Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1883-04-18
WONDERFUL REVELATIONS OF THE
MICROSCOPE.

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D,.caxery Of the Nest Deadly f.nemy OF
Mankind---The Bacillus and kaFaEe-.
The scientific world has been greatly
startled and agitafed of late by the discovery
with the microscope of the most dreadiui
enemy of mankind n the form OF myrlads OF
little death-dealing parasites. Ihe alr We
breathe and live IN is charged with these
deadly little growths IN propornon as IL
is infected from various nouo0s sources
Having by recent experiments ana research scare.
been shown TO be the most frultful cause
of disease known, and the welfare anu
health of every individual depending so
largely on the freedom from their destruc-
tive ravages, it is but natural that the re
ports of recent investigators IN thus neld OF
scientific inquiry should be widely reaa, ana
that every phase of these astounding dlscoV-
,ries should be subject to universal discuss
Ion. At frs. received with some suspicion
they have at len sth been thoroughly proven
and ere now receiving the ungualIhed IN
iorsement of the leading scientific mep
throughout the world But little else IS
Calked of in the schools and clubs of science,
and the medical and scientific journals are
crowded with the testimony that Is being
added corroborative of the value Of the mar
yelous discovery which is pronounced the
greatest advance in medical science OF mod
ern times.
scientist, WHO HIS AcdAAtA llLhSotAeelt4
has saved 10 France so many millions OF dol
lars, is probably due the honor of first point
ing out the terrible power OF these germs
In recognition of his great service the govern
ment has recently voted him from the public
treasury $1,000, with which TO continue MS
experiments He has described several va
rieties of these parasites, some comparatively
harmless, others extremely dangerous. One
form he proved by a series of vaccinations
and other conclusive experiments was me
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 upon the knowledge he had gained OF
the nature of these germs, he pointed out
means of relief that speedily prevented
spread of the diseases and ended their deyas-
tation.
TYyDA1I. with the aid of other eminent
English investigators, made number OF e1-
aminations 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 harmless varieties,
while in low damp places, crowded houses
and unhealthy cities, the poisonous germs
we're extremity numerous everywhere.
DIR RUDoLPH Koch, of Wallstejn, Ger
many, a man whose work in connection with
the organisms OF contagious diseases has
made him recognized authority upon the
subject, by experimenting after the .melhous
of YIILEsIIS, has discovered and published
an account of one of the most dangerous
varieties, 10 which it Is proven more deaths
are due than to any disease incident TO the
human race.
He describes it as a simple cellular organ
ism belonging to the same order as the bdc-
terra. When dried the germs may, without
losing any vitality, endure great extremes OF
teuperature Being as fine and as light as
dust invisible to the naked eye, they may be
blown any distance by the wind or carried
upon the clothing or body. Like seeds, they
may lie for months or years undlsturbed
upon the furniture, floor, carpets, curtains,
walls or in the bedding, and only requiring
a proper degree of warmth, moisture and
food to waken into life, develop and grow.
They thrive and live in the blood, lymph,
mucus and secretions of the human
body. When the system Is unhealthy
or weak they attack the cells that make up
the animal frame Any albuminous fluid
Will furnish them with food for growth, and
single drop Is sufficient to contain hun
dreds Examined with microscopes of great
poWer which enlarge them so that they can
be seen and studied, they have the appear
anoe of minute rod-like bodies having, when
active. some power of motion. They bend in
the middle like a bow and straighten with
jerk that sends them a few times their own
length. At the temperature Of the humag
body they are the most active.
Their power of increase or reproduction Is
remarkably great. One germ in few weeks
time under favorable conditions, VIII give
rise 10 millions. The process Is by simple
growth and division. Cold destroys or pre-
vents their growth, and this Is why rsfTiEeTa-
ton prevents decay Of meats and other ami
NAL foods. Exposed to warmth these small
organisms attack and eat up the aibuminOUs
tissues, leaving a foul mass The Odors so
common to this process are given OF by these
minute organisms, and Is about the only indi-
cation of their presence. This Is the warning
ofnatlre and it Is an instinct to avoid all such
smells The foul breath, bad cdors Of Old sores,
etc, leads man TO avoid these germs In d
great measure. The danger of their pres
ence in the body can be imagined when their
rapid increase Is considered \ few germs
may be readily absorbed into the system by
breathing air containing them. They are
thus drawn into the interior of the body
through the long and narrow respiratory
passages of the throat, chest and nose, which
are lined with soft membrane and covered
with sticky mucus. In this nuld they ind
ready lodgment and favorable cOndi-
tons for Development, increase and
growth. The cold" or catarrh,
ozana or chronic cltarrh, hay fever,
etc. are common manifestations of the eff
fects of one of the least harmful Of these
germs or niicrOzglEeS. In the dlsci arges
rom the respiratory passages at such times
thousands ofthe living animalculae are found.
The fever, debility, pains " IN the bones.
loss of appetite. etc. are indications of then
depressing effects upon the vital organs.
1t Is from germs of slower development,
however, that the greatest danger follows.
To the one most fully described by kocH Is
due more deaths than 70 any other known
cause. AccordInL 10 the resel arches OF Cur
TER, FLINT and DEJEBD,E, over ei hit million
people die every year from this cause alone.
The annual deaths in France England,
Germany and Russia from their destruction
n N.a.|F In "a
United States and Canada over three hun
dred thousand persons persisted n the last
year from the bacillus alone. The most
common disease resulting from Il Is con-
sumption of the lungs, Slt OF or organs Of
the body are liable to be Affected as they de-
yelop slowly but surely IN any organ that
may be IN weak or unhealthy state.
If active and healthy, the liver, kidneys
and bowels have to wonderful extent the
power of expelling these deadly animalculae
or parasites from the system. And this fact
furnishes an important indication for the
successful treatment of all the long list Of
maladles caused 10y these arasltes as VIII be
hereinafter shown.
The studies OF LASCIsCA, an eminent Italian,
and NoOD, FOKMAD and others, are interest
ing, as showing the large variety of chronic
diseases as heretofore classified, that result
from these germs. Among the most common
were "hver complaint" billousnesS or torpid
tions, bronchitis, kidney diseases, chronic
diarrhea, spinal complaint, fever-sores,
white swellings. hp-jOint disease, rheuma-
tisIn, malarial diseases, such as fever and agUe
or intermittent fever, general and nervous
debilIties, female weaknesses, chronic catarrh
of the head or ozsena, many forms of IN
healthy discharges from internal organs, and
all the various scrOfuious affections of the
skin, glands, bones, joints, etc. including
consumption, Which Is but scrOfulOus dis
ease of the lungs.
In this large catalogue of apparently wide
ly differing diseases, but really all depending
upon a common cause. and therefore natu-
rally to be successfully treated on the same
general principles, examination of the blood
and secretons revealed large NUMBER of
these parasites, and curiously enough the
number bore a direct relation to the
severity of the disease, "a compar-
atively small number being pres
ent IN mild cases and a very
large proportion IN bad cases. Under the use
of the specific treatment which they give,
and which is substantially the same as that
described and recommended later in this re-
view, the number was seen to steadily dImin-
ish from day TO day until. with the restora-
tlon OF health aud bodily strength, they