New health for everyman / by Sir William Arbuthnot Lane.

  • Lane, William Arbuthnot, 1856-1943
Date:
[1932]
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Credit: New health for everyman / by Sir William Arbuthnot Lane. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ascent of these organisms vary greatly, but in proportion as they invade and thrive in what ought to be the sterile food supply of the indi- vidual, so there are absorbed into the circula- tion more organisms and toxins than the liver can deal with. Consequently there is an over- flow into the general circulation of micro- organisms and toxic matter which is distri- buted to every cell in the body. The thyroid and other ductless glands become actively engaged in attempting to meet this abnormal condition, but these organs sooner or later undergo degenerative processes consequent on the excessive strain to which they are exposed, and goitre, Addison’s disease and many other conditions ensue. Every organ and tissue supplied with the poisonous blood undergoes degenerative pro- cess, all of which we speak of as diseases, e.g. kidney disease, brain diseases, diseases of the heart, blood-vessels, diseases of the liver, etc. Again, the resisting power of tissues to their invasion by micro-organisms becomes dimin- ished, and many diseases, such as tubercle and rheumatoid arthritis and other changes, the result of the presence of these organisms in the tissues, develop. Finally, when the tissues of the body are sufficiently reduced in vitality, they form a soil in which the virus of cancer