The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1883-05-08
WONDERFUL REVELATIONS OF TIL
MICROSCOPE.

Il sfh , nsaa11y Ess%
The soientiao sol :, life world has been great!
with tho microscope of the most dreadful
enemy,of mankind in the form of myriads q
little death;dealing parasites. The air we
breathe breath !ar end 1.-Two IN is charged with these
is infectel from various noxious sources.
Having by recent experiments and research
been shown to be the most fruitful cause
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 this field OF
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,
dorsement Of the leading scientific mon
throughout the world. But little else is
talked of in the schools and clubs of science
and tho medical and scientific journals arc
added corroborative of the value of the mar
velous discovery which is pronounced the
greatest advance in medical science OF mod
ern times.
10 l.. PAsrEun, the eminent French
scientist, who by his learned Investigations
has saved to France 30 many millions of dol
lars, isprobably due tho honor Of first point
ing out the terrible power of these germs.
ment has recently voted him from the public
treasury $4,000, with which to continue his
experiments. He has described several va
rietiess of these parasites. some comparatively
harmless, others extremely dangerous. Qrt
form he proved by sories of vaccinations
and other conclusive experiments was tho
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
tho nature of these germs, he pointed out n
means of relief that speedily prevented a
spread of tho diseases and ended their devas-
tation.
TYNDAIL, with tho aid OF other eminent
English Investigators, made n number of OK
aninations of the floating particles in the
atmosphere, and found numbers of living
and healthy localities but few germs were
\ found, and these Of tho harmless varieties,
while in low damp places, crowded houses
Rnd unhealthy cities, the poisonous germs
Woro extremly humorous everywhere.
DIR RUDOLPH KOoH, of Wallstein, Ger
many, man whose work III connection with
tlke organisms of contagious discusses has
m@de him Il recognized authority upon tho
off VILIEMIN, has discovered and published
nt account of one of tho most dangerous
varieties, to which it is provon moro dentls
afe due than to any disoase incident to tho
human race.
I He describes it as simple cellular organ
tsm belonging to the samo order as tho bdc-
! terin. When driod the germs may, without
losing my vitality, endure great extremes of
tempornturo. Being as fine and rs light us
dust, invisible to tho naked eye, thoy may BIO
blown any distance by the wind or carried
upon the clothing or body. Iiko soods, thoy
may lio for months or years undisturbed
upon the furniture, floor, cnrpets, curtains,
wallis, or in tho bedding, and only requiring
proper degree OF warmth, moisture and
food to waken into lifo, develop and grow.
They thrive and live in tho blood, lymph
mucus and seoretions of tho humnn
body. When tho system is unhealthy
or weak thoy attack tho coils TINT mako up
the animal fr"mo. Any aibuminous fluid
will furnish them with food for growth, and
single drop is sufficient to contain hun
drods. Examined with microscopes of groat
powor, which onlargo them SO that thoy onn
ho seen and studied. they have the appear
nnco of minute r0d-like bodies having, whom
active, some power of motion. They bend in
tho middle like bow and straighton with Il
,orlt That sonds them few timos their own
length. At the temperature Of tho human
body they arc tho most active.
Their power of increase or reproduction is
remarkably great. Ono germ in fcw wcoks'
time, under favorable conditions, will give
rise to millions: The process is by simple
growth and division. Cold destroys or pro
vents their growth, and this is why refrigera-
tion prevents decay Of meats and other ami
mai foods. Exposed to warmth these small
organisms attack and cat up tho albuminous
tissues, leaving foul mass. The odors 40
common to this process are given off by these
minute organisms and is about the only indi-
cntlon OF thor presence. This ia tho warning
ofnnturo and it il an instinct to avoid all such
Bmolls The foul breath, bnd odors of old ores
etc., leads man to avoid these germs in Il
great measure. Tho danger Of their pres
ence in tho body can be imagined when their
rapid increase is considered A few germs
may DO readily absorbed into the system by
breathing air containing thom. They aro
thus drawn into the interior of the body
through tho long and narrow respiratory
passages OF tho throat, chest aid nose, which
nre lined with soft membrane and covered
with sticky mncn'. In this fluid they ilnd
1nS efowtn for rhS haovo"pmHnt increase and
ozOna or chronic o,tarrh, hay fever,
etc., arc common manifestations Of tho eff.
fects o13Sne of the lo.,st harmful of these
germs or mic'0SYmes. In the discharges
from the respiratory passages ut times
thousands Of tho nv1ng animalculp Ind.
Tho fever debility, pains lin IT, ,es"
loss or appetite, etc, arc indication. OF their
depressing effects upon tho vital organs.
IL Is from germs of slower development,
however, that tho greatest danger follows.
TO tho ono most fully described by Koou is
duo more deaths than TO any other known
onuse According to tho researches of Our
TER, FLINT md DEJEnINE, over eight million
people dio overy year from this cause alone.
The annual deaths in Franco England,
Germany and Russia from their iest truction
was over ono and II half millions. In tho
United States and Canada over three hum
dred thousand persons persisted IN tho last
year from tho bacillus alone. Tho most
common disease resulting from it is con-
sumption of tho lungs, hut othor organs of
tho body are Liable TO be affected ns they do
Velop slowly but surely in any organ that
may DO i'll weak or unhealthy state.
II active and healthy, tho livor, kidneys
and bowels have to Il wonderful extent tho
power of expelling these doadly aniInalcul,c
or parasites from tho system. And this fact
furnishes an important indication for tho
successful treatment of all tho long list Of
maladics caused by these Parasites as will be
hereinafter shown.
Tho studies OF LANOIsoA, an eminent Italian,
and WooD, FoRMAD and others, are interest
ing, us showing tho large variety Of chronic
diseases rs heretofore classified, that result
from these germs Among tho most common
wore "livor complaint" biliousness or torpid
liver, dyspepsia or indigestion, lung affec-
tions, bronchitis, kidnoy discusses, chronic
dlarrhca, spinal complaint fever-sores,
white sWellings hip joint disease, rheuma-
tlam, malarial diseases, such rs fever and ague
or intermittent fever, general and nervous
doDlllles, female leweaknesses, chronic catarrh
OF tho head or Oztplla, many forms of ull-
healthy discharges from informal organs, and
all the various scrofulous affections of tho
skin, glands, bones, joints, oto., including
consumption, which is but scrofulous dis
ease Of the lungs.
In this large catalogue of apparently wide
ly differlng discusses, but really all depending
upon common cause, and therefore natu-
rally to bo successfully treated on tho same
general prjnCip!6, ay0 mi ion rf ho bIn,,j