The sun., 1890-02-06

According 70 newspaper reports
there are even yet gentlemen writing
M. D." after their names who say:
1--WE hope we shall succeed In locating
the grippe bacsllus.". That was done
with scientific perfection as long ago ss
1855, by DR.. J. Fl. Salisbury, Of New
York city. DR.. Salisbury was in charge
Of the state laboratory Of New York,
under the state geological survey, from
1846 to 1884, 10 known TO scientists all
over the world as an eminent living
microscopic, and has treated many
thousands Of cases Of this disease. As
long ago Ss 1878 he gave to the world,
through Dr. Hallier's ''Zeitschrift fur
Parisitenkunde (Jena, Prussia9 - the
worlds leading journal Of microscopy
the results of his long continued and ex-
haustive study Of the animalculsr organ
isms causing this disease, named by him
asthmatos ciliaris. w. Saville Kent's
great Manuals Of the Infusoria"
large volumes published in London In
1889, and universally recognized a. the
highest anthority-recognized and con-
frrned DIR. Salisbury's discovery Of the
interesting little creature, and honored
it, from scientific point Of view, as the
first and only known representative Of
the genus asthmatos [the name given to
It by it's discoverer).
Dr.. Salisbury's article in The Zeit-
schrift fur Pariitenkunde gave the
name "infusorial catarrh" to the dis
ease, and presented the following por-
traits Of asthmatos ciliaris-its cause.
The descriptive article contributed by
him to the journal In question was as
follows:
1nfusorial catarrh Is purely parasitic disease,
arising from a peculiar animalcular organism
armed upon one side with ella. This organism
assumes q great variety Of shapes and Si3eS By
watching ita development and metanoEphoses Un-
der tho microscope, 1t may be seen to tFanSSosm
itseN into all the different forms represented In
the figures from 1 to II. The most usual shapes
appear TO be either spherical or oval, as seen in
Figs ! to g. Each frequently sends out q pro
boscts at the end Of which is Q diated and elou-
gated cIliun, represented at II, Is, 10 and II.
This proboscS may be In the center Of the mass OF
ella, at IS or 16 or at one side, as at u and H.
'ay be drawn in, leaving nipple like eleva-
e. ANcnay disappear entirely, leaving
wal % or spherical CD. The pro
vpartI&ay disappears, or Is only
.u, while ccUstriction occurs In
=, as represented at ~ and L. 1t may be
-4y-y largely d1lated ciliun, as at II and 10
j., or the cell walls may go out. forming more or
| lea sharp protuberance, as nt IS; or the walls
may 60 stin further out forming more or less
! hlsiforn organism, as at 1& ..+
! The young are developed within the parent cell,
and when mature are discharged ut the end OF che
! organism opposite the cilia, as seen at Fig. 16
The parent becomes quite dilated before deliver
ing; and as the young Ooe d discharged the par
enSS cell becomes shFunken and shriveled for q
TINA The aperture soon, however, closes, the
wrnkled, shriveaed condition Of the sac walls dis
| appears and the pa-Nrt ''so--- -"'- "---''
] pho are in active
mOtioa curing v4.e greater part of the life exist
ence Of the animal, and produce o most aggravae-
| ing irritation Of the mucous surfaces The young
organisms l, 2 g. l. 5 and 6, have o rolling, rock
| ing. vibrating motion from side to Eide, making
about oHe-third Of q revolution on the transverse
! axis ct each oscillation. The moro mature cells
either vibrste slightly or have o tremuSous mo
tion, their ella not moving altogether at 8, but
| vibrating In different directions
| Symptoms-Aftcr once obtaining fooEh0Sd On
| the mucous surfaces Of the air p@RRASes they
multiply rapidly. At 6rse they attack the mucous
surfaces Of the eye and nose, causing free secre-
ton Of tears and thin EnucUS, and often intense
paroxysms OF Rueeztng. The organisms gradually
| travel from the nasal surfaces down into the
fauces laryux, tEachea and larger and smaller
hsonchiL AS soon % they reach the faVCeG theEe