The laws of nature revealed : the science of eugenics and sex life ; the regeneration of the human race ; the privileges and duties of bringing children into the world ... the bible on sex hygiene / from the notes of Walter J. Hadden, edited by Charles H. Robinson ; sex-life, love, marriage, maternity ... by Mary Ries Melendy.

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[1914], ©1914
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    make them grow in unison in order to maintain a physical balance or a normal condition. In that sense heredity plays no influential part, because every child, as has been said, at the moment of birth, is provided with all the essentials to maintain the vital bal- ance. But, the bacteriologist finds that immediately after birth, the child, even with his first inspiration of the at- mosphere, takes into his system disease germs of various kinds. It is impossible for any person Disease Germs to liye anyw]iere on earth or to breathe any atmosphere without taking in some disease germs, which exist everywhere and are the products of fermenta- tion or the disintegration of matter. They find their way into the system through the water he drinks and from all kinds of food which go through a process of fermentation, the germs spreading rapidly find lodgment in some weak portion of the body to complete their existence by causing disease. If the person is strong and healthy, his system will resist their multiplication, and they may not produce any ill effects. But should there be any weak portion, they can not be successfully resisted, and soon the disease, what- ever it may be, tuberculosis, kidney diseases, heart disease, stomach troubles, appendicitis, all nervous complaints, hardening of the arteries, and a multitude of others includ- ing typhoid, pneumonia, diphtheria, catarrh, etc. All these diseases are infections, the germs of which may be studied under the microscope and their removal accomplished if taken before the victim becomes too weak to be put into a resisting attitude or condition. Here is where heredity comes in, not as the cause, but as the producer of body cells similar to those of the parent in their energy and vital powers. The infections attacking the vital but weak portions of the system, attack the nerves also and bring on nervous dis-