The daily herald. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1886-1887, 1886-09-13
LIFE WITHIN LIFE.
HOSTILE ARMIES OF MICROSCOPIC
ORGANISMS WITHIN MEMS BODIES.


cine an Exact science7-How Disease
Is To DO Conquered.
All are agreed now that disease is, in
great part at least due to the presence in
the oily of what are known as microbes
These microbes are minute microscopic ami
m Al organism, which get into the bo1y either
from the atmosphere or by other means and
produce the diseased state The point upon
viii, b medical men diTer is the exact man
ner in which they act on the cells OF the
human body.
Mr. Pasteur, with whom is associated Mr.
Tyndall, the cello rat ID English naturalist
is Convinced that their injurious effect is
due TO their destruction of n certain portion
of cell matter which they call the pabulum
Now the theory upon which they, therefore,
propose to give immunity from disease is
to introduce into the body another tut sim
liar inic ODE, which will destroy just the
same pabuluin, but without the injurious
effects on the system which are produced
by the disease-germ
Tie princii al TACT upon which this theory
proceeds is that In the infusion principle Of
hay and cheese which are known as cul-
ture fluids, it has been observed that after a
certain time, and when the animalculSe have
to increase and begin gradually to die out
for want of nourishment; hence it is con-
Guided that by introducing into the human
body germ, as in the case Of vaccination,
which is comparatively harmless, the
pabulum mLy be exhausted and the system
rendered impervious TO the attack OF the
disease germ.
THEORIES OF KLEBs AND KLINE.
On the other hand, the German physi-
clans, klebS and Kline, proceeding upon the
same lacts affirm that immunity from dis
ease is obtained by means of the excrement
left by the aninalcul1 in the human frame
They proceed on the well-lnown fact that
no species or similar species can live in ITS
own excrement and affirm that the i'm
munty from disease enjoyed by those who
have once suffered from Il particular
trouble, or who have been inoculated with
the germs of a similar nature TO that which
produces the trouble, is due to this excre-
ment
Both these schools draw largely from the
facts oh served in the cases of small po&,
and the immunity from its effects, which is
obtained by the introduction into the sys-
tenn Of the vaccine virus microbe OF very
similar nature to that of the smallpox germ
itself.
The next school, likewise depending to a
considerable extent on the same observa-
tions, is that which is known as the vital
theory. According to this account the
microoes produce disease by depriving the
cells of the human body of the oxygen
which is necessary to the healthy perform
ance of their func tions, and it is maintained
by those who uphold this theory that by
supplying the body artifcally with an ex-
cess of oxygen there can be enough supplied
for both.
To all these three theories, however, it is
objected that they ought to be able to be
recognized by the microscopic analysis
which make up so large part of the physi-
ology OF the present day. 1t is affirmed by
tn ir opponent. that whether it be the de-
struction of the pabulum, the leaving of the
excrement or the deprivation OF oxygen, any
of these ought to lie visible effects under the
microscope This criticism, while damag-
ing, is not, however, believed to be conclu-
sive, since the microscopic analysis Is
scarcely in sufficiently advanced state to
give so precise result at present, but
doubtless every day it is becoming more so.
THE SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST.
Lastly, there is an ingenious theory,
which is maintained by some rising physi-
clans, that the whole phenomenon of germ
disease and its immunity is due to the OAR
winian law of "the survival Of the fittest'
in ''the struggle for existence According
to these the ellis of the human body are
themselves separate animal organisms, with
an existence and life of their own. These
germs cells enter into a regular com
bat with the disease-germs and when they
come off victorious the tody retains it
strength; while when and where they ar
defeated the body succumbs to disease.
Now it is well known that in all thing
the prestige, If i may so call iU, of victory
leads TO new victories; in other words, tn
troops which have overcome the enemy to
day are better fit to cope with him to-mor
row than the new recruits, Applying thi
to the present instance, the upholders c
this theory remark that by supplying
comparatively weak adversary, such as I'll
vaccine virus, the cell germ gains an eas
victory, which so strengthens its power
that it is able TO combat successfully wit
new adversaries in the shape of diseai
germs aftorward
This theory accounts for all that Is O
counted for by any OF the others, and all
for the fact which has been constantly o
served, namely, that immunity from disea
is in direct proportion to the severity
the struggle, SO that those who have on
had a severe attack Of any complaint a
free from its approach for longer peril
than those who have been affected wi
some milder adversary, for it is evide
that the more severe the attack agaiI
which the cell germs have been able to CO
tend the greater the strength and pow,
which they will have developed Pa
Cor Cincinnati Enquirer
Curing tho Habit of Mouth BreathiI
When we think of treatment it is first
portant that we understand mouth brea
ing as a habit An inherited form of to,
or lips may cause tendency toward its
quirement, yet that it is a habit is evident
by many cases in which it has been oy
come merely by persistent effort with
fants its earliest evidences should be check
as in the example the Indian mott
= The formation of this naLit is thus avoio
and the child sav,d from long train of
furious effects in the future here is
danger of smothering, as the child will W
II the nose is obstructel. Mothers
nurses should see that these little noses
kept free, ana they an save their chal
from this unsightly affection If thoy
only watchful.
With mature mouth breathers much Of
treatment rests with themselves I
must hrst have a physician or surgeo
remove any causes that interfere with