Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1879-06-01
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EDITORS APPEAL-The subject of santa |
ton is attracting greater attention than at any
should be spared to elicit all the light the subject
that thought and investigation afford 1t Is, and
eases with which we are afflicted generated by |
the decomposition Of animal and vegetable sub |
OF eminent authority that subject, bec9use the
opinion is not founded In accordance with the true
and CLASSIFIED under four heads IN the nosolOgical
table, to1cat zylotic epige1aettc and trGatsGtse
nent to my subject. The first term, texcal. is de-
rived from the Greek word tOrtkon which
In one or more Of the sixty-ve primitive elements
A number of the primitive elements are poisons
without being combined such as chlorine bromine,
IODINE antimony. phosphorus. arsenic. baTyta,
mercury. lead. copper, and others, not now remem-
bsred By combining two or more of the elementary
poisons ia chemical affinity you Increase the num-
Der and intensity of the chemical poisons. The
number variety and intensity of poisonS developed
by vital forces In combining the primitive elements
In the organization of vegetable and animal identi
ties is wonderful. l VIII not undertake to explain
why the element baryta Is poison per Sc, for that
would involve the power to define the why OF cause,
call attention to in relation TO the above poisons
IS that they are IN the t6 az 8
bodied to make them susceptible OF division.
You SVe9 ousn even o seG pOIsOH
The active principle of ell vegetable pOisons Is com
posed OF the same elements that Is, qualitative but
6uantitatiye Tins. bibeerine is the active prncI
pie Of the bark OF the bituru tree or Guiana, and Is
the same elements that piperne. the active prineI
Die of black pepper differing cumulative only
In one part each OF carbon and hydrogen. 1t would
be supposed by those not familiar with the subject
If you subtracted the excess OF carbon ana ny
esc Would be- meamorphosed into what the other
was. But such is not the TACT, and Whyr because
the active principle that gives Identity to compounds
is vital and not mechanical The class OF diseases
known as contagious, epidemic and endernic Is ex-
pressed by the term ZymOtlc, derived from the Greek
| word z,tIotis which means fermentation. think
| a much better word would be pyrogenic, which
is derived from two Greek words, ltr, meaning fire,
and 0eysrao to produce or heat producing diseases
| No one has ever seen diseases ferment-
| ing; but all know that abnormal heat
| is Generated by disease. 1 contend that zymOtic
disease is vital force not eE1bo led and was so
Recognized by the learned nations who inhabited the
eastern shores OF the Mediterranean sea about the
| beginning of the christian era. Josephus, in his
mat God enabled solomon 10 learn Inc skin which
expes demons, which is science useful aed Sd1aGtlte
| fi0nS also, by which dlstempers are aleviated-"
| How much more desirable SOiomon's plan OF sing
| Ing songs to alleviate dstempers (B46y MINI, Tor
instance) than to swallow such corrosive pOlsonS as
ealOme TO destroy what little vital force the yellow
| fever left The new testament Is hIled with M
| vers diseases and devils. TIE LIST chapter OF ST.
Marx, 34th verse, will do for reference; None but
vital forces can propagate themselves, is ruism.
Contagious diseases do propagate themselves, there
fore they are not emanations from deeemPoslng
| vital forces. Ths emanati0ns arising from
the decomposition OF dead matter could never
give origin to living forces. One OF the great dis
tnctlons between toricGE poison and zyflotie one
is that you cannot catch disease from person who
1
| poison combined with chemical combinations OF
matter No one ever heard OF person catching the
smallpox from slep-tub, the yellow-fever from a
horse-pond, the scaTletfever from gasburne oil
drop-light All contagious diseases are caught from
persons, their emanations or clothes, and not from
dirt-heaps and foul gases. writer In communi
| cation to the APPEAL, few days since, who sign
himself as an "Officer OF the United States speak
| of sewer-gas as a gas per sc. never knew befor
that sewer was an element capable OF being forme
INTO gas. have always been taught thai sewe
was hole in the ground but never before heard 3
of a hole being transformed Into gas hav