Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1873-03-12
Written for Ths Philadelphia STAR
PlanetarY Pesfilenea.

do not mean the pestilenee of the
planets, but pestilence on earth caused
oy planetary influences. There was
something in ancient sstrolOgy. In
the early history Of the human race
lt was noticed that the near approach
OF one or more Of the larger pfanets or
the solar system, occesioned great dis
turnances Of the temperature Of our
atmosphere, resulting in seasons Of
extreme heat and cold, excessive
dronghts, long rains, and attended
Win Dllghts OF the crops and fruits.
epldemics among human beings. and
epizootlcs among animals. A DR..
knapp, OF Mexico, in a eommunica.
ton covering twenty-five pages Of the
New YoFK Medical Journal. has
shown that the history ofall the wide
spread pestilences we have had in the
last three hundred years are exactly
eoineident with the perihelia of the
large planets, t
The subject Is very easily under.
stood, and If the theory indicated be
true we shall not have long to wait
Tor It's demonstration, for we are now
approaching the climax Of very pes
ulential period. 1t is well known to
astronomers that Jupiter, which Is
one thousand times as large as the
earth, makes its circuit around the
sun ever twelve years, Saturh once in
ABOUT thirty years; Uranus once in
ABOUT elghty.four years, and Neptune
once In about one hundred and sixty
four years. The perihella Of all these
planets does not occur at the same time
more than once in thousands Of years.
In the sixth century and again in
the sixteenth century, the first three
were eoinoidently il periheliOn, and
these we're the most pestilential pc
RODS Of the Christian era. The peri
helion periods Of Jupiter and Saturn
coincide with the extensive preya-
lence Of plague, cholrea. and other
epPidemics. But in the near future.
from 1880 to 1885 we are to have
what has not yet happened in NOPE
than eighteen hundred years, the
nearest approach to the sun of ali fonr
OF these large planets eoincfdentIy.
The deduction from this fact and
theory, Is thai the vicissitudes Of the
eaFtps temperatdre and the changed
condition of its atmosphere cOnso-
qnent on the interference with. or
abstraction of its usual amount ana
regularity Of light and heat, will be-
increased unfavorably to life and
health on our globe from the present.
lime to 1850; that from 1880 to 1885.
ne adverse influence will be in their
ull intensity; and that after 1885 they
ylll gradually diminish.
lt may be noticed as a ecZToAoratfBS
that the coincident
'erlhelia OF Jupiter and Saturn oc-
urs once in about fifty-seven years.
nd that, in the history of pestilences.
8 recorded by Wsbster, Hacker. and
ther authors, these wears have in
arlbly been pestilential periods.
There is. however, q practical view
{ this subject Of Immense imDortanee.
Mess we can point ont q remedy or
1dlcete 3 preventative, it Is worse
nan useless TO alarm the people with
OF coming evils. It Is
the history Of all pesfilenees that
ere ever known, as It is part of the
istory OF the eYer-preyailiDg typhoid
40 ernptive fevers, pneumOnias,
IptheslaS, eholeras, and summer
)mplaints OF our timas that, these
no are most predispOsed to sickness
liter most Of whatever may be the
)idemic inti1ense. 81 - lal1-z
The plaques and pestilenees Of f6g-
Id World, and the ancient CITIES. ID
ome otWhlch have been more than
ice nearly depopulated, were always
ore Iatal as sanitary conditions were
orse, In the great cities, narrow
Mess streets, dark alleys, filthy gut
rs. crowded tenement houses, cess
OILS and accumulated ofal. and She
untries, the location Of pig styes
IN yards, stables and priVies 10 the
7elllngs, were the special causes OF
)ftalltysi So r. H.ra h..-.
The general sanitary condition of
q world Is much better now than IL
IS two or three centuries ago but
ere Is great room for fmBrI Veuenv
every city and village, indeed 10,
cry rural district, If not on every
n. And there is quite as much
IN Tor Improvement in the matter
personal habits everyWhere.i Those
10 have the most vital stamina saa
most bygienic habits will be
,ong the survivors Of the pestilen-
! period, If It comes, If it does not
y cannot be the losers by taking 11
Cd upon their Waysp - . -r7es. 49,.
rhe dissipated, the glutton,- the
aanchee may calculate on being
ong the first victimes. YOUNG
n who devilalize themselve by
aceo-using. and young ladies' who.
troy one-bsif Of their breathing
aeity by fashionable dress and
1t-lacing. will never survive the
ihelion ofall the large planets OF
solar system. And perhaps a
be best that they should not.
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