Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1882-10-04
Invisible Poison.
HOW IT WORKS ITS WAY INTO THE
BODY AND HOW TO ceUNTERACT 1T.

urea cher0uS IN us natlTe anu so uau
gerous in its results as 10 justly cause
apprehension wherever it has appeared.
But there are so many erroneous ideas
upon the subject that few words are in
order at a time when people are sub
ject to malaral lnfuences.
Malaria, which means SIMPLY bad air,
is the com mon name OF o class Of dis
eases which arse from spores Of decay.
ing vegetable matter, thrown off from
stagnant pools or piles OF vegetation
undergoing decomposition. These spofs
when inhaled with the breath or taken
into the system with water soon enter
the blood and terminating there find a
foothold, whereby the whole system IS
poisoned and the various functions dis
ordered. When the germ theory of
disease was first advanced it was sup
posed that these spores were Of animal
nature, and like the bacteria 10 dlptheria
were propagated 10 the blood, but they
are now conceived 10 be Of vegetable
origin, like the fungi found Oh decaying
ing wood or in cellars. The source OF
this state Of the air is generally swamps
or stagnant pools, which, partially dried
by the hot sun, send forth vapors load
ed with this malarial poison. These
vapors descend to the earth in the night
cooled by the loss of temperature, and
breathed by sleepers are readily inhaled.
Hence persons living near stagnant
pools or marshes are liable to be aflic-
ted with chills and fever, and such 10.
calities are never healthy, though they
are more so when the streams flowing
into them are pure, and also when the
water is high. Again the drainage oil
houses. slaughter houses, barns, ETC.,
are fertile source Of malaria. One
will often notice 10 coming into the
neighborhood of one Of thes sluggish
streams that pass through almost every
village a most vlllainous smell caused
by the offensive refuse which COM
municates its bad odor to the atmos-
phere, especially on hot days. This
absorbed into the system by the lungs
or taken in through water, which also
abSorbs it from the air, polsons the
blood aud deranges the whole system.
This poison is also developed in force
in wells aud springs when they become
low. and the result Of drinking these !;
the same as breathing the poisonous
air. In time OF droulh the great
quantity Of vegetation that dries up in
the meadows, stubble fields aud pas
lures. the corn fields and forest leaves
produces the same effiIvla. % the
prairIes when large tracts OF prairie
ground are turned over, the decayine
vegetation is a widespread cause OF ma
lara.
The evils which follow malarial
poisoning are almost infinite. Disease
of malignant and dangerous nature,
accom- panied by symptoms the most
distressing are certain 10 manifest
themselves and life is burden so long
as this poison remains IN the system,
The indications of malarial poisoning
are loss of appetite, shortness OF breath,
pains about the heart, wasting Of flesh
aud strength, dependency, nervous
ness, chilly sensations, unaccountable
lassilude, dull pains in various parts o.
the body, headaches, dizziness, coate(
tongue and dry mouth, night sweats
muscular debility. putting under the
eyes, sn unusual color, ordor or sedl-
ment about the fluids passed from the
,yste.s p. etc. Any one of the above
symptoms may be A'Vhv9s,' 81 tloa !o''mai =
arial poison in the bod5 "o.th neces-
,itatos immediate and careful attention.
But if ma larial poison could not fad
4 Judgement in tho human body. 1t
would be just as harmless as the oxygen
Of the air. The great difficulty is that
after being absorbed into the system, 1t
produces distractions 10 the stomach
and lungs, clogs the circulation OF the
blood, affects the kidneys, liver and
other organs, and brings on diseases OF
q most dangerous character. There is
only one known way by which these dis
eases may be avoided or cured after they
have once made their app ara ice and
is by keeping the great purifying organs
of the body 10 perfect health. These
organs are the kidneys and liver. No one
whose kidneys or liver are in perfect
condition was eyer afflicted by malarlal
poison. Aad when these organs are
they not only permit. but
invite, these diseases TO make their in
roads into the body. Il is now admitted
by physicians, scientists and the ma
iority OF the general public that one
medicine. and only one whose power
has been tested and proven, bas abse-
lutte control of, and keeps the kidneys
and liver IN constant health aud hence
malarial sickness. This
Is Warmers Safe Kidney and
Liver Cure, the most popular medicine
before the American people, and sold
by every druggist in the land. II fully
the evil effect Of malarial
poison in the system, and not only
bani.hes it, but restores the members
which that poison has weakened. How
well II does this can be learned from
the following:
KANSAS CITY, No., June 26, 1882
Moving from the state o. New York 10
the western country, was attacked
with malaria aud general debility. |
had lost all appetite aud was hardly