138 PKOFESSOR LIONEL BEALE, E.K.C.P., F.E.S., ON LIFE. 



The Chairman. — It requires careful consideration. If it were 

 possible it would be most interesting. 



Mr. Martin Rouse. — Cannot that question be answered about 

 chemical compositions 1 



Professor Beale. — The chemical composition of bioplasm cannot 

 be determined, because in the attempt you kill it. When you try 

 to find out what it is made of, the first thing you do is to destroy it. 

 It is a certain product that results from death. 



Mr. Martin Rouse. — I have heard you say that before ; but I 

 wondered whether the vital products of the dead matter that are 

 introduced into the formation of man were the same as those that 

 are introduced into the formation of animals 



Professor Beale. — Pretty nearly. 



Mr. Martin Rouse. — If you were to select 20, or 100, or 1,000 

 cells and test them chemically, in animals, would the result be the 

 same 1 



Professor Beale. — Pretty nearly. It is the living power that is 

 transmitted from one to the other, and so with regard to every word 

 we speak. Probably thousands of " cells " are at work at the same 

 time, and those cells come into existence certainly at the same 

 time, and act harmoniously together although they are separate. 



All these questions are very interesting, and I should be glad to 

 have the opportunity of meeting our friends to discuss them seriatim. 



