Chart No. 2: Structural Balance

The chart explains itself in its geometric design of two end pole relationships. The first five cervicals [C1, C2, C3, C4, C5] in their relationship to the five lumbars [L1, L2, L3, L4, L5] has been known, in a way, and accepted, if not used or its real value appreciated. So we leave it there and confine ourselves to the tracing of the VITAL relationship to those hitherto unknown, new spinal geometric lines given here.

The 6th cervical [C6] vertebra and its nerve supply is usually charted by nerve tracing, to the 8th dorsal [thoracic, T8], as a liver reflex. THAT IT CAN TIE IN WITH THE 12th DORSAL [thoracic, T12] VERTEBRA, IN A VITAL GEOMETRIC RELATIONSHIP, is a NEW VIEWPOINT. But the liver and the kidneys do have a definite relation to each other, as a chemical inter-dependence in the vital process of function. The material which the liver does not chemically prepare for oxidation and elimination by their solvents, cannot be filtered out by the kidneys. The kidneys are only filters, not a chemical balancing plant. THIS IMPORTANT VITAL RELATIONSHIP IS BROUGHT OUT BY THIS GEOMETRIC BALANCE sketch of VITAL FUNCTION AND STRUCTURE.

Chemistry and oxidation are two stages in this vital body plant. Mineral sludge and liquid waste must be separated from the blood by the kidneys.

The next new venture is the relationship of the 7th cervical [C7] to the 11th dorsal [thoracic, T11] vertebra. The 7th has a great effect upon the circulation, as proven by spinal concussion therapy according to Dr. Abram's^[1] method of influencing the vital function. Circulation depends upon a fluid bloodstream and oxidation. If the carbon dioxide is not removed by oxidation, the filtration process is also interfered with. "7 come 11" is popularly known as a dice game winner.^[2] So it is here in the game of life, of oxidation and filtration of waste out of the bloodstream for better circulation.

The reflex connection between the 1st and 2nd dorsals [thoracics, T1, T2] is another vital relation rather than a nerve tracing proof. The 1st dorsal [thoracic, T1] goes to the heart as a supply nerve and reaction. In angina pectoris, the branch of the first dorsal [thoracic, T1] going over the left arm is the location of that pain which is well known and easily diagnosed as angina pectoris. What to do for it, without further congesting the heart circulation by stimulation, is a problem to every thinking doctor.

The 10th dorsal [thoracic, T10] controls the diaphragm and the suprarenal glands for tone under stress. Both of these glands are prime factors in heart conditions. The heart depends upon respiration for function, and the adrenals for toning harmones [hormones] in the circulation for all stress and strain. What would a vital balancing treatment

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¹ Albert Abrams (1863-1924), an American doctor who developed the theory of Spondylotherapy.
² 7 and 11 are winning opening rolls in Craps and other dice games.