198 Natural Salvation. 



To make this quite plain we must conceive of the 

 organism as made up of thirty or more groups or differenti- 

 ations of cells : bone cells, muscle cells, liver cells, lung 

 cells, renal cells, epithelial cells, blood cells, nerve and 

 brain cells ; in a word, all the diversely specialized tracts 

 and groups of tissue cells which together form the animal 

 body and are necessary to that grand cooperative effort 

 exhibited in a human life. 



There must be a stomach, a liver, a pancreas, etc., for 

 digestion ; lungs for oxygenation ; kidneys for elimina- 

 tion ; and blood for tlie further transformation and trans- 

 portation of the food to all the various groups of cells. 

 All must be fed every second. Each organ and apparatus 

 produces a different product ; and all must labor together 

 in a kind of organic rythm, balance, and counterbalance. 

 And this rythm and counterbalance are very nicely and 

 delicately adjusted, so much so, that the least aberration 

 or dereliction from duty and function, disorders the entire 

 organism. So much so, that it is the highest art of 

 physiology to watch over the organic entity and preserve 

 the balance of organic interaction. 



But as years pass, one organ, or another, or many, 

 tend from the wear and tear of life as we lead it, to 

 become impaired and disabled. There are deposits of 

 "formed matter," diminution of the numbers of cells 

 from inflammations and poisonous ingestions. One organ 

 or another thus fails to do its part, the balance is lost, 



