ELIXIR OF LIFE.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1466, 14 June 1912, Page 5

ELIXIR OF LIFE.

PROFESSOR AIETCH:NI[COFF'S j CLAIAI, By Tf-iegraph—l'ress Associaticn-CoryUgiit.. J , Paris, Juno I' 2. iibioss.or i;.-li.e, iieiclinikolf, p.t : t-hp Pas-'-ten* I'nstt.ti'itq, in. lfi(jtii-i'i.]'ig. -liefinM t.hs A-cadenij: of :Scij<iices; clMmurt tfi.a-t li.e Hitd : iii.scover.eii -r- l,ong-!ifti .'riufro|;e ; w'li-ic.h. pro-■d-iipcd sugar-iiojincing i'ntcsfi-pal' pp'i-fons. Ivx.jmiriufiii.i's- ii'id. ], ce n inndo on a-n.i-ihals WilJi e'xcetl'eii-'l; -results, metchnikoff and his theortes. ( the S01:'1!-M1I.K i;.\cn,T.l-s. The onset of oM ami the limihtulslOC its* pn veiilicn. the stlltfy of n\'.'.ny able mo a: bin. of (ill of' rtiem tm- one ivbose niime vi)i prribafev . lil'Pinii'.enlly n«-<:;:iateil with tliV IS hl'ie- M'e.i'cli-ii-i'ko.fi:, tlie tm-ineiit sc.ieivqst,. wlio in Jgl)s siiccceiled. lasl.eu.r as lisad of'tlie institute iii Paris ! 'l'o lattr-r's name. JSoich- « i' l the' '"u.isi.an. -nroviivce Pt j.s.;haribv, Jtay 15., 1315.,, aiid a£{fr st (ii.icsjoyi niu i. Jfiiitich .held •t'Vrclyip,,xoar?" tlie clroir (if zip.iogy fit Ociessa. _ |n I$S2 he resigned .ii.i's. proiessofship.- iij order to devote -hi'iivself to '"'V'r 1 ? aiid. t\yo years I.atei' lip .p.nohsji.ed. Ji.is. epoch-makiiig inPmoii? oil wiiiit lie- called ''intr'ac.d'lu.fer -digestion." Kii, arbjiynnnis writer iii tlie ' London V,M,Pmo ' says of hiin -.— i.l.ie SXetcJiilikoSf i's a, -rein.arkalile man-, 'iiussijin to thp eg re in frame -of mind .and. in. appqaranee, .altliQiigh he has long ■ been domiciled i'ir. Fr,u:ce. Contrarv to'p'p'piu.iii: belief,, a 161eIVji'ilio 1>- is n'o.'t ii lu'ecaeai man. By -lie is:-a, zo.pjogt.St, i ~ , It ivas while working at v'Wc o! 'n a:,i r Pl ' . sp'Wises that Metchr.i----kolt: ni'st: jjiado those observations vrhidh 'have con.-tiluted flip basis- of ail his subsepnent work. " " . l i'io.i: tp tins', Haeckel had made his clas.si.eal .obsSi'-v-ations on the most iinvl.y Pi'mnlsijd preiitiire—tlie amoeba, Tiiis is :.a foriiile.ss .Si.ngi.e ni:i>s' of jelly, which . moves ..slowly; ivy throwing put: li.m.bs, irbn'i- pla.es 16 place. AV-.h?n ft comes (ierpSs. foo:! parlicfes i.t takes them into . 1 i What it cannot use j.s. ?6,. : l.ec.tcd, thp ereafure nipying ,011 to fresh p.asturesi jU.etchni'koif fo.ii.nd t-.li.at this: process, analogous tb digestion, is prevalent ih- all animals -up !o cbiiipiox' hia.'n." Aiiiina'l.S' iii tlio course of evolutib'n bjeo:np:lex -. fl'iey qo'n.si's.t- ,pp .coioiiie's of '•' r '" s ' .'''he ab-or!ii:<)i! cf food and tiis ■ protection cif t-h'eii' bodies- against 'in-iury .- becb.thc- tlie w:o.i'k' of certain cells.} and io tjiesb: 'Metch.nik'.Pti gave tho. name pf "l-'lvagpeytes or devp.uriiig .ceiis."' He' wilt . iKi kiiDw.iy to posterity :as the ereiifor of . t|ip doctri.'ii-d pf lihagocytpsis. Scieiiro has : cs!i.biished the: fact that .most are duo to w-crobes, whii-h sboiier or later destroy i;s all. Jleteimikpii' asked lii.nise'lf the (jae-iH.on, "Why do people gi'o.w oid.f"'

Hi' ansvrer has b'ee.ii- that, we are .' ■' gradually; injured anil peisbne'd. by hat;--t'eri'a which- jy.o oai'.ry v.-it h 'us. Ihrpugli- * but life, pnrtijinlaH,.- in. the. a'i:nentnf.y j canal.. Tlie food wo eat is only p'aft.'iy a "f ..iisp t'P us bs fijci, A large- part is useless, and is. rejectb.d; in a stale of <i«P ' c.pinp.o's.ifip'h hKPiight ab'pu't : b'y bapteiiiay which wo harbour throughout life.'. Thp. ■. healthy new-born child 'cbim-s into the. r -world ilevoiil of niierabes, but even j'n a i few. hp.iirs'. has beconip iiifpct'ed, and; rcj.: mains so. Accpfding to Mou'ihmkbf? a i iavge part; of our ills'' is duo to this in- . -'fec-tioii, . Tlio liacte'iiia live- cn our us,e> | less pro.'dub'ts, cause ierme.a'atio'is; aiid i : . tlie prodiiptioii of 'pp'ij'oiis, and jvp, are; . -slcwiy, -but- surely, poisoned. The iiiani- ■ fesiatini, of- this- ppison is a .failure, cf alt i . 1 ' our faculties, and tlie. onset, oiien prem.it-. in re. of ofd age;... 'His.- latest work, is ah j ; ' : 'attempt- to combat senility., This he tries !- to dn by diiaiiiishiiig the an'.eunt of i'e.rr f- nieii'tatioii in the alihif.ia'.'y svsiem.'. iVt ..- ' first lie. ivas l>ald enough to. urge th.ri.'t: -the: ' bowei, .beiiig: itsdes'.s; shouid! c-be; ; .re;nio.ye'd,-. : ': : lint/as this- measure iva.s- unlikely to; nice.?: ■ . ijni.ve.rsal; ' lip. has- suggested a; > less drastic liutiis'.ire. Uo has studied the • canscs. of 10-igevitv, and has . been leu to tlio belief iliiit this 1 is- pri.n.cipa!'iy due' " to the c.ans.uiiinfioi't of simple food, ' esn?cia!lr milk. ... It :js : siilcl. that.lpn'gcyity.is.high in ; certain .| ' eastern Enfpriean cbuntiies v-'.hevo saur milk, is the .maja, if hot tlio. exelusiyo, . article .of diet. Apart fro.ni Hie. fa'c.t "■■that milk leaves a relatively small h;i>.' digested .residue; the souring bacteria, according tci 'Metblinikflft'; displaced the. harmf',;) -bacteria, aiid- tliiis; : i.£- ilie co:i-. sumplibn of soiir miik wei'P (ontiiuu il over a Ipng period, our lives would bo i :' prolonged. ;,. ;.. |