The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1889-04-18
DR.. BiiiinEs's work In Nebraska.

Prom Western REQUIRES.
The State Of Nebraska has for the last
three years been favored beyond any
other State. and, when measured by re-
suits, beyond any country at any time
during history, in having at It's command
ihe services Of DR.. Billings. A man OF
iron will, Of indomitable, tiroless ener-
~, OF the kecncst perception, OF uncom-
promising integrity in science as in all
things else, aud actuated at all times by
boundless love for abstract science. lac
has worked with a matchlcss persistence
md succeeded beyond the most favored Of
fortune. and still his paths have had but
little Of the pleasantness and peace 10
which bis labors should have secured him
a title From first TO last he has been
inisrcprcsenied and misunderstood. Not
o day but he has been abused by thou
sands who knew nothing Of him but his
name. Thousands OF adverse verdicts
have been passed upon his work by pco-
pie and papcr for no other reason than
that Il was the fashion 30 do so-by people
who are to this day, despite all that
has been written and printed, ut
terly incapable Of understanding n single
one Of the scores Of propositions he
has made ~ clear rs the MONDAY sun.
The medical literature OF the world would
load fair sized ship. let his critics look
the mass over for a clear, lucid dilIorcntia.
ton between nm infection and n contagion.
il is said TO be mon than 1000 ycars since
Adam. Swine plague, Texas fever, yellow
fever, the ''cornstalk disease" etc. have
been doing their distinctive work at this
time. for aught We know, aud yet the
united study Of all the world for this vast
period has failed 10 discover or rcognzp
and point ont the geological Gauss Of any
OF these terrible maladiea. much less oder
any mitigation or prevention. In'thc three
years that Dr. Billings has been all work
Tor Nebraska be has discovered the germ
OF each Of these diseases aud demon.
Htfatcd 10 the complete satisfaction Of the
entire scientific world the correctness Of
his results. lie has shown by hundreds
Of experiments that he IA master OF the
swine plaguc-this part OF his preventive
work IN not only not questioned, but Il IN
accepted, confirmed aud fortified by tho
best aud most advanced c0ntomp0rnnoous
scientists Of this country and Euiopc.
1lc Is denounced ~ fraud by the very
people for whose benefit he has
spent bis time, strength aud means In
the face Of the fact that tho only people
qualified 10 judge pronounce him right.
President Laws, Of Tie University OF Mis-.
sour. after cnumcpiing tho success Of
pastour In the line OF work being pursued
By Dr. billings here, says "Alrcady the
Keen discrimination Of many observers
has indiVidualiIad the microbes Of dillcr-
Cnt animals as well as Of various vegetable
disfases.' And thcn,us q sort Of summing
up OF observations, be askG "ls II un.
reasonable 10 anticipate the time when
CHAMBERS, diphlhcria, the plague Of the
East, yellow fever, ecaiialina, measles
camp iyphus, lcprosy aud other infectious
and specific diseases viii b. subject 10 hui
man control "a smallpox TO which chicken
cholera, hog cholera, aplenic fever, iubor-
culusi-, hydruphobia and a few oihcm are
being addcd2' Palicuf himself In 1881,
before an international convention Of doc
tors ol medicine, made up Oi over 5000
doctors from oil parts 81 the world said.
81 have lent 70 theoxprcssion vaccination
nm extension that hope science will con.
Hcrfaio as 1n homage 10 tho merit
aud Immense services rendered 20
humanity by ono Of the greatest
mon OF England--Jonnor." Prof. Tyn.
dali, one Of the kccncst OF living inycsti-
gators, uniolds the incubation theory
In the following popular form. "When .
tree or a bundle Of wheat or barley straw
is burnt, " ccriain amount OF mineral mat
Ter remains IN the ashcs extremely small
in comparison with the bulk Of the tree or
Of the straw, but absolutely essential to iis
growth. In soil lacking, or exhausted
OF the necessary mineral constituents, tho
tree cannot live, tho crop cannot grow.
Now, con,agia are living things. which