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 One of the most striking effects of external disturbance on certain types of living substance is a visible change of form. Thus, a piece of muscle when pinched contracts. The external disturbance which produced this change is called the stimulus. The body which is thus capable of responding is said to be irritable or excitable. A stimulus thus produces a state of excitability which may sometimes be expressed by change of [more...]  “Lieutenant Sider was approaching two points of completion. The first was the end of his shift, which would be welcome enough, and the second would occur in one Earth week, when his tour of duty would end. He would be going back on the next shuttle, to blue skies, real warmth, and real air, not out of a bottle, and fresh [more...] Beans thrive best in a rather warm, sandy loam, but are not difficult to raise in almost any kind of soil. The soil should not be too rich in nitrogenous matter, or there will be an overabundance of foliage and stems. This will result in a poor yield of seed pods. Heavy clay is not well adapted to growing beans, as it bakes easily and prevents the seeds from germinating [more...] Robert McCarrison, now Major-General Sir Robert McCarrison, qualified as a medical practitioner at Queen’s University, Belfast, in 1900. He entered the Indian Medical Service and sailed for India on his 23rd birthday. – 1 – The Beginning of a Termitary SOME years ago, an article about ‘white ants’, as termites are commonly but incorrectly called, appeared in a South African journal. Almost everything that naturalists tell us about these insects is important and interesting, and Dr Hesse’s article was exceptionally so. The article also made another fact clear; how [more...] INTRODUCTION The man who feeds his cattle on a thousand hills may possibly see the title of this little volume paraded through the newspapers; but the chances are that he will never think it worthwhile to look into the volume itself. The owner of a hundred acres will scarcely step out of his way to purchase [more...]  Tags: Farming, Homesteading  Categories: Agriculture, gardening and soil health, Book excerpts This work upon the blood, which I present at last to the learned public, is the crown to a collection of works upon ferments and fermentation, spontaneous generation, albuminoid substances, organization, physiology and general pathology which I have pursued without relaxation since 1854, at the same time with other researches of pure chemistry more or less directly related to them, and, it must be added, in the midst of a thousand difficulties raised up by relentless opponents from all sides, especially whence I least expected them. To solve some very delicate problems I had to create new methods of research and of physiological, chemical and anatomical analysis. Ever since 1857 these researches have been directed by a precise design to a determined end: the enunciation of a new doctrine regarding organization and life. It led to the microzymian theory of the living organization, which has led to the discovery of the true nature of blood by that of its third anatomical element, and, at last, to a rational, natural explanation of the phenomenon called its spontaneous [more...] Tags: Pasteur, Pleomorphism Categories: Bechamp and pleomorphism, Bechamp.org, Book excerpts Friend Earthworm INTRODUCTION There must be something wrong somewhere — Nature’s laws governing these errors — What is wrong when we have so many human ills? — When we have want in a land of plenty? — Why not old age pensions? — Why poultry dies young — The earthworm as [more...] |
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