Beginning Iridology Guide - Weebly

We judge the quality of the constitution of an individual according to the absence or
presence in the iris of the various hereditary and acquired taints, encumbrances and
defects.
The life expectancy of an individual can be estimated by the quality of his
constitution as revealed in the iris. Frequently, however, individuals with frail
constitutions carefully nurse their health and outlive those with vigorous constitutions
who recklessly squander their vitality. According to the showing in the iris of color,
density and hereditary lesions, we distinguish four types of constitutions. The ideal, as
before stated, we do not find in human beings. We therefore have not given it a place
in the drawing (Fig. 6) which illustrates the four degrees of density.
Four Degrees of Density
(Fig. 6, p. 42)
Section 1. Good. We notice only a few straight, whitish lines. This iris is sometimes
found in infants and young children, and in sailors and mountaineers.
Section 2. Common. The white lines are increased and more tangled. There are a
few hereditary lesions and some dark lines indicating subacute, catarrhal conditions;
also some nerve rings. Individuals exhibiting this degree of density may enjoy good
health in the usual sense of the term.
Section 3. Poor. In this section white lines are more prominent and tangled. It
contains several nerve rings. Signs of subacute and chronic conditions are more
numerous. There are several closed defects. Individuals of this type are usually trying
one "cure" after another.
Section 4. Very Poor. In this section signs of chronic and destructive chronic
conditions predominate. The nerve rings are partially dark. Closed lesions as in
Section 3. Prognosis not promising.
4. Physiological type
The Normal Colors of the Iris
As described in Chapter IV, there are only two normal iris colors,--light azure blue
and light hazel brown.
I. The stroma of the blue iris is devoid of pigment, thus allowing the purple pigment
layer to shimmer through as a uniform, clear sky blue.
II. In the normal brown iris the connective tissue cells of the stroma contain a brown
pigment, which totally obscures the purple pigment layer, thus imparting a uniform,
clear light brown color to the iris.
The albino iris contains no pigment either in the connective tissue cells of the
stroma or in the pigment layer. The resulting transparency renders the blood vessels
visible, hence the iris presents a delicate pink appearance.