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The Blood and Its Third Element
This final major work of Bechamp's embodies the culmination of his life's research. This book contains, in detail, the elements of the microzymian theory of the organization of living organisms and organic materials. It has immediate and far reaching relevance to the fields of immunology, bacteriology, and cellular biology; and it shows that more than 100 years ago, the germ, or microbian, theory of disease was demonstrated by Bechamp to be without foundation. The Blood and its Third Element is also Bechamp's explanation of his position, and his defense of it against Pasteur's mischief There is no single cause of disease. The ancients thought this, and Bechamp proved it and was written out of history for his trouble. The relevance of his work to the dilemmas that plague modern medical science remains as yet unrealized.
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I wanted to understand how Antoine Bechamp proves that the microzymes he discovered are not bacterial spores. It is bacterial spores that modern medical textbooks explain the ability of the environment to produce bacteria from nothing. They also try to explain the presence of some sub-bacterial elements in the environment.
So, in the penultimate chapter Bechamp gives as proof of his version the experiment with an egg as a closed system without admitting any elements from outside. His experiment showed that the number of microzymes in the yolk increases as it further develops. However, this cannot be allowed for bacterial spores, which cannot multiply on their own. And microzymes have this ability as living independent organisms. So there really are no spores. That's very interesting.
Otherwise, Beshan's discovery is of little use to us in modern scientific medicine.
Suppose we accept the idea that no viruses or bacteria enter our bodies from the outside. However, microzymes or components of these structures can, and Beshan does not try to deny this. Consequently, it is not so important whether microzymes or bacteria themselves have got to us, in fact, the author admits such a process.
At the same time, Beshan claims that these structures do not cause disease themselves. He proves it with a lot of examples. The essence of them boils down to the following: the disease is some inherent predisposition in the body. It is associated with a violation of the vital activity of microzymes in a changed environment. Some microzymes may lead to a disease state, and some may not. Today, this is explained by immunity.
Beshan's experiments confirmed that the propensity for painful changes can be inherited through microzymes. Again, we do not deny this now, but explain it by the genetic predisposition of the cell. True, in our current understanding the basic living unit is a cell with a protein molecule DNA, but according to Beshan's concept, the whole cell and DNA in particular is built from basic structures called microzymes. They can combine into more complex ones, resembling proteins and enzymes, or they can become bacteria and what we call viruses. That said, there are a large number of species of them and each retains its specificity at each stage of subsequent structures.
The book does not explain why the inclusion of external microzymes in the body can in one case lead to disease and in another case not. Allegedly the predisposition to do so must be inherent in the default set of microzymes that every organism has. Beshan insists, however, that it is not the introduction of any elements itself that leads to disease, but the environmental changes that follow. And to prove this he has devoted many interesting experiments. From these, in turn, we can conclude that it is far more important for the health of a person or plant to maintain the right environment than to worry about the danger of contracting something from outside. This insight for the current state of affairs in medicine is revolutionary because it negates all those vaccinations and other precautions that are introduced at the state level.
So, for anyone who would like to learn more about the nature of microbial structures, I highly recommend reading it. Overall, Beshan's presentation seems to be as scientific and evidence-based as possible. I found nothing in his book that could be picked on as unscientific. It is evident in everything that this man was a serious scientist, and his conclusions turn our ideas about life upside down.
I wanted to understand how Antoine Bechamp proves that the microzymes he discovered are not bacterial spores. It is bacterial spores that modern medical textbooks explain the ability of the environment to produce bacteria from nothing. They also try to explain the presence of some sub-bacterial elements in the environment.
So, in the penultimate chapter Bechamp gives as proof of his version the experiment with an egg as a closed system without admitting any elements from outside. His experiment showed that the number of microzymes in the yolk increases as it further develops. However, this cannot be allowed for bacterial spores, which cannot multiply on their own. And microzymes have this ability as living independent organisms. So there really are no spores. That's very interesting.
Otherwise, Beshan's discovery is of little use to us in modern scientific medicine.
Suppose we accept the idea that no viruses or bacteria enter our bodies from the outside. However, microzymes or components of these structures can, and Beshan does not try to deny this. Consequently, it is not so important whether microzymes or bacteria themselves have got to us, in fact, the author admits such a process.
At the same time, Beshan claims that these structures do not cause disease themselves. He proves it with a lot of examples. The essence of them boils down to the following: the disease is some inherent predisposition in the body. It is associated with a violation of the vital activity of microzymes in a changed environment. Some microzymes may lead to a disease state, and some may not. Today, this is explained by immunity.
Beshan's experiments confirmed that the propensity for painful changes can be inherited through microzymes. Again, we do not deny this now, but explain it by the genetic predisposition of the cell. True, in our current understanding the basic living unit is a cell with a protein molecule DNA, but according to Beshan's concept, the whole cell and DNA in particular is built from basic structures called microzymes. They can combine into more complex ones, resembling proteins and enzymes, or they can become bacteria and what we call viruses. That said, there are a large number of species of them and each retains its specificity at each stage of subsequent structures.
The book does not explain why the inclusion of external microzymes in the body can in one case lead to disease and in another case not. Allegedly the predisposition to do so must be inherent in the default set of microzymes that every organism has. Beshan insists, however, that it is not the introduction of any elements itself that leads to disease, but the environmental changes that follow. And to prove this he has devoted many interesting experiments. From these, in turn, we can conclude that it is far more important for the health of a person or plant to maintain the right environment than to worry about the danger of contracting something from outside. This insight for the current state of affairs in medicine is revolutionary because it negates all those vaccinations and other precautions that are introduced at the state level.
So, for anyone who would like to learn more about the nature of microbial structures, I highly recommend reading it. Overall, Beshan's presentation seems to be as scientific and evidence-based as possible. I found nothing in his book that could be picked on as unscientific. It is evident in everything that this man was a serious scientist, and his conclusions turn our ideas about life upside down.
June 1, 2015
Great thinker and scientist.
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November 21, 2007amazing! but its a very difficult subject, really!
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