San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1879-02-08

II there il anything in, Astrological
eiology." ~ are osppsoaehing one Of
the most pestilentisl pcFioda Of the
esrth's history. Since the reommmce-
ment Of the, Christian era the rperihe-
Lila, of tho four great planets Of the so
Lar system-Jupiter, Uranus Saturn
and Nsptune-bave not been coinci-
dent. But this is about to OCCUR and
in the language Of DR.. Knapp whoihas
traced the history of the greatest cpl
denies that have ever afflicted the hui
man race TO the perihslia Of these PLAN
eta, there will soonbe lively times for
the doctors. The theory 10 that when
one or more bfthe large planetsisnear-
est 10 the sun. the temperature and con-
dition Of our ,atmosphere are co. dis
turbed Oh to cause injurious vicissitudes.
terrible rains, prolonged dpouths, etc.,
resulting in the destruction :ofHcrops,
and rpestilencef among human { beings
andsdomestic snimals.' Z nc ~ 10 Seileo
DIR. Knapp has collected . mass LOT
statistical data, all Igoing'to show that
pefiheion sddsta sthave always been
markedly unusual mortality, and ithat
sickness and death have invariably cor
respohdedrwith the planets I'M perihe-
lion 1t the same time. Tho revolution
Of Jupiter round tho sun is accom-
plished in little less than twelve
years; of Saturn in little less than
thirty years; Of Uranus in about eigh-
tylfour years II itibe true, therefofe,
that the perihelia Of the planets occa-
sion atmospheric conditions unfavorable
to life, pestilential periods should occur
once in a dozen years; and aggravated
and still more widespread epidemics st
longer intervals. In tracing the history
Of epidemics for more than 1000 Years,
DR.. Knapp finds the facts in all cases 70
validatefthe theory. Thus initha sixth,
and again in the sixteenth centuries,
three Of these planets were coli ls
in perihelion, and those were the most
pestilential times of the Christian era.
But soon we are to have, for the first
time in 1900 years, all four of these
planets against us. They will be ct
their nearest approach to the sun in or
soon after 1880, SO that for q few years,
say from 1880 to 1885, the vitality Of ev-
cry living thing will be put TO- severe
and trying ordeal. Some personsthink
they see in the signs Of the times EVIL
dences of the great disasters in the i'm
mediate future. The excessive heat,
the unexampled cold, the prevalence Of
floods and disasters at sea, the general
failure of the potato crop, the wide
spread chill-fever among human beings,
and the equal presence Of the epizootic
among animals, are mentioned as among
the prenonitions Of the rapidly ap-
preaching perihelion. = -4'A CO..
Well, ;" to be forewarned is to be fore
armed" Accidents excepted, we know
very well that the persons Of more Wig
orous constitutions and. more hygienic
habits will have the better chance to
survive whatever adverse influences the
extraordinary perihelia will occasion.
It is well known to physicians, that in
all pestilences, plague, typhus, small,
pox, cholera, murrain, etc, the intern
perate, the dissipated, and those whose
sanitary conditions were bad, furnished
the victims. \ uqqt = Lef 10 ooaal;
We do not write to alarm any one,
nor to make o sensation. We state the
facts which all history attests. Readers
can Judge for themselves what import
ance to attach to the subject. That the
conjoint perihelion of all large planets
of the solar system, one of which, Ju-
piter, is 1000 times as large as the earth,
must disturb our atmosphere and tenn
perature very considerably. is probable;
that this disturbance must be injurious
to health and life, is certain ;r and that
these periods have been presidential, is
a matter of record. How much we
shall suffer during the next dozen or
fifteen years, depends very much upon
how nearly we live life in accordance
with the laws of health.---Scie,sce OF
Health. .S.-.. a. stcL T95f1JE 3D.