Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1883-10-20
FORTY BrELIoN GERMS.
A Wonderful Theory that Concerns
the welfare, Happiness and
Life of Everyone.

| A Wonderful Theory that Concerns |
the welfare, Happiness and
Life of Everyone.
In his quiet and cosy library at |
the close of busy day. sat a gentle
man and his wife, he absorbed in a |
new book and she in the newspaper. |
Quickly glancing toward her hus-
band, she asked, at certain point |
in the article,
"John, what is the germ theory ?'
1.-THE germ theory-well-yes !;
| just look in the encyclopedia under |
'Germ,' that will explain it so much |
better than l cam"
Accordingly his wife opened the
book at the word named and read : |
Germ Theory of Disease-A theory
advanced by the ablest and best in |
vestigatOrs and scientists of the
| times. 1t supposes the surface of |
the earth, the air and water to be |
| inhabited to a greater or less extent |
with Il peculiar growth of the lowest |
form of fungi-commonly termed |
bacteria, whose power of reproduc- |
/ ton, under favorable conditions, is |
so great that single germ will in |
crease to fifteen million in twenty |
four hours time, and unchecked in |
its increase would grow to mass of |
eight hundred tons, in three days. |
time, if space and food be furnished. |
There is no condition under which |
it can be said to be absent, unless it |
be from fire or air filtered through |
cottOn-batting IN numerous layers. |
A single drop of water containing a |
germ, put into water boiled, filtered |
and thus freed from bacteria, will |
grow murky in a day or two from
the development of new germs.
When it is considered that it re-
quires about forty billion to weigh
one grain, some remote idea can be
had of the capacity of germ repro
duction. Professor John Tyndall,
in late work, deliberately treats of
the influence OF germs in the prOpa-
cation of disease and charges upon
this cause, the inception and devel-
Opment of very many of the all
ments most injurious to man. Pro-
lessor Pasteur, an eminent French
savant, has carried his original and
beautiful experiments so far, and
from them deduced such practical
results as very greatly to diminish
the number of cases of anthrax
among sheep and chicken cholera
among fowls, proving his theory
that these are essentially and actu-
ally germ diseases. These germs
are carried into the system through
the lungs. the stomach and possibly
the skin, but through the lungs
chiefly. Once in the system, they
begin to develop, poisoning the
blood, inv aiding the nerve centers,
disturbing the functional activity of
the great organs of the body and
inducing a general impairment of
the vital processes. They are the
cause of fevers, rheumatism Bright's
disease of the kidneys, pneumonia,
blood poisoning, liver disease, diph-
liberia, and many other ailments.
Lately Professor Koch, a famous
German physician, has proved that
consumption of the lungs is due to
this cause.-The presence of a peculiar
germ.
When the circulation is bounding,
the nerves elastic and the system all
aglow with life and energy, the
germs seem to develop poorly, if at
all. But with weakened nerves,
poor digestion or malassimilation
of food or a lowering of vitality
from any cause, change ensues,
and in this Impoverished and weak
ened fluid the germ finds genial
home and develops until symptoms
of disease are distinctly manifested.
This is seen in the every day eX-
perience of all. The healthy man
resiSts the influences around him
and does not take cold, while those
whose systems have become weak Id
from any cause readily contract T
colds. This is on the same principle q
as the germ theory. The germs b
attack any weakened spot in the
body, and fixing themselves upon v
it, begin their propagation. 1t is
plain therefore that it is only by
terrifying the weak portions of the
body that the germs of disease can
be resisted and driven from the sys- t
tenn. But this has proved almost
an impOssibility heretofore, and it
has been the study of physicians for 1
years how best to accomplish 1T.
Within the past few years, how
ever, preparation has been attract
ing great attention, not only through
out the entire land, but among the
medical profession and scientists
generally, which is based upon this
theory, and it may safely be said,
no remedy has ever been found
which can so successfully place the
system In a condition to resist the
germs of disease as Warmers Safe
Cure. This article is unquestiOna-
bly, the best and most efficient that
has ever been discovered for this
purpose, and
"JOhn, say, joint does the en-
cyclOpedia advertise Warmers Safe
Cure ?''
81 should not wonder, dear, It's a
grand remedy, and that pamphlet
we received the other day stated
that DIR. Gum, of the United States
Medical College endorsed it. AT all
events the wonderful cures it is &C
entitle it to be honora-
bly, noted among the great discov-
cries of the present century,"
However the facts above stated
may be, the truth remains, that the
germ theory of disease is the correct
one and that the great remedy men
toned is the only one which has
ever been found that can put the
system in condition to kill these
germs before they obtain hold
life. =
A YOUNG miss of sixteen asks
what is the proper thing for her to
do when she is serenaded by par
ty of gentlemen alta late hours. We
are glad to be able to answer this
question. Steal softly down stairs
and unite the dog. Il
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II is believed that the politics of i