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nourishment, while the inflammatory zone surround- 

 ing the tubercle contains an excess of blood, hut the 

 blood is unhealthy. The pressure from the dilated ves- 

 sels and the inflammatory zone of new tissue strangu- 

 late the circulation and vitality is destroyed. 



In such a field germs find nourishment, and meet 

 with no opposition. The products of inflammation al- 

 ways furnish a field for the development of germ life. 

 This is nature's plan and nature's plans are perfect. 

 For instance, a tubercle contains no blood vessels. 

 Tubercules are composed of dead tissue cells, and dead 

 tissue needs no blood vessels. Nature never supplies 

 something for nothing. But the man needs support 

 to eliminate the dead tissue, it cannot be eliminated al- 

 together any more than a bullet or any other foreign 

 body. First, it must be reduced to a liquid or gaseous- 

 form, and it is for this purpose that germs are present. 

 By their power to produce fermentation they reduce 

 the dead tissue and aid in separating it from the body. 

 Here we see that the absence of the artery and the pres- 

 ence of the germ are a wise provision. Every board of 

 health and bacteriologists admit that "all the processes 

 comprised in the terms fermentation and putrifaction 

 (degeneration of dead tissue) are due to the action of 

 vegetable organisms germs." 



Millions of germs of all varieties enter the system 

 every day and every hour; ihej are everywhere present, 

 in the body as well as out, and reduce dead matter to its 

 ultimate elements. This law of supply and demand 

 has existed since creation began and will continue as 

 long as life is maintained. 



