The Radial, Circular and Sectoral division of the Iris Topography , that is, the divisions of the iris. The iris is divided radially and circularly. Radial division : The pupil is surrounded by a circular formation the iris. (Fig 1) Circular division : From the pupil to the outer border of the iris the area is divided by concentric rings. Each of these divisions is called a Zone. The iris itself is divided into three major, or six minor equal zones. On examination of the iris a particularly striking change in the course of the iris fibres is noticed. This interruption in the course of the fibres, which normally includes about one-third of the iris, is called the Iris-wreath .
On close examination we find this first one-third division , i.e. the first major zone, normally subdivided, and including the first and second minor zones. This part of the iris is also known as the pupillary zone .( Fig 2) If the iris-wreath is not visible, then one has to reckon with pathological disturbances. The further division of the outer two-thirds of the iris , also called the ciliary zone , is less striking in terms of change in the iris fibres. However, this area is arbitrarily divided into two major, i.e. four minor equal zones. That it is important to examine the iris according to this division will be seen later from the study of the positions of the organ and disease signs . This scheme of division was first introduced by Frau Pastor Madaus in her system.
The First Major Zone contains the organs of food preparation and resorption First minor zone - stomach Second minor zone - intestines The Second Major Zone contains the organs of transport and utilisation, with elimination through the kidneys: Third minor zone - blood and lymph vessels Fourth minor zone - muscular system In this zone we also have the positions for the organs: heart, kidneys, adrenals, pancreas and gall-bladder. The Third Major Zone contains the organs for body support and ultimate utilisation, including detoxication and elimination: Fifth minor zone - skeletal system Sixth minor zone - skin Detoxication: liver and spleen. Elimination: through nose, mouth, urethra, anus and total skin.
Sectoral division Besides the division into zones, it is necessary to define the exact position of individual organs. For this purpose, the iris is divided into sections by drawing lines from the outer border to the pupil . (Fig 3) The division of the iris into one-half, quarter, eighth, and sixteenth, including the 'change-over' and insertions, establishes the mathematical structure and harmonic relations of irisdiagnosis in general . Each division shows a front and back or side view of the body. Furthermore, it establishes as lying diametrically opposite each other, that which naturally belongs and functions together.
Half and Quarter division of the Iris The Vertex-Foot line =(Fig 3 ) Equilibrium line-is an imaginary line erected through the middle of the iris from top to bottom, dividing the iris into an inner and outer segment (nasal and temporal segments: medial and lateral segments ). Since the vertex lies in the upper part of the iris, and the foot in the lower part, it is named the Vertex-Foot line . If this imaginary line actually registers in the iris, through lightening or darkening, then the patient is subject to disturbances of equilibrium . Hence, it is also referred to as-Equilibrium line.
The Throat-Neck line = 'change-over ' line-also called the Disharmony line -divides the iris into an upper and a lower half . It runs from the throat area in the iris which lies medially (nasalwards) in both irides, to the neck which lies laterally (temporalwards). In the upper half of the iris lie all the organs of the head, besides the heart, lungs and other respiratory organs. In the lower half of the iris lie all organs which are between the neck and the feet. In the upper half of the iris we also have the special sense organs, larynx, trachea and oesophagus. In the lower half of the iris we have chest, back, abdomen, abdominal and pelvic viscera, and extremities. When this Throat-Neck line registers, there exists a disharmony between the head and the rest of the body, hence the term: Disharmony line. Hyperthyroidism, coupled with heart and lung disturbance, is a possibility.
The Eightfold division of the Iris The Nose-Diaphragm line takes its course through the middle of the upper medial quadrant and the lower lateral quadrant, from the root of the nose to the spleen area in the left iris, or to the liver area in the right iris. In the lateral segment it represents the boundary line between chest and abdomen, which in the body is represented by the diaphragm. Hence, it is named the Nose-Diaphragm line. White lines traversing the right iris in this area suggest conditions terminating in violent pains. It is therefore also termed: Pain-line. Similar signs in the corresponding area of the left iris suggest terminal pains arising from febrile conditions. (Splenic enlargement = inner fever.)
The Ear-Bladder line , which is drawn through the middle of the upper lateral quadrant and the lower medial quadrant is interpreted as Infection-line . It commences above in the ear area, and traverses the bladder area below . If this line has a dark registration in the right iris, it suggests the existence in the antecedents of severe chronic bladder disease. On this basis arises the right Ear-Bladder line, also called Hereditary transmission line, because it reveals the connection with hereditary encumbrance . In the right iris the bladder sign appears when catarrh of the bladder follows chill. If signs are seen in the bladder area of the left iris, then we should mainly think of venereal disease
The Sixteen-fold division of the Iris. The Mouth-Hand line The Forehead-Ovary line The Cerebellum-Uterus line/Cerebellum-Rectum line. The Axilla-Loin line
COMPARISON OF FERMENTATION TO INFLAMMATION There is a remarkable similarity between alcoholic fermentation and the processes of feverish and inflammatory diseases . Both are processes of oxidation or combustion, accompanied by increased chemical activity and temperature. Both run a natural, orderly course and when properly managed bring about certain normal, beneficial results. When not controlled or when suddenly arrested and suppressed, both may result in permanently abnormal and undesirable conditions.
