The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-12-18
sattles OF the Microbes.


! A few years ago the orange trees of Call
| fornia were being destroyed by an insect
1 that could not be got rid Of Every remedy
known to the orange growers was tried ,
but without beneficial results. A Japanese
having his attention called to the matter
/ said there was an insect In Japan that de-
/ stroyed the insect that was killing the Cali
| fornia trees He was commissioned to i'm
port some Of the insect killers. He did so.
/ and they were liberated in the orange
| groves. The result was that In very short
| time the orange trees were free from the
troublesome insect and again became
thrifty.
Some of the diseases from which human
beings suffer are caused by a microbe. II q
remedy tha: would kill the microbe could
be discovered, 1t would be easy 20 cure the
disease.
The cholera microbs has been discovered
and Is cultivated, but nothing that will kill
1t in the human system has BEEN found. A
statement was made q few days ago that
red wine kills it; also that 1t cannot resist
iodine.
The most interesting instance OF one mi
crobe killing another In the human system,
however, is that Of the miorobe Of erysipe-
las killing the microbe Of cancer. Until
quite recently It was believed that cancer
was incurable. The knife checks its raw
ages for a time. but does not cure it. The
knife, however, is being abandoned in the
treatment Of It A much more effective
way OF dealing with it has been adopted.
It has been pretty generally accepted that
De al hya rniNrnha and annkhaF
microbe has been discovered that whips she
life out of it. The microbe that does such
effective work is, as already stated, the mi
crobe of erysipelas.
Felheisen, German physician, first sus-
pected there existed some sort Of affinity
between erysipelas and cancer. He made
experiments that showed astonishing re-
suits He produced cancer IN a dog by In
noculating it with cancer virus, and then
injected Into its system the virus OF erysipe-
las. In little while the cancer disappeared
and the dog was free from disease OF any
sort.
microbe cure was witnessed by the eminent
surgeon, DR.. Bull. A man who had a
malignant cancer on his neck called upon
him for treatment. He cut IL out. 1t res
turned. Five times ne cut 10 out In three
years. The last time the knife was used the
wound was five inches long and two wide.
II was only question Of a short time when
the cancer would reach q vital part.
At this stage Of the disease the man. In
some unacoountable way, caught erysipelas.
DR.. Bull thought the patients time to die
had about come. He did not believe he
could stand the attacks Of two such diseases
as cancer and erysipelAs. The man did not
die, however. He recovered from both
diseases, and enjoyed excellent health. The
microbes Of erysipelas and the microbes Of
cancer had a battle In the mans system that
lasted two or three months. At the end Of
it the cancer microbes were all dead and the
erysipelas microbes were either dead or had
disappeared, content with their victory.
Now, In the great cancer hospitals, the
knife is an instrument Of the past The
more effective microbes of erysipelas have
taken its place. These wonderful little
creatures are injected into the blood of a
person suffering from cancer and they go
to work vigorously at once. They are very
plucky, and never give up until they have
killed the cancer microbes. By that time
the patient is not troubled with cancer. He
is we'll
Now, If somebody will discover microbes
that will kill the microbes OF cholera, yell
low fever and typhoid fever the world will
be a great deal happier.