The Opelousas courier., 1884-01-19
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FORTY BILLION GNRMas
A wonderful Theory ehas Concerns
Gho Welfare, Happiness and Lille
of Every @mes
In his quiet and coy library at the close Of
absorbed Ia q new book and she in the news
paper. Quickly glancing toward her hus-
band, she asked, at q certain point In the ar
ticle,
"John, what Is the germ theory
"The germ theory-wel-yes; just looR IN
the encyclope1ia under Germ that will ex-
plain it so much better than / a
Accordingly his wife opened the book az
the word named, and read: Germ Theory OF
Disease-a theory advanced by the ablest
and best Investigators and scientists Of the
times. Tt supposes the surface Of the earth,
the air and water to be inhabited to a greater
or less extent with a peculiar growth OF the
lowest form of fungi-commonIy termed
bacteria, whose power of reproduction, under
favorable conditions, iss great that Q single
germ viii Increase to fifteen million In
twenty-four holrs' time, and unchecked In
its increase would grow to a mass OF eight
hundred tons in three ds Us time, If sracea1d
food be furnished. There is no condit.o on
under which it can be said to be absent, un-
less it be from fire or LIT filtered through
cotton batting in numerous layers. A single
drop of water containing a germ, Iut into
water boiled, filtered and thus freed from
bacteria, viii grow murky in aday or two
from the development Of new germs. When
it is considered that it requires about forty.
billion TO weigh one grain, some remote ldea
can be had of the capacity of germ repro
duction. Professor john Tyndan, in a late
work, deliberately treats of the influence
of germs in the propagation Of disease and
charges upon this cause, the inception and
development of very many OF the ailments
most injurious to Professor Pasteur,
an eminent French savant, has carried his
original 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
system through the lungs, the stomach and
possibly the skin, but through the lungs
chiefly. Once in the system, they begin to
develop, poisoning the blood, invading the
nerve c~enters, disturbing the functional
activity of the great organs of the body and
inducing a general impairment of the vital
processes. They are the cause of fevers,
rheumatism, Bright's disease Of the kidneysi
pneumonia, blood poisoning, liver disease,
Professor Koch, a famous German physician,
has proved that consumption Of the lungs is
due to this cause.-The presence Of a peculiar
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 weakened nerves,
poor digestion or NAL assimilation of food or
lowering of vitality from any cause, a change
ensues, and in this impoverished and weaken
ed fluid the germ finds a genial home and
develops until symptoms of disease are dis
tinctly manifested. This is seen in the every
day experience of all. The healthy man resists
the influences around him and does not take
cold, while those whose systems have become
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. 1t is plain there
fore that it is only by fortifying the weak
portions of the body that the germs of dis
ease can be resisted and driven from the
system. But this has proved almost an i'm
study of phys clans for " ars how best to &C
complish it. Within the past few years, how
ever, a preparation has been attracting great
attention, not only throughout the entire
land, but among the medical profession and
scienti is generally, which is based upon this
theory, and it may safely be said, nc remedy
has ever been found which can SO successfully
piace The system In a condlJlOn TO resist the
germs of disease as Warmers Safe Cure. This
article is unquest5onably the best and most
efficient that has ever been discovered for this
purpose, and
"John, say, John ! does the encyclopedia
advertise Warmers Safe Cureg'
81 should not wonder, dear; it's a grand
remedy, and that pamphlet we received the
other lay stated that DIR. Gum, of the United
States Medical college, Endorsed it. At all
events tue wonderful curesit is accomplishing
entitle it to be hon7rably noted among the
great discoveries of the present century,"
Howeve the facts above stated may be, the
is the correct one, and that the great remedy
mentioned is tie only one which has ever
been found that an put the system in a con-
dition to kill these germs before they obtain
a hold upon the body, and undermine the
life.