Instead of following the natural tendency to return to the normal, the blood becomes the fertile soil in which all manner of irregularities may germinate in abundance, and combine in strong attacks on the normal healthy organs, which will fast relax their natural power of resistance.
The system of natural healing, while adhering closely to the principle of the unity of the body as well as of the unity of disease, has by no means ignored that such differences are due to the differences in the twelve tissues and according to the said differences, the constitutional diseases are grouped under the accustomed titles, as follows:
1. Degeneration of the plasmo tissue: Anaemia, Chlorosis, Pernicious Anaemia, etc. (A.) Scrofulosis. (B.) Tuberculosis. (C.) Syphilis. (D.) Cancer.
2. Degeneration of lymphoid tissue: (See I.—A. B. C. D.)
3. Degeneration of the nerve tissue: Neuralgia, Neuritis, Neurasthenia, Asthma, Epilepsy, St. Vitus's Dance, etc., etc.
4. Degeneration of the bone tissue: Rickets, Osteomalacia and similar diseases.
5. Degeneration of the muscular tissue: Muscular Rheumatism, Sciatica or Nerve Rheumatism, Atrophia, Amyloid heart, kidney and liver.
6. Degeneration of the mucous membrane tissue. (A.) Catarrh in all its forms: Bronchitis, Pleurisy, Pneumonia, Inflammation of nose, throat, bowels, stomach, bladder, etc. (B.) Hemorrhoids, Polyps, Adenoids.
7. Degeneration of the tooth and eye tissue: All tooth and eye diseases.
8. Degeneration of the hair tissue: All hair diseases.