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force, to be expelled. When this is impossible, 

 the potash permeates the osseous system, chiefly 

 about the joints, defrauding us of their natural 

 lubricant, and acting as a foreign irritant upon 

 the synovial membrane. . . . Thus gout is 

 created (p. 150)."* 



With certain exceptions, such as worms, whooping- 

 cough, cholera, and of course mechanical injuries, 

 " these four conditions cover all the ground of disease 

 incidental to humanity." 



" It is not our fault that these varied expres- 

 sions of one definite diseased condition have had 

 such an infinite variety of names given to them 

 by all previous observers, but it has been our 

 misfortune that none of these have hitherto 

 been able to penetrate the mystery that has 

 for thousands of years been hanging over 

 all things relating to disease and the death 

 principle in man, and so to reduce the ever- 

 increasing chaos into something like law and 

 order (p. 151)." 



I make no further comment upon the above extracts. 

 They will speak for themselves. But on the inter- 

 esting question of the identification of the yeast, the 

 white corpuscle and the blue mould, I wish to present 

 the reader with the best and latest information from 

 recognized and high authorities on the subject. 



The identity of the blue mould and all its vinous- 

 fermentation-producing congeners, can be actually 



* I again remind the reader that all purely medical details are 

 rigidly excluded from this little book. For such and the remedies 

 he must refer to the sources from which these extracts are taken. 



