite in the pro- 

 duction or formation of something new. Nowhere in 

 the field of nature is there room for indolence or idle- 

 ness. 



These brief illustrations are given, not for the pur- 

 pose of defining fermentation, but to remind the reader 

 that all changes in life or after death are caused by 

 these little germ cells. Some draw dividing lines, 

 make separations, and teach a difference between oxi- 

 dation, fermentation and putrefaction, yet there is no 

 difference. It is one continual change, and every ele- 

 ment in nature is ever active in doing its part, and all 

 depend iipon the lower forms of life, working to pro- 

 duce the higher. In a word, the whole process of evo- 

 lution is carried on by these little germ cells. They 

 are the medium through which all nature has been 

 produced, and it would be im reasonable to believe that 

 the Creative Power had so mistaken His plans as to 

 have this medium destructive to man. 



Many people believe in evolution; that is, that all 



