Show Dr ro V AL By y Lulu Hunt S cJ ad o. o lAas s. s THE IMMORTALITY OF THE BODY Not long ago there was a play given in New York which was based upon the theme ot of immortality immortality immor- immor of the body with the characteristics characteristics charac- charac of youth The star woo had used the formula which produces produces pro pro- duces these results for or years ears was bored bared and heartily sick ot of life Ufe She was made macle happy b by bythe the destruction of the formula for immortality for 01 it meant the end of her bondage to the flesh for all time Immortality of the body at least to our knowledge Is an But immortality ot of the soul soula a single unit of any bodily structure apparently is not altogether alto alto- bethel gether improbable and the of maintaining this prolonged life give us a great deal of food for thought Dr Raymond Pearl director of the Institute ot of Biological Research at atthe the Johns Hopkins university Is quoted as follows Nothing like death is Inevitable in the cell Itself The cell when placed separately under such conditions as to supply appropriate ate food in the right amount and the removal promptly of the deleterious dele dele- products products' ot of metabolism or chemical changes can probably live lore This assertion is based on the e y n of t tissues u oc nth il from mans man's s body and th the bo bodies of other animals achieved during the thelast thelast last few years The experimental experimental mental culture of cells and tissues has las now covered vIrtually all the essential elements of the metazoan meta body Including even some of the most highly differentiated ot of those heart tissues h muscle erve ee cells cells i spleen muscle cells cells g connective tissue c coils ls cells cens from various locations in the bodY kidney cells and other have an all been successfully cultivated In Inin vitro or in special mediums me- me Particularly striking Is the culture cul- cul ture tur wOrk of Carrel and Ebeling These great scientists by trans trans- the culture at frequent Intervals Intervals In- In Into fresh nutrient medium have kept alive for more han fourteen fourteen four four- teen years and In perfectly normal und and healthy condition a culture of tissue from the hear of a chick embryo There is every reason to suppose that by a of the same t the culture carl cad be be kept alive definitely Although we die our cells have the capacity to live Uve forever Not even senescence or old age is a necessary concomitant concomitant tant of oC cellular life Ufe Note that the cell must have appropriate appropriate ap- ap food in In the right amount and must have proper elimination of its its' wastes I 1 think you get the thought I want you ou to If you are following the column you Ie know no V something ot of what we know now healthful nutrition and the me methods hods for proper elimination elimina- elimina tion We have an article on Balanced Diet and one on Constipation which yOU you along these lines You Youma ma may nave have these by sending a full fully dd sed stamped envelope J t- t J I with your our request Allow two weeks for tor their receipt A LITTLE LESSON I Heres Here's a nice little testimony with its own little lesson I h have ve lost 70 pounds In seven months having r du d. d to I feel perfectly wonderful wonderful- and have cured constipation and indigestion Indigestion In- In digestion which I had all my lifer e Mrs G 0 Theres There's no Knowing what y you u might have had If you had continued continued con con- to be e so excessively overweight overweight over over- weight Mrs G I I. I wish you would write us again and tell teU us how much exercise you tool took and any other special points in your reduction reduction tion that you OU found helped you The Instructions Mrs G. G followed are contained in a booklet which may be had by sending 10 cents in stamps and self addressed stamped envelope Tomorrow Maintenance Ca Calories lories and Exercise Copyright 1927 by The George Matthew Adams Service |