The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-05-25
CaV Sc Of Disease as Given BY
the Scientific Men Of the Age.

Monsieur pastcur. who for years has maze
them n spcc,al study, FIRST discovered 'ha'
these minute insscts were the cause OF
.nrcaa,ne the most deadly contagious
,hroueb their astonishing rapidity OF repro
dnction. Pasteur discovered them IN my
RAIDS In human blood, in sheep, rabbits ana
rats lie found that the Microbe was the
direct cause Of the variolosis, or smallpox
bronchitis. yellow Fever and other conta-
gious diseases
The m,crobe, In the human system attacked
by XarlolOss, Il threau-likc. Syiinurlcol an,
somewhat sweIlcd. IL II the smallest Oh AZ
powerfully magn,ficd animal organisms. III
breeds by the thousand per minute. ias'eu''
after making close study OF mlcrope' us
covered that the quickest way 10 eNls'llllla'c
fhem was by the free inhalation OF oxygen
gas, or by liquids charged with that gas, pul
admits that The time must come when some
powerful liquid Will be discovered that VIII
cffcctually destroy the microbc, ana that the
non,a mnst contain such gaseous cCmbina-
lions as will directly destroy in the human
body those germs or microbes OF disease
pr Maclasan. a prominent member OF the
ROYAL College of physicians ana surgeons
says:
The idea that many OF the diseases TO which
nn,nand The lower animals are subject. result
from the presence I'm the system OF minute
organisms or microbes Is not new one
The introduction Of the microscope, the
discovery of the yeast plant, and the iurthei
parasitic nature of many cutaneous diseases
have proved conclusively that II Il Directly
attributable TO the germ or microDe theoT4
OF disease.
The theory has positively proved that
many diseases are due 10 the presence anu
ptopacation in the system OF minute ilNins
organizations l. IS essential. therefore, 10
become thoroughly acquainted with the clhss'
kind,ycry competence OF TIE Germs that pro-
duce what is now termed the phenomena OF
diseases ,,.
Contasion. Infection is created by absolute
expcrierce and scientific experiments ana
proofs by the existence OF minute organism
or microbes The coniagioh. or mlciop' PC
ing participate. and the minute particles oe'
inc irregularly scattered about in the atlnos-
pherc. il j. evident that the inhalation OF one
or more OF those particles Is purely matter
OF chance. Yet, such Inhalation, no matter
how healthy and strong the man or animal
thus inhaling IL. II will, rs matter OF course
be stricken down sooner or later, Oy me my
riads Of microbes that Will according 10 the
contagious poisonous matter lnhalod, bfetd
INTO his system. To cxtermnate those II has
been found that liquids strongly iinpregnated
with gases and nllSai nave bech me most
efticacious, and II is but mater OF tllhc
when a LIQUID strongly impregnated with
those substances will he discovered that VIII
cffectually destroy the microbes OF germs OF
disease.
II is an organic form of such extreme MI
nuteuesS as TO be cl0Sslntu unucl the hcau vl
MicrocOcci The MIcrObe Is spheroidal,
Transparent and of a gelatinous conscience.
IL enters the human system by inhalation.
ar ex,sH In the water or milk we drink, or
the food we eat. II Is able TO stand the
greatest amount )fheat By the most care
full study and frequent experiments mlcroots
have been induced. by IVORY needles. mo
meats that have been thoroughly roasted
and boiled. and yet, when taken irom me
ouens pans. grid-itOns or pots, The microbes
have been found 10 be- yet alive and p'opaga-
ting. thus showing that even cooking mas no
eff CT upon them.
Professor Tyndall saws the Microbe: They
are found in myrads and countless Shapes
floating in the AR, destroying man as wei as
beast and vegetation. The virtual trlumlhs
of the antiseptic systems of surgery Is based
ON the recognition Of lying cOntagla or MI
crobes, a. the agent Of putrefactlOn, ana thls
discovery made IL behOOVcs the closest study
of the subject by the ply slcian, surgeon
chemist. agriculturist. In fact by all men, 10
endeayor 10 discover some powerful lqulu
substance. heavily charged with some 50 lar
Undiscovered gaseous substance tllat VIII pch-
citrate through every tissue of the human
animal or vegetable system and eifectuaily
destroy that death-dea!ing pest, the MI
crObc. ,,
The word rnicrobe was first introduced by
Professor Charles sedillot, and endorsed by