Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1883-10-26
FORTY BILLION GERMS
A Wonderful Theory That Concern

EOICI1 bALLldJN GEEtMS.
"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 gentleman and
his wife, he absorbed in a new book and
she in the newspaper. Quickly CLAN cling
towald her husband, she asked, at q GER
tain point in the article.
John. what is the germ theorv?"
''The germ theory-well-yes; lust
look in the encyclopedias under Germ
that will explain it SO nucl better than
[ can"
Accordingly his wife opened the book
at the word named and read: Gsrm
Theory of Disease-A theory advanced
by the ablest and best inves tieators and
scientists Of the times. It supposes the
surface of the earth, the air and water
to be inhabited to greater or less ex-
tent with a peculiar growth Of the low
est form Of funGi-commonly termed
bacteria, whose power Of reproduction,
| under favorable conditions, is SO great
that Il single germ will increase to If
teen million in tWenty-four hours time,
and unchecked III it's increase would
grow to q mass Of eight hundred tons, in
three days time, if space and food be
furnished. There is no conditi N under
which it can be said to be absent, unless
it he from fire or air filtered through
cotton~batting in numerous layers. A
single drop OF water containing germ,
put into water boiled, filtered and thus
feed from bacteria, will grow murky 10
| Il day or two from the development OF
new germs. When is considered that
1t requires about forty billion to weigh
| one grain, some remote idea can be had
Of the capacity Of germ reproduction.
Professor Johu Tyndall, IN late work,
deliberately treats Of the influence Of
germs in the propagation Of disease and
| charges upon this cause, the ince ption
and development Of very many OF the
ailments Injurious to man. Professor
Pasteur, an eminent French savant, has
| carried his original and beautiful! exper-
iments SO far, and from them deuuced
! such practical results as very greatly to
diminish the mum Der Of cases Of anthrax
! among sheep and chicken chol era among
fOwls,-proving his theory that these are
essentially and actually germ diseases.
These germs are carried into the system
through tie lungs, the stomach and
possibly the skin, but through the lungs
chiefly. Once in the system, they begin
to develop, poisoning the blood, inva-
ding the nerve cenlers, distributing the
functional activity the great organs Of
the body aud Inducing general impair
ment Of the vital processes. They are
the cause OF fevers, rheumatism, Bright's
disease ofthe kidneys. pneumonia, blood
poisoning, liver disease, diphtheria and
many other ailments. Lately Professor
Koch. q famous German physician, has
due TO this cause.-the presence of Pc
cul!ar 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 weak
! ened nerves, poor Digestion or lnalas-
sanitation Of food or g. lowering of vitali-
| ty from any cause, q change ensueS, and
In this impoverished and weakened flu
id the germ finds a genial home and de-
velops until symptoms Q: disease are dis
| tinctiy manifested. This is seen in the
everyday experience of all. The healthy
man resists the Influences around him
and does not take cold, while those whose
systems have become weak from any
cause readily contract colds. This IS on
the same principle rs the germ theory.
| The germs attack any weakened spot in
the booy, and fixing themselves upon it
begin their propagation. 1t is plain,
therefore, that it is only by fortifying
the weaker portions of the body that the
driven from the system. But this
has proved almost an impossi-
| bility heretofore, and it has
been the study Of physicians for years
how best to accomplish it. Within the
past lew years, however, preparation
has been attracting great attention, not
only throughout the entire land, but
among the medical profession and scien-
lists generally, which is based upon this
theory, and it may be safely said, no
remedy has ever been found which can
so successfully place the system IN con-
dltion to resist the germs Of disease as
| Warmers Sale Cure. This article is I'M
questionably the best and most efficient
that ever has been discovered for this
! purpose, and
John, say John! does the encyclope-
Gin advertise Warmers Sale Cure?"
Il should not wonder, dear, it's a
grand remedy, and that phamplet we
| lecelFeu t.ie Otner uay StaLed tNaJ Dr.
| Gunn, ct the United States Medical Col
lege endorsed it. At all events the won
derful cares it is accomplishing entities
1t to be honorably noted among the
great discoveries Of the present centu.
ry."
| However the facts above stated may
be, the truth remains, that the germ the
DRY Of disease is the co rect one and
that the great remedy mentioned is the
only one which has ever been found that
can put the system in condition to kill
thesess germs before they obtain hold
upon the body, and undermine the life.