St. Landry democrat., 1883-11-10

In his quleL ana cOZy library al IIe close
of busy day sat gentleman and his wife,
he absorbed in a new book and she in the
newspaper. Quickly glancing toward her
husband, she asked, at certain point in
the article:
1sJohn, what is the germ theory?"
THE germ theory just look
in the encyclopedia under Germ, that will
explain it so much better than I cali."
Accordingly his wife opened the book at
the word named and read: Germ Theory
of Disease-A theory advanced hy the
ablest and best Investigators and scientists
of the times. 1t supposes the surface Of
the earth, the air and water to be inhabited
to greater or less extent with peculiar
growth of the lowest form of fungi-com-
monty termed bacteria, whose power of re-
production, under favorable conditions, is
SO great that single germ will increase to
fifteen million in twenty-four hours time,
and unchecked in its increase would grow
to mass of eight hundred tons, in three
days. time, if space and food be furnished.
There is no condition under which it can
be said to be absent, unless it be 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 freed from bacteria, will
grow murky in day or two from the de-
velopment of new germs. When it is con-
sidered that it requires about forty billion
to weigh one grain, some remote idea can
be had of the capacity of germ reproduc-
tion. Prof. John Tyndall, in a late work,
elaborately treats of the influence OF germs
in the propagation Of disease, and charges
upon this cause the inception and devel-
opment of very many of the ailments most
injurious to man. Prof. Pasteur, an emf
nent French savant, has carried his origin
al and beautiful experiments so far, and
from them deduced such practical results,
as very greatly to diminish the number OF
cases Of anthrax among sheep and chicken
cholera among fowls-proving his theory
that these are essentially and actually germ
diseases. These germs are carried into the
possibly the skin, but through the lungs
chiefly. Once in the system, they begin to
develop, poisoning the blood, invading the
nerve centers, disturbing the functional
activity of the great organs of the body,
and inducing general impairment of the
vital processes. They are the cause of
fevers, rheumatism, Bright's disease of the
disease, diphtheria and many other all
ments. Lately Prof. Koch, famous Ger
man physician, has proved that consump-
tion Of the lungs is due to this cause.-The
presence of peculiar germ.
When the circulation is bounding, the
nerves elastic and the system all aglow
with life and energy, the germs seem to de-
velop poorly, if at ali. But with weakened
nerves, poor digestion or malassimilation
Of food or a lowering Of vitality from any
cause, q change ensues, and in this impov-
erished and weakened fluid the germ finds
a genial home and develops until symp-
toms Of disease are distinctly manifested.
This is seen in the everyday experience of
all. The healthy man resisss 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 as the germ
theory. The germs attack any weakened
spot in the body, and fixing themselves
Upon it, begin their propagation. It is
plsln therefore that it is only by fortifying
the weak portions Of the body that the
germs Of disease can be resisted and driven
from the system. But this has proved al
most an impossibility heretofore, and it
has been the study of physicians for years
how best to accomplishit it: Within the past
few years, however, preparation has been
attracting great attention, not only
throughout the entire land, but among the
medical profession and scientists general
ly, which is based upon this theory, and it
may safely be said, no remedy has ever
been found which can SO successfully place
the system in condition to resist the
germs of disease as Warmers Sale Cure.
1hlS arClcIe As unqueStlOHdD4y tnS DcSt auu
most efficient that has ever been discovered
for this purpose, and
.sJahn, say, John! does the encyclopedia
advertise Warmers Safe Cure~
3 !" should not wonder, dear, it's grand
remedy, and that pamphlet we received the
other day stated that DR.. Gum, of the
United States Medical College indorsed it.
AT all events the wonderful cures it is ac-
complishing entitle it to be honorably noted
among the great discoveries of the present
century"
However the facts above stated may be,
the truth remains that the germ theory of
diseaseis the correct one, and that the great
remedy mentioned is the only one which
has ever been.found that can put the sys-
tenn in condition to kill these germs be-
fore they obtain hold upon the body, and
undermine the life.