Germs do not cause dis-ease, but they may be considered as any other foreign substance taken into the body, which can not be used in its metabolism. Any foreign substance which can not be used in the processes of metabolism will injure the tissues if allowed to remain in the body. If germs are taken into the body and if there are subluxations which prevent Innate from producing normal function in excreting these germs, and if there is waste material due to impaired metabolism, these germs will find a culture medium conducive to their development; then in their natural processes of development and metabolic processes, secretion and excretion, toxins will be formed which will result in certain symptoms from such poisons, all due to the fact that there are subluxations producing pressure upon nerves interfering with the transmission of mental impulses. Immunity, then, is a question of keeping the body in such a physical condition that there will be no abnormal tissue upon which the germs may feed. But this would imply that in order to have dis-ease there must first be abnormal tissue AND the germs. This, however, is not the case for there may be dis-ease without the presence of the germ, even in the so-called germ dis-eases. Dis-ease is not a question of germs being present, but it is the decreased current of mental impulses to the tissue cells. The best way to produce immunity is to have the subluxations adjusted so there may be a normal transmission of impulses to all parts of the body so that intellectual adaptation may be at par. Immunity from any and all dis-eases may be produced by the restoration of transmission. This does not mean that after momentum has been gained dis-ease will be at once overcome and the process of restoration will be accomplished without a sufficient amount of time to enable Innate Intelligence to bring about the necessary processes of restoration. But we do mean to say that if all subluxations were adjusted the individual would be immune from all incoördinations. Still subluxations could be produced by trauma and also by the introduction of poisons into the body. In order to maintain constant immunity the individual should periodically visit his chiropractor for an analysis. By so doing subluxations that have been produced may be detected and adjusted. CHAPTER XII GERMS GERMS ORIGIN OF THE GERM THEORY AS CAUSE OF DIS-EASE ACTION OF GERMS IN THE BODY A NATURAL PROCESS BACTERIA CLASSIFICATION OF DIPHTHERIC GERMS IN THROAT FOUND EVERYWHERE SOURCE OF COMMUNICATION MAN AND ANIMALS MEDIA OF CONVEYANCE MODE OF TRANSFER DIRECT INDIRECT INTERMEDIATE HOST CARRIERS CHANNELS OF ENTRY THE RESPIRATORY TRACT DIGESTIVE TRACT THE SKIN THE GENITO-URINARY TRACT TERMS INFECTIOUS AND CONTAGIOUS CHAPTER XII GERMS Origin of Germ Theory