The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-11-26

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I MYSTERIOUS ORIGIN or DISEASE. y
, The origin and causes Of disease az,
among the mysteries that have not ye
been solved. The scientific experts who
were appointed to investigate the yellow
fever epidemic Of 1878, report, substan
tally, that they know nothing about tht
origin OF the disease, or the causes tha
produce It, although they know many
things that will aid in It's production AMI
propagation, when once In progress. 2Diph'
liberia, we have seen, Is found ID all locah
ties. It prevails In high and healthy
places the same as In places that are low
and surrounded, by filth. The plague
comes and goes; cholera comes and goes;
erysipelas, yellow fever, dysentery, typhoid
fever, small pox, and many other diseases,
come and 60, but no one can tell whence
they come or whittier they go; and no
one can point out and explain the laws
that control their movements. II we
could comprehend alf the mysteries OF the
iorty.tiYe miles Of atmosphere that hovets
over and around our earth, our knowledge
huu AlSuuu ullkus uc IuCtbdbt1s 4ub az
mosphere may hold the seeds or elements
Of disease 10 great and unknown extent.
We may yet have 70 transfer the subject
OF the origin and causes Of disease to par.
ties that have greater facilities for investi-
CATION than We now possess. The Sigpal
Service, or some other bureau, may yet be
called on TO lend their skill In solving the
mysteries Of disease. -2qi1 ,'I4a 7Ht
Much can be done BY hygiene and well
regulated and-well observed sanitary laws
Much can bedone by the scientific pAthol.
ogist, as be investigates the localities Of
disease with his microscope and chemical
tests. Much can be done by indiyiduals
living In accordance with physical and or
gRnic laws, the laws that control rs as Or
ganized and living beings; that teach rs
now 10 live 10 good old ageAnd enjoy life
and large anounto health. We can do
much often 10 ward Of and keep clear 81
disease, and 10 mitigate Its violence, bnt
we cannot RnnihilGte disease. Il viii
break out and show itself often where 1t il
least expected, and surely where 1t Is least
wanted. Who can give the origin and
cause Of the great epidemic IL fuenzl--th
Tyler Grin" OF 1913? Who can explain
the mysteries Of the epizootic, the horse
influenza OF the fall and winter OF 1872 and
1873? a r = n s'.,s'lat
But q few weeks since several hundred
people were attacked With choleraic disease
10 one night, In the town Of North Adams,
located among the green, mountains 10
Massachusetts. The people charged this
attack Of disease TO the presence Of dense,
foul.smelling fog; but the fog and the dis
ease passed of without serious conse-
quences after short stay Of few hours.
Several degrees more In the violence OF the
disease might have depspplated and laid
waste the town, L-t VI
Perhaps the most remarkable instance
Of death on record from sudden disease,
was the destruction in olden- times ol
Ssnnacheribs army Of 1856, 900 men in one
night. We suppose that destruction OF
life took place In accordance With natural
laws, and that It could be easily explained
by those who have sufficient kno Wedge Of
nature and her laws. We may call 1t .
breath, blast, q poisonous simoom,
glance or q foul log, and that, unlessIwe re-
gard Il direct act Of God, performed in
violation or by setting aside Of his own
laws, Is about 90 much % We can explain
OF it. Tyson, in one OF his Hebrew melu.
dies, gives, perhaps, the most poetical and
vivid description ever put upon record, Of
the terrible fate Of that gres. army. In
describing the destruction Of Sennacherib's
hosts, he says. . 49, -1 l'sg
"The Asylum ealpe dAwn iiko wolf on tia fold,
And his cohorts we're q AnitIg 10 purple and god;
And the sheen Of their ear REs Ike starr on the Sea-
when tho hlu1 ware rolls nightly on do p Galilee
LiEe the Leaves Of the forest when summer q green,
TL-i heat ELh their banner al sunset was seem.
Like the Leaves Of thsatOTest Hhea autumn hath
That sOss % The morrow lay vlthsre.4 and ssssTa'
"FOr The Angel Of Death spread hi, wings on she
And 69salRsa IL The face Il III. ioe !, hs pa.,d
And the eyes Of the sisSper saxed deadly and ehtlh
And their hearts but once hea ed, and forever Efes
sIilL i yGg .-.UT - nifa8 .9I
"Aud there lay the stSed wlth bis u.sru al vide,
But through Il there rolled nottAe breath OF hls
= PRIDE ,4I-.I. ll 4. l.. o.. = u -
And the foam Of bis glaping lay vhlte on tho turf,
And cold n The spray otIhe Uet-beating surf
"And there lay the rider. dFs,eFted and pale, Jgi
With The dew on his brow, sad the rust on his mall
nd the tents were HIl silent, tho hanntfS alone,
The lAness up liIed, the trumpet midtown. q '-'i