The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1883-01-10
The Postcred Man OF Earth.

AS II the actual suffering OF mankind
from the various diseases common to
the lot of all, was not sufficient, the
Hatnendilnidn NOnthlU, of Phladel-
phia, enumerales the following possible
cause for many mysterious complaints
which battle the skill of the most ex-
pcrienced physicians to cure, and
enough in number to brighten well
person into nervous fever: Commence
ing at the mouth, tho virulence OF hui
man saliva seems 10 have boon proved.
1t is supposed to be due TO micrococci.
The human mouth is culture chamber,
which is maintained at q constant tenn
perature, and is furnished with II con-
slant supply Of pabulum, namely, saliva.
These circumstances are highly favora-
bic to the suslerance and multiplication
Of the micrococcus. If, now, it is asked
why every man does not suffer from
INSTRUMENTATION, it may be answered
that micrococci may kill an herbivorous
animal, 2 rabbit, for instance; but can
not destroy a carniyorous or omnivorous
animal, as man. (See Philadelphia
NeiicaL Times, September 0, 1922
Most earnestly do we urge vegetarlans
to take timely warning! But what is to
become of the genus homo, anvhowp
Vibriones tickle his nose into hay fever,
the Bacillus typhosus gnaws at tho
bowels, the micrococcus diphtheriio
swells up his throat or clogs his larynx
with fatal Group, sarcinB invade his
stomach, and micrococci envenom his
saliva. II he eats n bunch of grapes he
must needs crunch the parasitic saccha-
romyces adhering to the skins; and il
he inadvertently exposes the contents
OF his pantry to the open air, blue
green mold from the Pendulum gla-
cum spreads itself over the best pre-
serves; bubbles line the glass jars, and
wriggling organisms aud motionless
forms looking like beads on u string,
sour his milk. The greed of the yeast
plant for oxygin is the cause of the rails
ing of his bread, and the same craving
on the part of the Mycoderma vini, sup
plies him with wine. But ii he does not
carefully watch these results of fermen-
tation, mold gathers on one, and the
other falls a victim to tho spores of the
viscous ferment and becomes thick,
ropy and unpalatablc.
If he INDUCES in pork, trichnne mes.
tic costly in his tissues, or the Cysticer-
Gus cellulosus into twenty feet OF tenia
to the discomfort of his alimentary canal.
In infancy and childhood, thread worms
and lumbricoides disturb his sleep and
torture him with colicky pains. Disease
germs expose him to whooping cough
and mumps, land threaten him with long
line OF exanthemata; and when, tho
gauntlet run, he comes into youth, that
fell destroyer, consumption, fed, ii Koch
is to be believed, by bacilli, leaves him
but six out Of seven chances Of ever
reaching the period of maturity.
If, by good fortune, he escapes this
danger, Others meet him at every step.
Through the parsimony aud dishonesty
of city officers, streets are filthy and
sewers arc imperfect. If hc flies to the
country, perchance dry summer and
an open winter permit the generation of
miasmata. And even if he seeks the
salsbrious atmosphere of a sea resort,
defective sanitation poisons his bed
room or permits the discharges from a
drain to empty few yards from his
bathing place.
And finally, when he falls victim to
disease fungi or, happily escaping them,
dies Of good old age, his mortal remains
are no sooner consigned to the grave
than host of maggots and kindred
scavengers complete tho work of devas.
tat'on, and thus does the man of earth
become converted into the numerous
bodies OF his numerous destroyers.
Scientific american.
The coal product for the Schuylkill |
region for the week ended November
20 was 1890 tons, as against l7S, 4Sl /
tons Tor the week previous, and 1854. 1853
tons ior the corresponding week of last
year. The total product for the week
was 6Sl,7ll tons, against COG, l95 tons
for the same week Of last year--an in.
crease OF 1886 tons. The product for |
the. year so far is 26, 282,6S7 tons.
against 70, 1885, lI4 tons for the CORES.
pondlng period Of last year-an increase |
Of 097. 1913 tons
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