Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-12-27

| forms and all cases are not so
distinct, the severe types often
having little in common with the
above The direct effects on the
nervous system consists in
congestion Of the coverings Of the
brains and especially the spinal
cord. This violent congestion
causes a host of symptoms. The
most marked symptom is delirium.
1t may be of the widest and most
maniacal type or the lowest form
muttering delirium. Partial
paralysis frequently follows in the
arms and legs, the breathing is
interfered with. The most
common is double inspiration and
single expiration. Death ensues
often from efusion in the spinal
cord and brain.
The most significant and
wonderful destruction occurs in
the blood tissue
This TEST for malaria is a
product of modern medical
/ science for the distinguished
observer Prof. DR.. Won Frierichs
of Berlin, dead but three years,
gave it to the world. 1t makes
the diagnosis of malarial fever a
science for every severe case Of
the disease must show it in the
/ blood. To make the test the end
of the finger is pricked with the
point of a pin, a drop Of blood
quickly appears which is allowed
to drop on a glass slide. The slide
is put under a microscope Of about
700 power and the pigment
granules or coloring matter
appears clear and distinct This
decides it to be malaria and
distinguishes it from all other
diseases. The little grains of
coloring matter appear inside the
red blood corpuscles or outside.
It may be also in the serum or in
white bodies floating in the blood.
From one to 20 pigment granules
may be seen in one blood corpus
cles. Every severe case of malaria
contains this coloring matter in
the blood and no other disease
resembles it. Thus the physician
of the present day armed with the
instruments of science triumphs
over the physician Of the past.
The microscope sheds rays Of light
which become facts.
Increased power strengthens hope
like the rainbow Of promise over a
troubled flood of waters.
The most ordinary diagnostic
symstoms of malaria are enlarged
spleen and liver and vomiting from
congestion of the veins which
carry the blood to the er-the
portal system. Ague cake" OF
enlarged spleen has long been
known to men. The spleen should
remain between the ninth and
the eleventh ribs, but in malaria
percussion shows it extending from
the eighth to the 18th rib. some
times almost doubled. The liver
is enlarged from congestion, 1t
has too much to do but makes
bile so excessively that the whole
skin often becomes jaundiced and
yellow because ,the ordinary
channels are unable to carry off
the bile. tits hence called Bilious
Remittent Malaria. The vomiting
is only a symptom arising from
the reason that the overloaded
veins of the stomach cannot get
rid of their blood fast enough
because Of the obstruction in the
congested liver. The organs of
the body especially the liver and
spleen become bronzed by pig
ment Or coloring matter continu-
ally carried to them by the
dicintegrated blood tissue The
coloring matter or pigment is thus
deposited in all parts Of the body
but is mainly prominent in the
liver and spleen. The heart is the
first organ to show signs Of wear
ing out. It's muscular tissue
becomes granulated or vitreous
and gradually looses its contro-
tile force.