The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-10-01

Names and Malaria.


there or fashions in pathology and medi-
cal hactce as in other things, and, while 1t is
not y scientific to see doctors running
si'ef NEW disease or the new remedy as
ian''sN0 ss ladies pursue new mode of
ut.s''Ds hair or arranging the furbelows,
sum 81, Hs ~ ed theories are sometimes use
.ui Wishing pegs to hang
iA''' enomena upon. The
, uew'' ;..o in medical prac-
'ios' which is as b in vogue almost as the
new !; y, ,,e,ty,o ors,, nd its preparations
be readily ascribed P,Om winch winch cannot cannot
causetO malaria. As Wa No, know sr.
sctly what malariais, it is ss Mo- An ~. ca
charge, as housemaids do VI, ~ -. 80. y ~ .I
sorts of obscure disorders. Mar 7
Gus fever, "a malsrious condiDn, meiari-
no end ofservice in medical pf,tictH now w 90
function is IS large and Eete thelr
as the 'psoric tsint' used to be khe' maze
days Of homeopathy, as "periodicty, iueh
practice of Charles Reade, doctoro "fhee
Cash" Malaria, meaning primary "H
air" now stands for the cause of age,
many of the disorders affecting all condE,G,,
of life and all ages outside the range Of acuS
disease Ma.arial fevers are not necessaril
those Of the ague or bilious type, but ms
simulate almost any other form Of fever,
indeed they do not actually psrtske of the
leading characteristics. The only unity
malsrnl disorders is that they are sscribabl
or supposed to be 80, TO common cause, an
that cause is imagined to lie outside of GU
selves and in certain gtmOspnerical cond
tions. The practical result of this new theor
is tina; while the diseases may be treated b
palliatives, the only real and permaner
remedy is exterior to our persons, and san
tary snd hygienic rather than topical.
course the complete establishment of an
such ,heory will mark great advance in tn
practice OF medicine and vastly simplify an
perfect our means of handling disease.
will remodel many facts of social science an
greatly enlarge the functions of governmer
and egch citizens relation to it, by identify
ing, much more closely than ever be
fore mans duty to himself with hi
duty to his neighbor. But meantim,
whether the theory shall gain general accsp
tnce or not, the application of the doctrin
o. malaria TO great many classes of disease
rot before connected with it is undoubtedl
making rapid progress. One of the mos
noticeable Of these groupings of obseD,r
effects under the one cause il in tho rrant
come Of the forms of Madness ana :. FLU.
larry that form which goes under the genera
name of melancholy" Melancholy, lacl,
ing an obvious cause outside, was by al
the old schools regarded IS being pc
culiarly inherent, as to its origin, in tn
Individual himself-it WAS his 'idlosyncrasy :
his Temperament" and the GSlenists ev,l
found the antecedent types of it in his com
plexion. But this mental disorder is now no
only the known reflection of diseased bodily
condition, but that condition is traced mort
or less satisfactorily to external and remov
able causes. Melancholy, in effect, is now
looked upon as in many instances malaria
affection Of the body, which is reflected upon
and clouds tho mind. The gloom and brood
ing habit, the proneness to exaggerate real
trouble TO uncomfortable proportions, the loss
of confidence and hope, the pressure of cha
grins ana the tedium Of life, all are now said
to be due to the subtle and insiduous incur.
sions of malaria and its invssions of the
liver, spleen and digestive functions. Expel
the poison, restore the organs, and, preslia
simo the melancholy is dispelled. The man
who dreamt only Of rope aud dagger pistol
and poisoned bowl, who stunned Ais friends
and was ever bowed down under the intoler-
able weight of causeless woe, now thinks of
naught but "strathpeys and reels" OF revel.
ing in banquets and quafling the odor of AJw-
ers. A little Alternative medicine, some ten
les, a fortnight in the hills.or at the sesshore
have wrought all The change. The recent
medical journals record some remarkable
cases OF this sort, and all of them bear
cumulative testimony to the protean mani.
festations and influences of mslsrial poison.
One of the greatest revolutions this new
phase of medical science is likely to effect is
the happy removal Of large groups of dis
eases now despaired of Into the classes of
durable affections, ard further, the tendency
which it continually develops to look upon
all disorders of the human body, oil disturb
ances Of the human health as being, in the
strictest serse Of the word, preyentable.
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