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NJ. Pasteur's and Rival Theories.-What
Vaccination Can Teach isis Mcdi-
cine All Exact Science?-How Disease
Is To Be Conquered.
All arc agreed now that disease is, in
great part, ut least due to til presence III
the Loiy OF what are known as lnicl obeS
These microbes are minute MICROSCOPE: ami
NAL organism, which get into the boly either
from the atmosphere or by other means and
produce the diseased state. The point upon
which medical men dilter is the exact lns.n-
ner in which they act Oh the cells Of the
human body
Mr. Pustcur, with whom is associated Nr.
Tyndall, the celebrated Englsh naturalist,
is convinced that their injurious effect is
due 10 their destruction Of a certain portion
Of cell matter which they call the pabulum.
Now the theory u. on which they, therefore,
propose to give immunity from disease is
to introduce into the body another )ut sim
liar nlicrobe, which will destroy Just the
Same pabulun, Lut without tn, injurious
effects on tho system which a.e produced
by the disease germ.
The principal fact upon which this theory
proceeds is that In the infusion principl, Of
hay and cheese, which are knowa as cul-
turc fluids, it has been observed that after a
Ger, ain time, and when the animalcul" !" have
increased to g. certain number, they Cease
to increase. and begin 81 lalually to die out
for want Of nourishm"nt; henve it is con-
cluded that by introducing into tho human
body germ, as in the cas-, OF vaccination,
which is comparatively harness, the
pahulum may be exhausted and the system
rendered impervious TO the attack OF the
disease germ.
THEORIES OF KLEEs AND KLINE
On the other hand, tho German physi-
clans, klabs and Kline, proceeding upon the
same facts, affirm that immunity from dis
ease is obtained by means Of tho cXcrement
lott by the unimalcui.p in the human frame.
They procee,i on tho well-known tact chat
no specirs or similar species can live in its
own eScrement, and a.lIrm that the i'm
1nunity from disease enjoyed by those who
have once suffered from q particular
trouble, or who have been inoculated with
the germs OF u similar nature to that which
produces the trouble, is duo to this excre-
ment
Both these schools draw largely from the
facts observed in tho cases of smallpox,
and the immunity from its effects, which is
obtained by tho introduction into the sys-
tenn of the vaccine virus, microbe OF very
similar nature to that OF the smallpox germ
itselt.
The next school, likewise depending to
considerable extent on tho same oDserva'
tions, is that which is known as the vital
theory. According to this account thu
mirroAes produce disease Ivy depriving the
cells OF the human body OF the oxygen
which is necessary to the healthy perform.
anco OF ti,ir functions, and IL is maintained
by those WHO uphold this theory that by
supplying the body artllicialiy with an ex-
cess of oxygen there can be eu:uSh supplied
for 10th.
70 all these three theories, however, it is
objected that they ought to be able to be
re- osnizol W tho microscopic analysis
which MAKE up so iar5e part or the hysl-
olo5y OF the present Luy. 1t is ainrned by
lh ir opponents that whether it b. the de-
structlon of the labulum, the leaving OF the
excrcment or the deprivation OF oxygen, any
Of these ought TO be visible effects under The
microscope This criticism, while dama5-
ing, is not, however, believed to be conciu-
s.ye, since the microscopic analysis is
seal cely in Il Sufficiently advanced state to
give SO precis, u result at present, but
doubtless every day it is becoming more so.
TIE SURVIVAL OE THE FITTESr.
Lastly, thero is an ingenious theory,
which is maintained by Some ri:ing physi-
clans, that the whole phenomenon of GERM
disease and its immunity is due to tho Dar-
wiuian law OF "the survival Of the iitte,J'
in the struggle Tor existence According
to these, tue cells of tn, human boIy are
themselves; separate animal organisms, with
all existence ami life of their own. These
germs cells enter into regular COM
Lat with vhe disease germs, and when they
como OF victorious the Lody retains Its
strengtn while when AMI wnere they are
defeated the body succumus to dissase.
Now il is well known that i'll all things
the prestige, if may so call it, oil victory
leads to- new Victories; III other words, the
troops which have overcome tie enemy to-
day are better tit to cope with Lin tomor-
row than the new recruits Applying this
to the present instance, the npnolders or
this theory remark that by supplying
compar4 lively weak adversary, such as tho
vaccine virus, the cell germ gains an easy
victory, which 30 strengthens its powers
that it is able to combat su cossfuliy with
Kew tuuversaries in tue shape OF disease
germs uftcrward.
Ibis theory accounts for all that is 40
counted for by any OF the others, and also
for the fact whivh has been constantly o.
served, namely, that humanity from disease
is in direct proportion to the severity OF
the stru. gle, 50 that those who have once
= 1T ,,l,i,,
free from its approach for lon-er perioI
than these who have been affected with
some mllder adversary, for 1t IS evident
thai tho moro severe the ATTACK against
which the cell germs have been able to con-
tcnl tho greater tie strength and powers
which they will have developed d-Parls
Cor Cincinnati Enquirer.
Curin" the Habit OF Mouth h-HrcathinS.
When we think Of treatment it is first i'm
portant that we understand mouth-hrcalh.
iur as Il habit IN Inherited form OF teeth
or lips may cause tendency toward Its &C
uuirc.nent, yet that it is habit Is evidenced
by uiauy cases in which it Las been over
come merely Cy persistent eHor5. With III
fants its earliest evidences should he Checked,
as III tho example OF the indian mother
The formation of the ha;.it is thus avoided,
and the child saved from long train OF i'll
furious effects in tue future. Ihere is no
danger of smothering, as the child will wake
if tho nose is obstruCte . Mothers and
nurses, should SEQ that these little noses are
kept free, and they an save their charges
from this unsighsiy aiction If they arc
only watchfuL.
With mature mouth breatbcrs much of the
treatment rests with themselves. They
must first have a physician or surgeon to
remove any causes that int.riere with tho
free passage OF air throug.l the nose. These
may exist in tho forM OF "catarrh,' Toiyri,