Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1867-03-26
DAILY DEMOCRAT.
PEDICULI.
q New Phase OF the 0reGarine
Qaeselon.

0G0o4V9s
From the Detroit Post. March y.
Doubtless many Of our lady readers have
read with horror the many stories which
are Of, Dat concerning the 'gregarine" which
are said to exis. in the imported chignons,
which are now SO fashionable. A dealer in
this city took various samples Of hair to Dr..
:. r. Dutiieli for . thorough scientific ex
animation thereof The result o. this ex
animation will be found il the following
letter:
Dsrsorr. March 10, 81.
Dean Sin ia scoosdaues with yosr in
struesion, have Subuittsd the sanpass Of
hair Zone French. one German, one Amef's
can). TO b examined under the highest
powers Of the aicfoscope. end do not noe
them infected with anything. These /"
class Of simple organic existence which are
called proes ~ which loosely tsanelesed.
vesld rad he arst foems Of life
NJ. Huxley dividss these into two great
gfeups:
/. The astomata, or those which have
not mouth.
2. The stomatoda, those which have
! one.
! The greearina, about which at present
there is.so much excitement in which the e.
dies Of the nineteenth century are involves
10 q simple mass of granular and usually
transparent substance whose outer beund>
airy presents more or less distinctly the as
pect Of membrane, while it's interior con.
tains . clear eperoical space. in the centre Of
which is a nucleus like particle, 80 that the
whole animal resembles an Ovum. There
10 no con,ractle space, the sole ordinary
manifestations Of vitality consisting IN an
incessent change of form without. the elon-
gated pseudo podi Of the am9ba bsirg ever
thrust out Ia the "gregsrina" the food Is
taken IN indiscriminatsly at every Part Of
the body by inhibition. Their f0od is ihese-
fore fluids fluid absorption BY the surface OF
the body 10 the uormal method Of feeding in
these low types Of animal life. This alb
sosptive f.cuity 10 an inherent property Of
the substance Of which they are composed.
Il attracts certain ailments as ge!aturs At
tracts water. Tissue distinguished BY the
same character prevails throughout the en-
tire class cn,ozoa. The gregarin9 inhabite
the intestines Of the invertebrated animals,
insects, worms, moliuses. etc., but have not
be. o discovered in tina Alimsntary canal OF
ether organs Of the vertebrate.
The "iearned Professor in London" has
made, therefore, blunder in finding gre.
garina" in the human head. That he found
ovs (sees) and ultimately Matched the par
asites from them cannot be denied. Blu!
these ovs were not those which would hatch
cut ..grsgasins," but ''psdiculi," or lice
DR.. Burnett has established to his 0atislac-
ton the following facts:
/. That though there are single species
Of parasites peculiar 10 particular animals,
there are others which are found on different
species Of the same germs, - in the case Of
the parasites living on birds Of the genus
Larus (gulls) and Of the diurnal birds Of
prey.
2. The parasites of the human body cons
6ne themselves stsictly TO particulas regions,
and whom they ere sound elsewhere Il Il
the result Of accident. Thus the 'psdiculi
capitis" (iics) live in the head, "pediculi
vsstimsnti'' (grey baek) upon the surface Of
the body. .'pediculi tabescsntium" on the
body Of those dying Of marasmus.
From an examination Of these pursuits,
DR.. Burnett is Of the opinion that they
should be placed in an order BY themselves
closely attest to ''insects."
In conclusion, permit me to say, that the
false hair can afford ~ good . nest for the
| OotCutUK Out VI tuSoS RusoStsCo - shS "vs"e
hair, bur while such 10 the case, the same
amount Of care and cleanliness which 10 be
slowed upon the living hair should also BE-
exercised upon those false aids Of beauty.
.'watesfalls" and cusls. There can be nc
doubt but that the hair comes clean from
} the honest manufacturer Of these ''chig-
nons," otherwise any OF these articles KEEP
any length u time In stock, would be swarm
ing with organic life Hence, II IL but fell
to suppose that the ''waterfalr bscoOel
populated from the living hair, Or one o
The species "Pediculi humani capises" hai
located there, aud the fair pssssssos Of thu
"watsrfall'' forgets while attending to tn
beautiful tresses with which nature hal
gifted her, that the German or Frsocs
s'curls" with which she finishes her toils
should have the same care bestowed upos
then. As regards the terrible picsuf
; drawn by the "London Prolessos" Of ou
taking these sxistsnces into or system, b
foresis 70 say that If " Do swallow
'louse," revolving - il 10 10 our sense Of re
inement, il will not develop in our systeu
or produce any disease. Ia fact he has bu
: to turn his microscope upon the cearssr ar
ticles Of brown sugar, and his next articl
will be more horror stricken than the on
on the subject Of "Grsgarines."
am yours, etc.,
(Signed) SANL. p. DuFFfELs, Phi. d..
Consulting Chemist