Both processes depend on three essential factors:
3 FACTORS Alcoholic Fermentation depends on- - A solution Sugar Yeast Feverish and Inflammatory Diseases depend on— Living blood and tissues. Waste and morbid matter in the blood. Microzyma , bacteria and parasites in blood and tissues .
First or Hereditary Stage of Disease Fermentation Water plus a sugar solution. Inflammation A body plus hereditary and acquired morbid matter .
Second or Acute Inflammatory Stage of Disease Fermentation : Yeast lives on sugar plus some protein. While feeding on these, the yeast germ digests or splits up the sugar into alcohol and carbonic acid gas. Disintegration of the sugar molecules is accompanied by the liberation of heat and by accelerated atomic motion. The temperature rises perceptibly , bubbles of carbonic acid gas and a scum consisting of dead and live yeast germs and of other debris rises to the surface . Processes of fermentation are in many respects identical with processes of digestion, combustion or oxidation . If fermentation is allowed to run its natural course , within certain limitations of temperature, until all sugar in the fluid is consumed, the process ceases of its own accord, chemical activity and temperature subside, and the resulting product is a wine-like fluid of crystal clearness. Alcohol, while itself the product of fermentation, as it accumulates in the fluid, checks fermentation
Inflammation : Microzyma, while feeding on morbid matter, develop into bacteria or germs of putrefaction, and these in turn while feeding on pathogenic materials decompose them into simpler compounds suitable for neutralization and elimination. The resulting ashes or debris ( yeast scum) are eliminated through the natural channels of depuration and in the forms of pus, catarrhal and other morbid discharges. These processes of combustion and elimination of disease matter are usually termed fevers, inflammations, boils, abscesses, etc. Like fermentation they are accompanied by rise in temperature, accelerated pulse, elimination of effete matter, etc. If the acute inflammatory processes in the body are allowed to run their natural course, within certain limitations of temperature until all morbid matter is consumed and eliminated, the result is a cleaner, healthier body. (Fever can be easily controlled within safe limits by cold water applications, fasting, etc.)
CONCULSION From this it, will be perceived that, the processes of fermentation as well as of acute diseases are to a certain extent self-limited by their own effete products . If the acute activities in the body run their natural course and terminate in normal conditions , then the whitish signs of inflammation in the iris gradually disappear and give way to the normal blue or brown.
Third or Chronic Stage of Disease F ermentation : Yeast fermentation in a sugar solution may be promptly prevented or arrested by the addition of salicylic acid, formaldehyde or some other powerful antiseptic or germicide. Antiseptics are protoplasmic poisons, they paralyze and destroy the protoplasm of living cells and inhibit their activity. Fermentation , suppressed by antiseptics , results in a turbid fluid containing unfermented sugar, dead yeast germs and poisonous antiseptics.
Inflammation : Acute inflammatory conditions in the body may be suppressed by protoplasmic poisons , such as antiseptics, antipyretics, opiates, sedatives , alteratives, or any other class of poisons which paralyze or destroy cell protoplasm and inhibit vital functions. All of these poisons not only paralyze and destroy bacteria and parasites of disease , but also paralyze and kill the healthy cells and tissues of the body . If the acute, feverish and inflammatory reactions of the second stage of encumbrance are suppressed by antiseptics and germicides , the combustion and elimination of morbid matter is hindered and suppressed, and drug poisons, which are much more harmful than disease poisons, are super-added to the old encumbrances of morbid matter . These accumulations of effete and foreign matter become a source of continual irritation and obstruction , and form a luxuriant soil for the production or invasion of bacteria and parasites . In other words, Nature's acute cleansing and healing efforts are changed into chronic catarrhal diseases.
Fourth or Chronic Destructive Stage of Disease (Loss of Substance) Fermentation : If the turbid fluid, created by the suppression of alcoholic fermentation, be exposed to air and warmth , its microzyma will develop into spurious germs and ferments and various forms of wild fermentation . These spurious fermentations, in their turn, may be suppressed by more antiseptics and germicides, but as a result the fluid becomes totally unfit as a beverage and finally poisonous to human life.
Inflammation : The human organism, when it has reached the third stage of encumbrance, will arouse itself occasionally to chronic efforts of elimination , but ever increasing accumulation of morbid matter, continual additions of drug poisons , surgical mutilations of vital parts and organs , all conspire to lower the vitality and to prevent the possibility of any decisive, acute reactions or healing crises . The natural resistance and powers of reaction of the organism are in this manner slowly but surely undermined and weakened. Decay and destruction gradually proceed into the advanced stages of tuberculosis , malignant tumors , paralysis , locomotor ataxia, paresis, pernicious anemia, chronic rheumatism, etc.