The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1882-05-24
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Head the Following Article with IN
terest.- rerhnps they will Discuss III,
subject Matter Of II NJ Their Meet
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Now that We have quite a number 0
the medical men Of this siate IN our midst
VIC have thought that the following inter
view with the celebrated DR.. Declat In
reference to his alleged discovery In resart
to n certain class Of diseases would be o
interest tothem. Tho same matter ha,
been alluded to recently in European dis
patches. We quote The Interview from the
Chicago Inter- Ocean: w s
The eminent French physician and sur
geon, DR.. Dec!at, who Is the tliscoycrcr Of
tlie inuch'talked.about anliseptic methods
OF curing diseases, was given, as al
ready published, n reception 4 by Il
number Of prominent Chicago physicians
and surgeons Friday evening last at the
Grand Pacific hotel, ut which time he OK.
p'AASa hla NlcoIy VI llleu|Cutluu, Dut rs
he speaks but little Eagltsh his ren,arks
were made in French, md los. much Of
their force in n necessarily hasty and free
translation. 4 reporter OF the Inter. Ocean
yesterday interviewed the doctor, with the
following result, skilled Interpreter being
themedium: IE& m.
please give IN explanation OF your posi-.
ton" said the reporter,
TO give you my theory said tho pro.
lessor, II may say that wherever there Is n
decomposing substance there Is III i'm.
mense number OF microscopical beings,
Which hive been known for tue last twenty
years Take from tho rut In the roadside
or from the borders OF II ditch one drop Of
water, especially II there are trees, foliage,
or any animal matter about, and place ii
under microscope, and You will be us,
tonishcd ty sec Il whole world OF microsco.
pictl beings disporting themselves In that
little drop Of water The dwellers in this
world are extremely nunerous-so nun.
erouss, in fact, that the microscope, although
not having yet reached the limit OF It's
probable power, still counts ont for us more
different species thnn there are different
species IN the whole animal creation that
can be observed with the naked eye. In
that world, us in the world whicA VIC see
with the naked eye, the larger destroy tho
smaller. The most yoracions arc those tha,
are termed the kolpodes and the monads.
The lulter-are SO voracous, and are
endowed with such surprising agility, with
strength like the ray fish, and with tail
like the screw Of a propeller, that they de.
yonra|l before them, n,ttil TT last one single
monad remains master Of the world.
Whence come, then, these beings? And
why, in IL world where nothing has been
created without motive, have these creatures
been made? The best microscopes,
although they saw and recognized these
different organisms, could not discover how
they originated, for they could find neither
germ nor egg, nor anything which it SEEM
ed TO them could give birth to them. They
consequently lnventedthc following theory
'Whenevera living being dies, they said,
'each atom OF its substance becomes an.
other being. This was what they termed
a spontaneous crratiou." -as-
when were you first induced to begin
your s,.n'y OF this suhjtct?' ~
Sin the year 1861 Ibecame very deeply
interested in the subject. Reflection ut
once taught me what was the ruic Of these
microzymes. Life was found 10 be ar
ranged in two grand circles of composition
and OF decomposition. Under Aie in
iluence OF IN active principle that we call
lie, but which we do not understand, be.
lngs start from q grain, a germ, or IN egg,
10 become creatures perfectly developed.
\ grain smaller than M onion seed pro-
ducts the eucalyptus. a germ almost in
visible produces the immense elephant
That happens because that seed and iha.
germ ass,milatc, under form OF nourish-
ment, one, two, three or four OF the. e!e.
ments which are found in the atmosphere
oxygen, hydrogen, carbon, and uzote.
Thus, II we decompose 'any one Of these
beings, we shall find It com pounded Of two
0r more OF these elements. Always, there.
lore, when y living being is born, by the
tact that it increases in volume, there is
less OF oxygen, OF hydrogen, OF carbon,
or OF azoic in the air. Ii il happened
that what hes been created could not
be decomposed it would follow that theirs
would not be in the air enough OF either OF
these Jour elements to sustain existence,
and consequently creation would ston.
That may happen some day, but it is Ger
tainiy not the present intention OF nature,
for She has created innunerable beiurs
who haze no other function than 10 destroy
and dlsorganize every substance that has
been created under the influence OF lie.
Some lake the oxygen and set The hydro.
gen ut liberty others take the hydrogen
and set the carbon ut liberty. Some take
the azote and Sel the others 1T liberty
"llow, then, do these beings nud Gu.
trance to the body?"
"0ncc it has been established That each
OF these microscopic Beings is disorgan.
lied creature, it becomes evident that we
should arm ourselves against them BY
every possible means. For it is evident
that wherever they touch they begin their
work oil destruction, whether upon living
or dead bodies. To defend us aguinst
them nature has furnished US the cpiLer.
mis- on the outer surface OF the body
and the epithclium OH the inner surface.
But there are doors which are still open 10
them. The pores OF the skin arc one Of
them. Hence, the origin OF the skin dis.
cases. The air cells Of The lungs ir.,yersed
by air.-and it happens every day that
some OF those grains, those germs or those
Eggs traverse the luns g and enter the blood
are another. There are still other doors
OF entrance, US, for instance, abrasions Of
the skin, the stomach, the intcstines, aud
the other oritices Of the body-,ne eyes
the ears, the nos,rils, etc. These little be
lnss have terrible faculty. OF rcproiuc.
tiou-so great in fact, that where there is
o le germ there will soon be q billion, pro
vided they meet with their proper nourisl.
lnent. II they are in the blood or in the
fluids OF the body they produce rapit
decomposition. II they fix themselves ir
the organs ofthe body their action is mucl
s'owtr. But It should be remarked thai
they cannot develop in conditions which
are not appropriate for their development
1t is thus that the germs Of tubercle, o
rheumatism, OF cancer, and OF consump
ton, which are hereditary germs, Wi
$ 'ae,imes forty, fifty, or sixty years before
d velcping. All the explanation.
at we have SO far given prove