The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1883-05-05
WONDERFUL REVELATIONS OF THE
MICROSCOPE.

e sf Mi, 1ss9y as II. Ess%s
The scientific world has been greatly
with the mioroscope Of the most dreadful
enemy of mankind in the form Of lnyriads of
little th.dealing parasites. The air we
breathe and live in is, charged with these
deadly little growths in proportion as it
ie infected from various noxious sources.
Having by recent experiments and research
been shown to be tho most fruitful cause
OF disease known, and the welfare and
OF SO
1.-Two rayages, it is but natural that the re-
ports of recent Investigators in this field OF
scientific inquiry should be widely road, and
that every phase of these astounding disoov-
cries should be subject to universal discuss
ion. At first received with some suspicion
they have at length been thoroughly proven,
and are now receiving the unqualified in
dorsement Of the loading scientific men
talked Of in the schools and clubs of soience
md tho medical and scientific journals arc
crowded with tho testimony that is being
added corroborative of the value of the mar
Velous discovery which is pronounced the
greatest advance in medical science of mod
ern times.
10 l.. PAsrEUn, tho eminent French
scientist, who by his learned Investigations
lars, isprobably due tho honor of first point
ing out the terrible power of these germs.
In recognition of his great service tho govern
lnent has recently voted him from the public
treasury 1000, with which to continue his
experiments. He has described several va
rIieties of those parasites, some comparatively
harmless, others extremely dangerous. Orc
form he proved by a series of vaccinations
and other conclusive experiments was the
cause of death of many thousands Of ami
mails and herds of cattle; another the active
agent in the death of fowls by cholera. Act
ing uron the knowledge he had gained of
tho nature of these germs, he pointed out
means of relief that speedily prevented
spread of the diseases and ended their devas-
tation.
y TyNDAI1, with tho aid of other eminent
NQglish Investigators, made a number of ex-
nnNpations Of the floating particles in tho
sporcA capable of producing disease. In dry
1nd lNplthy localities but few germs wore
10nna, hnd these of tho harmless varieties,
while " low damp places, crowded houses
ana ulRealthy cities, tho poisonous germs
wore oXN&omly humorous everywhere.
" hXDoLrH KoOTI, Of Wullstoin, Ger
many, aEman whose work in connection with
inc organisms of contagious discusses has
mauo ham recognized authority upon tho
s9p}ec4 by experimenting after the methods
OF F1L4EMIN, has discovered and published
nh acGbunt of ono of the most dangerous
Tarieh3s, to which it is proven more DEATHS
nre aye than to any disoaso incident to tho
70 describes it as simple cellular organ
-f5fll belonging to the samo order as tho 6ac-
tcrid. Whom dried the germs may, without
losing any vitality, endure great extremes of
temperature. Being ns fine and rs light as
dust, invisible to tho naked eye, they may be
blown any distance by the wind or carried
upon tho clothing or body. Like seeds, they
may lie for months or years undisturbod
upon tho furniture, floor, c9rpots, curtains,
walls, or i'll tho bedding, and only requiring
proper degroo Of warmth. moisture and
food TO wakon into life, develop and grow.
They thrive and live i'll tho blood, lymph,
3nucgs and sGcretions of tho human
body: When tho systom is unhealthy
or wcak they attack tho coils that mako up
tho animal frame. Any nlbuminous fluid
will furnish them with food for growth, and
n single drop il sufficient to contain hun
power, which enlarge them SO that they can
he seen and studied, thcy have the appear
nnce of minute rod-liko bodies having, when
active, somo power of motion. They bond in
the middle like bow and straghten with
pork that sonds thom fow times their own
length. At tho temperature of tho human
body they arc tho most active.
Their power Of increase or reproduction Is
remarkably great. One gorm III few weeks
time, undor favorable conditions, will give
rise to millions: The process is by simple
growth and division. Cold destroys or pro-
fl Fb96h aYths eopp1 " tbjs is ay Why eig 5eefrigSTa
mnl foods. Exposed to warmth these small
organisms attack and eat up tho aibuminous
tissues, leaving foul mass. The odors so
common to this process arc given of by these
minute organism land is about tho only indi.
cation OF thor presence. This is the warning
OF nature and it IL al instinct to avoid all such
smolls. The foul breath, bad odors Of old I oros,
etc., loads man to to- avoid those germs in Il
ence in tho body can bo imagined whom their
rapid increase Is considered. A few germs
may be readily absorbed into the system by
breathing air contnining, thon,. Taoy are
thus drawn into tho interior Of tho body
through tho long and narrow respiratory
passages of tho throat, Ghost and nose, which
nre lined with soft mombrlne and covered
with sticky mncu'. In this fluid thoy lind
Iy IIoauy todgmSnt and favorable condi-
ons growth for rho increase and
ozsena or chronic o,tarrh, hay fever
etc, arc common manifestations Of tho Of
1ects OF ono of tho leLst harmful of those
germs or miciOsYMeS. In tho discharges
from the respiratory passages ut such times
1n thousands of tho ilylng animaloulm are founG.
The fever, debility, pains "in the bones,I
loss OF appetite, otc, arc indications of their
depressing effects upon the vital organs.
however, that the greatest danger follows.
10 the ono most fully described by Koou is
Que moro deaths thun to any other known
canse: According to tho researches Of Our
TER, FLINT and DEJEnlNE, over eight million
people dio every year from this cause alone.
mo annual deaths in Franco, England,
Germany and Russia from their destrnctio1,
was over ono and Il half millions. In the
United States and Canada ovor three hun
dred thousand persons porished in tho last
year from tho bacillus alone. The most
common disease resulting from it ia con-
sumption of tho lungs but other organs of
the body are Liable to be affected as they de-
Velop slowly but surely i'll any organ that
may bo in weak or unhealthy state.
II active and healthy, tho liver, kidneys
ana bowels have to u wonderful extent tho
power of eXpelling these doadly animalcult
or parasites from tho system. And this fact
furnishes an important indication for the
successful treatment Of all the long list Of
inaladles caused by those arasites as will be
hereinafter shown.
The studies of LANorsoA, an eminent Italian.
anu WOOD, FoRMAD and others, are interest
ing, as showing tho large variety of chronic
diseases us heretofore classified, that result
from these germs. Among the most common
were liver complaint" biliousness or torpid
liver, dyspepsia Or indigestion, lung affeo-
ions, bronchitis; kidney diseases, chronic
diarrhea, spinal complaint, fever-sores,
white swellings hip-joint disease rhoumn-
flsn, malariRl diseases, such as foyor and apue
or intermittent foyer, general and nervous
deDilitles, female weaknesses, chronic catarrh
or the head Or ozleLa many forms of Nh
healthy discharges from internal organs and
oil the various scrofulOus affections of tho
SKIN, glands, bones, joints, ETC., including
consumption which is but scrofulous dis.
ease of the lungs.
IN this largo catalogue Of apparently wide
~ dlHerlng discusses, but really all depending
upon q common cause, and therefore natu-
rally to be successfully treated on tho same
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