Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1878-12-16
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ATheec11csa Of Health. i
J IN ,Ae.Sis AnssAiaesi1 'sArslogtcal aiol-
osy, y are approaching one OF the most
pestilential periods Of the earths history.
Since the commencement of the christian era
the perihelia Of the four great planets OF the
solar systsm-Jupiter, Uranus, Saturn, and
NsptpnerYkayesnot been -4coincident. i But
thiasssiD SabSu9 Ppcsnr, and In tho Language:
OH i. K1sppyss Who has tracedsthe history Of
the greatest epidemics that ever afflicted the
human race to the perihelia of these planets,
there will soon be lively times for the doc.
tors" The theory ia that when n or more
Of. the large planets il. nearest to the sun, the
temperature and condition ofunr atmosphere
ate 20 dissurbedlas to cause j juriousvscissi-
,tndes. terrible. rains. prolonged drought,
etc.,, resulting in the destruction Of crops.
and peati1encss among human beings and
domestic animals.
DIR. Knapp has collected Z mass Of statis-
teal data, all going to show that perihelion
data have always been marked BY unusual
mortality; and :that sicknsae and. death have
invariably correspondent with the planets in
[perihelioH 1t The same time. T~kerevolut,on
Of Jupiter round the sun is accomplished in
i little 1esst II yeals; Of Saturn in q
little less than thirty years Of Usinut in
about eighty. four years. Iii be true, there
sfeee,,'t6st The perihslii . fthese planets coca,
sion atmospheric conditions unlavorable to
life. pestilential periods should ocSur once
|dnla tbpen years, and aggravated and still
more widespread epidemics at longer inter
Fvals. In tracing the history Of epidemics for
more than two thousand years. DE-. Kna, p
finds the facts infAll Eases 10 validate theth.-
DRY. Thus in the sixth, and again IN the six
tenth centuries, thee OF there ~slanets were
lcaincidentip lperihelion, sndsthoM Meresthe
most pe>tilentlal times Of the christian era.
But soon We are to have, for the first time
in:ewo thousand yeans all four Of these plan.
cts against US. They will be at their near.
est approach to the sun in or soon after 1880,
80 that for q, few years, say from 1880 10
1856, the vitality of,eyery. living thing will
be put to = severe and trying ordea Al. Soms
persons think they see in the signs If tn,
times evidences Of The great, disasters in, III,
limmed ute y future. The excessive heat
the u%nexafnpled cold, the prevalence o
flood and disasters At sea- the general fail
ure Of the potato crop.>the wide spread chill
%ftveramong humanbaings,a and The equa
presence iof. the epizootic among animals
are mentioned as among the .%premonition
Of the rapidly approaching perihelion,
Well 40 be forewarned is to be forearm
ed" Accidents excepted, We know yer,
we'll that the persons of more vigorous con
situations and more hygeinic habits vii
have the better chance to survive whateve
adverse Influences the extraordinary peri
helia will OCCASION IT EsE well known I,
physicians that, in ALI .pestilences, plas ne
typus, smallpox, cholera, murrain, etc, th,
incorporate, the dissipa;ed. and those
whose sanitary conditions were bad, fur.
nished the victims.
We do not write to alarm any one nor to
make asensation. We state facts which all
history attests. Readers can Judge for them.
| selves what importance to attach to the sub
ject: That the .conjoint perihelion Of all
the large planets of the solar1system, one Of
which, Jupiter, is a thousand times, as large
as the earth, must disturb our atmosphere
and tempertue very considerably, iss proba-
Gle; that this disturbance must be injurious
10 health and life, is certain; and that these
periods, have heretofore been pe.tilential,
is . matter Of record. How much We shall
suffer! during the Eext dozen or fifteen
years, depends. very much upon how nearly
We live in accordance with the laws Of
life. e,TT -tFS IN @z