The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1890-02-06

According 70 newspaper reports
there are even yet gentlemen writing
M. D." after their names who say:
I'VE hope we shall succeed in locating
the grippe bacillus." That was done
with scientific perfection as long ago as
1855, by DR.. J. II. Salisbury, Of New
York city. Or. Salisbury was in charge
Of the state laboratory Of New York,
under the state geological survey, from
I946 to 1854, Is 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 as 1873 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 animalcular organ
iSms causing this disease, named by him
! estimates ciliariR w. Saville Kent's
great Manuals Of the Infusoria7
large volumes published in London in
1882, and universally recognized as the
highest authority-recognized and con-
fr1ned DR.. Salisbury's discovery Of the
interesting little creature, and honored
it, from q scientific point Of view, Us 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 Pariatenkunde gave the
name "infusorial catarrh" to the dis
ease, and presented the following por-
traits Of estimates ciliaris-its cause.
The descriptive article contributed by
him to the journal In question was ns
! follows:
InfusoriaI 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 sizes By
watching its development and unetauaorphoseS un-
der tho microscope 1t may be seen to transform
| itsef into al the different forms represented in
the figures from to II. The most usual shapes
appear 70 be either spherical or oval, as seen In
Figs. i to g. Each frequently sends out pro
boscis OF the end Of which is q diloted and elon-
gated cIliunl as represented at II, IL 10 and Il.
This proboscis may be In the center of the mass OF
eliza as at IS or &c at SIDE as at u and II.
,ay be drawn in, leaving nipple like eleva-
IS r. 'N0' nay disappear entirely, leaving
wal 90 or spherical 60. The pro
partially dtsaF pears, or is only
~, while q construction occurs IN
10y largely diated cilum, as ct II and IS
or the cell walls may 60 out forming more OF
lesa sharp protuberance, as ut IS; or the walls
may go still further out, forming moro or les
fnsjroT1n organism, as at l6
The young are developed within the parent cell
and when mature discharged ut the end OF the
, organism opposite the ella, as seen at Fig. Is
The parent oecones quite dilated before deliver.
ing; and az the young one Is discharged the par
entS cell becomes Bhrunken and shriveled for q
TINA The aperture soon, however, closes, the
wrtnked, shriveied condition Of the walls dis
appears and the pn-N0t mo- -~i~ E---'
| T'"~ active
motto Lurnlg LIS greater part of the lie exist
ence Of the animal, and produce most asGravat
ing irritation Of the mucous surfaces The young
organisms /, 2 3, l. and g. have rolling, rock
ing, vibrating motion from side to side, making
about third Of q revolution on tho transverse
axis ct each oscillation. The moro mature celli
either vibEate slightly or have q trenuSous mo
ttoD their ella not moving altogether as at s, bur
. vibrating in different directions
symptons-Attcr once obtaining a foo<hOsd OF
the mucous surfaces Of the cir paRaages they
multiply rapidly. At first tAey attack the mucous
surfaces Of the eye and nose, causing free secre
! ton Of tears and thin mucous, and often intense
paroxySns OF Rneezing. The organisms gradually
travel from the nasal surfaces down into thG
tauces lArynx, Eachea and larger and smalle,
osonchii As soon as they reach tho ta0ceS Their
vat