Atmospheric Composition, Organ Systems, and Healing Substances

In pursuance of these phenomena, we find we must study on the whole these two polarities throughout the organism, these radiations and that which opposes them and dams them up. There is need to keep this distinction in mind, for all that tends to form albumen, in the manner described above, is associated with the damming up action, and all of a metallic nature introduced into our bodies, has to do with the radiating forces. Certainly there are exceptions and characteristic exceptions, but they are so distinctive as to reveal other aspects of this whole amazing complex of forces, assembled from all the ends of the universe and focused in our human organism. In order to comprehend their scope it is necessary to follow up somewhat the indications already given here in outline, which you may work out in detail. Thus, I need only mention this fact: The carbon content of plants—for instance the vegetable carbon already dealt with—is lacking in an ingredient which is generally—practically always—present in animal carbon: that is a certain amount of nitrogen. This is the reason why animal and vegetable carbon react differently especially when exposed to fire. This latter feature in turn, makes animal carbon inclined to play a part in the formation of such substances as gall, mucus, and even fat. This difference in the action of vegetable and animal carbon respectively, draws our attention to the further difference in the action of metals and non-metals in general within the human organism. In other words, the action of the radiating out and the damming up substances.