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special properties. The lumi niferous ether, although it has the property of trausmitting light and heat. electricity and magnetism, has another property, the property of expanding. The ether whose chief property is that of giving us the sensation of touch has also the quality of motion, and motion is due to the presence of this ether. The ether which gives us the sensation of taste has the property of causing contraction. The last ether, that which we have called the odoriferous ether, has the property of cohesion, the property by virtue of which the particles in a body keep toghefber. It is this ether which gives stability. It may be asked, what has this ether or any other ether to do with breathing ? If cohesion or stability is desired in the body we can be supplied with this etuer, and so with the qualities which the other ethers will supply. In this way the whole science of therapeutics can be based on the science of ethers. How can we know what ether is predominant.? We have different ways, and those who have attended my former classes will remember how this is done. One way is by the form of vibrations, for each bas its peculiar form. The first has the appearance of minute dots rising and falling, as will be seen by breathing on the surface of a mirror ; the second gives rise to the form of a circle; the third to a triangle, the fourth to semilunar forms and the fifth to rectangular vibrations. In this way we can distinguish one from another. There is another way
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