Milford chronicle., 1883-03-23
WONDERFUL REVELATIONS OF THE
MICR0SC0PE.

Mankind--sThe Hnciliua and It's RavaEes.
The scientific world has been greatl
startled and agitated of late By the discover
with the microscope of the most dreadfu
enemy Of mankind in the form of myriads o
little death-dealing parasites. The air VI
breathe and live in is charged with thes
deadly little gtowths ID proportion az /
IS inteciel from various no1ious sources
Having by recent experiments and research
been shown to be the most fruitful causl
Of disease known, and the welfare anc
health Of every individual depending 50
largely on the freedom from their destruc
tive ravages, it is but natural that the re-
! ports Of recent investigators in this field 81
scientific inquiry should be widely read, and
! that every phase of these astounding discoV-
cries should be subject to universal discuss
| ion. At first received with some suspicion
they have at length been thoroughly proven,
end are now receiving the unqualified in
! dorssment of the leading scientific men
! throughout the world. But little else is
! talked of in the schools and clubs of science,
| and the medicg. and scientific journals are
] crowded with the testimony that is being
! added corroborative of the value Of the mar
velons discovery which is pronounced the
| greatest advance in medical science Of mod
EN- times.
10 L. PAsrEUB, the eminent French
scientist, who by his learned investigations
has saved TO 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 his
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 the
cause of death of many thousands of ami
mails anI herds Of cattle; another the active
ag5nt in the death of fowls by cholera. Act
ing uroa the knowledge he had gained of
the nature of these germs, he pointed out a
means of relief that speedily prevented a
spread Of the diseases and ended their devas-
tation.
TYNDALI, with the aid Of other eminent
English investigators, made number Of ex-
aminations of the floating particles in the
atmosphere, and found numbers of living
spores capable of producing disease. In dry
and healthy localities tut few germs were
found, and these of the harmless varieties,
while in low damp places, crowded houses
and unhealthy cities, tbs poisonous germs
we're extremity numerous everywhere.
Dr RUDOLPH Koch, of Walistein, 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 methods
Of VILLEaIIN, has discovered and published
an account Of one of the most dangerous |
varieties, to which it is proven more deaths
are due than 10 any disease incident to the /
human race.
He describes it as a simple cellular organ |
ism belonging to the same order as the bdc- |
teIld. When dried ths germs may, without |
losing my vitality, endure great extremes of |
temperature. 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 OF years undisturbed /
fhe. Hu~=a5fFrun HNor oil
walls, or in the bedding, and only requiring
r proper degree of warmth, moisture and
food to waken into life, develop and grow.
They thrive and live in the blood, lymph,
nucus end secretions of the human
body. When the system is unhealthy
y weak they attack the cells that make up
he animal frame. Any albuminous fluid
Till furni' h them with food for growth, and
! single drop Is sufficient to contain hun
lreds. Examined with microscopes of great
power, which enlarge them so that they can
e seen and studied. they have the appear
lctive. some power Of motion. They bend in
he middle like bow and straighten with a
erk that sends them a few times their own
e. h. At the temperature of the human
,odSthey are the most active.
Their power of increase or reproduction is
emarkably great. One germ in few weeks
ime, under favorable conditions, will give
ise 10 millions. The process is by simple
row h and division. Cold destroys or pre-
ents their growth, and this is why refrigera-
ion prevents decay of meats and other ami
nal foods. Exposed to warmth these small
rganisns atlackand eat up the abuminous
issues, leaving a foul mass. The odors so
ommon to this process are given of by these
liuute organisms ,1nd is about the only indi-
alton of their presence. This is the warning
NJ tire and II Is an instinct to avoid all sueh
uells Tbs foul breath, bad odors of old sores,
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reat measure. The danger of their pres
nee in the body can be imagined when their {
lpid increase is considered A few germs
lay be readily absorbed into the system BY {
reathlng air containing them. They are {
lus drawn into the interior of the body a
trough The long aud narrow respiratory =
ls sagcs of the throat, chest and nose, which /
e lined VITA soft membrane and covered
ith sticky macut. In this fluid they ind G
iady lodgmeu5 and favorable condi- J
5ns for Development, increase and
'gWih. Inc cold or catarrh, ,
.ena or ch. olic cltarrh, hay fever
c., are common manifestations of the ef- .
cts of one of The lelst harmful of these ]
srms or ni.e' 3zBGes. In the DISCHARGES 1
r. tho respiratory passages at such times .
lousands Of the living Gnifnalculae are founi. u
be fever, debility, pa rs sin the bones, Z
ss OF appetite, etc, are indications of their d
9nresslng enects upon he vital organs. a
1t Is from germs OF slower development, 4
lwever, that the gre3test danger follows. u
o the one most fully described by Koch is 81
10 more deaths than 10 any other known | d
,use. According to the researches of CUT II
-R, FLINT and DEiEUEE, over Ell hit million
ople die every year from this cause alone 8;
he cunual daathj in france England, 5,
srmany and Russia from their destruction d
~ over one and o half millions. In the OF
lited States and Canada over three hun 81
ed thousand persons persisted n the last al
ar from the bacillus alone. The most Fl
mmon disease resulting from ii is con- ol
mption Of the lungs, but other oRyans Of OF
g body are liable tC be affected as they de- re
lop slowly but slIe.y in any organ that er
ny be in weak or unhealthy state. fe
q active and healthy, the liver, kidneys
d bowels have to a wonderful extent the bl
wer of eXpeiling these deadly animalculR dr
parasites from The system. And this fact th
rnishes an important indication for the co
ccessful treatment of all the long list Of ia
iiadies caused by these PARASITES as will be tn
reinafter shown. III
The studies OF LANCIscA, an eminent Italian, liV
d WOOD, fORMAD and others, are interest th
2, as showing the large variety of chronic ra
eases as heretofore classified, that result III
I'M these germs. Among the most common th
re oliver complaint, 4" biliousness or torpid di
er, dyspepsia or indigestion, lung atfec-
ms, bronchl2s, kidney diseases, chronic br
rrhea, spinal COMPLAINT, feVer-sores, cl;
ite swelIiUgs, hip-joint disease, rheuma- be
N, malarial diseases, such as fever analogue fu
fever, general and nervous I'M
1ilities, female weaknesses, chronic catarrh thi
the head or Oziena, many forms of un- 10,
hthy discharges from internal organs, and an
the various scrofulous affections of the bo
n, glands, bones, joints, etc. including wh
which is but scrofulous dis ste
e of the lungs. on
n this large catalogue of apparently wide POI
iiffering diseases, but really all depending EN-
IN a common cause, and therefore natu- ito
" to be successfully treated on the same
leral princip e g examination of the blood
secretions revealed large numbers of =
Sc parasites, and curiously enough the XII
nber bore a direct relation to the %