The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-03-15
WONDERFUL REVELATIONS OF THE
MICROSCOPE.
Discovery OF tho Most Deadly Enemy Of
ttauttIn1. The Bacillus and
ats s:nVaYcs.

| AtauitLhIl The Bacillus and
its s:avaYcs.
The scientific world has been greatly
startled and aSitRted Of late by the discoy-
| cry With Tie it!lcroscope of the most dread.
| full enemy of mankind iii Tie f"rm OF
! myriads of little death-dealing parasites.
| The air we breathe and live in is charged
with these deadly little growths in proper
| tion as it is infected from various no&iOus
sources. Having by recent experiments
| and research been shown TO be the most
| fruitful cause of disease known, and the
welfare and health of every individual de-
| pending so largely on the freedom from
| their destructive ravages, 1t is but natural
| that III" reports of recent investigators in
| this field of scientific inquiry should be
widely read, and that every phase of these
astounding discoveries should be subject to
| universal discussion. At first received
with some suslicicn thby have at length
| been thoroughly proven, and are now re-
| cciving the unqualified endorsements OF
| the leading scientific men throughout the
world. But little else is talked Of in the
| schools and clubs of science, and the medi-
cal and Scientihc lotirnals are crowded with
the testimony that is being added corrob-
| orative Of the value of the marvellous dis
Crycry which IS pronounced tho greatest
advance in medical science of modern
| times.
70 l.. PaSTruE, the eminent French sci
enlist who by his learned Investigations
| has saved lU France so many millions of
dollars, is l.rnhahiy due the honor of first
| pointing nut the terrible bower of these
| GERMS. In !, C0gnitioh Of his great service
! the government las recently voted him
| from the puhliC treasury SO, 900 90, with
which TO continue his experiments. He
| has described several varieties of these
| parasites, some comparatively harmless,
Others extremely dangerous. One form
he proved hy series Of vaccinations and
| other conclusive experiments was the
cause OF death Of many thousands of ami
mails and herds Of cattle; another the aC-
tive agent in the death of fowls by cho-
| era. Acting upon the knowledge he had
! gained OF the nature of these germs he
| pointed ont meano of relief that speed
| lily prevented Il spread of the diseases and
| ended their devastation.
| TYNDALI., with the aid Of other eminent
| English Investigators, made a number OF
| examinations OF the floating particles in
| the atmosphere, and found numbers of
| living spores capable of producing disease
! In dry and healthy localities but few
| germs were found and these of the harm
| less varieties, while in low damp places,
! crowded houses, and unhe<h5 cities, the
| poisonous germs were extremely numerous
everywhere.
DR. RUpoLPH KoCH OF Walstein Ger
| many, man whose work in connection
| with the organisms Of contagious diseases
has made him a recognized authority upon
! the subject, by experimenting after the
! methods Of NILLEMIN, has discovered and
published an account OF one of the most
dangerous varieties, to which it. is proven
more deaths are due than to any disease
! incident TO the human race.
lie describes it as a simple cellular or
ganiSm belonging to the same order as the
bdctcrio When dried the germs may,
without losing any vitality, endure great
extremes OF temperature. Being as fine
md l,Tht lt,lt icSl>l 81, 4
eye, they may be blown any distance by
the wind or carried on the clothing or
body. Like seeds, they may lie for months
or years undisturbed upon the furniture
| !)or, carpets, curtains, walls, or in the bed
ding, and only requiring a proper degree o
warmth, moisture and food to waken into
life, develop, and grow. They thrive and
live in the blood, LYMPH mucus and seCre
tons of the human body. When the sys
tenn is unhealthy or weak they attack thu
cells that make up the animal frame. Any
aibumlnous fluid will furnish them will
food for growth, ana single drop is suf
fcient to contain hundreds. Examine,
/ with microscopes OF great power, which en-
, large them so that they can be seen ant
, studied, they have the appearance of min
, ute rOd'lIko bodies, having. when active
some power OF motion. They bend in tn
middle llk" bow and Straighten With
jerk that sends ;hem Il few times their owl
length. At the temperature OF the humal
| Dody they are the most active
Their power of increase or reproduction
Is remarkably great. One germ in a few
weeks time, under favorable cond tions
Will give rise TO millions. The process i
by simple growth and division. Cold de
Slr0yS or prevents tnH;r growth, and this i
why refrigeration prevents decay of meat
: and other animal foods Exposed t,
warmth these small organisms attack an,
, eat up the albumnous tissues leaving
i"ul mass. The odorS so common 10 thi
process are given oil by these minute
organisms, and is about the only indca
lon OF their presence. This is the warn
| ing OF nature and it is an instinct to ayoit
. all such smells. The fOul breath, bad odor
"' Old sores, etc. leads man to avoid thes
=ernIs in great measure. The danger O
, ! lh"lr presence in the body can be imagine
, when their rapid increase is considered. 4
U lew germs may be readily absorbed int
the system by breathing air containin,
/ them. They are thus drawn into the in
: terror OF the body through the long anc
! harIo" respiratory passages OF the throat
chCSt and nose, which are lined with sof
membrane and covered with sticky mucus
In this fluid they find ready lodcment
, ana favorable conditions for DEVELOPMENT
! increase and growth. The cold" or ca
4 arfh OHhna or chronic Catarrh hay fever
I 'tc, are common Manifestations of the
| Ni'' tlpS
l germs or mirr"-yHlcS. In the discharge
from the respiratory passages at such time
thousands of the living animalcul;c arr
. found. The fever, debility, pains ''in th,
bones, loss Of appetite, etc, are indi"a
uons OF their depressing effects upon tn,
! 1T is from germs of slower deye(orment
however, that the greatest danger follows
10 the one most fully described by Koch i
duc more deaths than to any other know
) cause According to the researches Of Cut
, ter. Flint. and Dclcrine over eight million
Leoplc die every year from this cause alone
me annual deaths in France. England
Germany, and Russia from their dcstrur
t!on was one and half millions. I'm fin
united states and Canada over thrc
hundred thousand pcrsnns perishcd in th
Ia@i year from the 50cHi,IS alone. The mos
common disease resulting from it is CON
sumption OF the lungs but other organs q
thc body are liable to be affected as the,
develop slowly but surely in any organ
that may be in weak or unhealthy state
IL active and healthy, the liver, kldneys
and bowels have to a wonderful extent tn,
power of expoling these deadly an