Huntsville gazette., 1882-09-30
INVISIBLE POISON.
How 1T Works Its Way Into the Body and
How to Counterfeit 1t.

One of the great scourges of the present
year in all parts of America has been malaria.
This is trouble so treacherous in its nature
and so dangerous in its results as to justly
cause appreh ension wherever it has appeared
But there SO many erroneous ideas upon
the subject that few words are in order at a
time when people are subject to ualarial in
fuences.
Malaria, which means simply bad air, is the
common name Of class of diseases which
arise from spores of decaying vegetable mat
ter, thrown off from stagnant pools or piles OF
vegetation undergoing decomposition. These
spores when Inhaled with the breath or taken
into the system with water soon enter the
blood and germ mating there find foothold,
whereby the whole system is po.S0nei and the
various functions disordered. When the
germ theory of disease was first advanced It
was supposed that these spores were of AMI
NAL nature, and like the bacteria in diphther a
were propagated in the blood, but they are
now conceived to be of We setabc origin, like
the fungi found on decaying wood or in Gel
lars. The source of this state of the air is
generally swamps or stagnant pools, which,
partially dried BY the hot sun, send forth va
pors loaded 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 per-
sons living near stagnant pools or marshes are
liable to be afflicted with chillS and fever, and
such localities 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 Of houses, slaugh-
ter-houseS, barns, etc, are fertile source OF
malaria. One will often notice in coming
into the neighborhood of one Of these sluggish
streams that pass through almost every village
q most yilainous smell caused BY the often
sive refuse which communicates its bad odor
to the atmosphere, especially on hot days.
This absorbed into the system by the lungs or
taken in through water, which also absorbs it
from the air, poisons the blood and derangeS
the whole system. This poison is also devel-
opcd in force III wells and springs when they
become low, aud the result of drinking these
is the same IS breathing the poisonous air.
In time of drouth the great quantity Of
vegetation that dries up in the meadows.
stubble fields and pastures, the corn fields and
forest leaves produces the stme effiuvia. On
the prairies when large tracts of prairie ground
are turned over, the decaying vegetation is a
widespread cIuse of malaria
The evils which follow malarial poisoning
are almost infinite. Disease of a malignant
and dangerous nature, accompanied by symp-
toms the most distressing are certain to mani
fest themselves and life is a burden 30 long as
this poison remains in the system. The indi-
cations of malarial poisoning are loss of appe-
ute, shortneSs OF breath, pains about the
heart, wasting of flesh and strength despond-
ency, nervousness chilly sensations unac-
countable lassitude, dull pains in various
parts OF the body, headaches, dizziness, a
coated tongue and dry mouth, night sweats,
muscular debility, putting under the eyes, an
unusual color, ordor or sediment about the
fluids passed from the system, etc. Any one
OF the above symptoms may be indication
OF nalaral poison in the body which necessi-
tates immediate and careful attention.
But if malarial poison could not ind lodge
ment in the human body, it would be just as
harmless as the oxygen of the air. The great
difficulty is that, after being absorbed into
the system, it produces obstructions in the
stomach and lungs, clogs the circulation of
the blood, affects the kidneys, liver and other
organs, and brings on diseases of a most dam
gerous character There is only one known
way by which these diseases may be avoided
or cured after they have once made their ap-
pearance and that is by keeping the great
purifying organs of the body in perfect health
These organs are the kidneys and liver. No
one whose kidneys or liver are in perfect
condition was ever afflicted By maarial poi
son. And when these organs are disordered,
they not only permit, but invite, these dis
eases to make their inroads into the body. It
is now admitted by physicians, scientists and
the majority of the general public that one
medicine, and only one whose power has been
tested and proven, has absolute control of,
and keers the kidneys and liver in constant
health and hence prevents malarial sickness.
This remedy is Warner Safe Kidney and Liver
Cure, the most popular medicine before the
American people, and sold by every druggist
in the land. 1t fully counteracts the evil
effect of malaral poison in the system, and
not only banishes it, but restores the members
which that poison has weakened. How well it
does this C be learned from the following:
KANSAS CITY, Mo-, June 26, 1882. Knowing
from the State of New York to the Western
country, / was attackei with malaria and gen
eral debility. | had lost all appetite and was
hardly able TO move about. / had tried a
great many remedies, but nothing bettered
my condition until l began using Warmers
Safe Kidney and Liver Cure, which seemed to
help me right away and feel well as | ever
have in my life 1t is blessing to people in
this malarious country. C.. T. WILLIAM,
1412 Grand Ave, of William IL Co, Hardware.
This great remedy has proven its power in
fnnumerable cases, and is to-day more exten.
siVe1y used in maarial districts, whether in
cities or in the country, than any or all other
remedies for the cure OF the same ass Of d s.
ease No one can afford to trine with the first
symptoms of malaria, but instant care should
be taken to check it on the start before it's
evil Influences overshadow tie life.
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