Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-02-07

is in normal condition its form-elements
will not mass nor adhere together in any
organ, no matter though the skin be con-
tracted and deprived of blood by the appli-
cation of cold. 1t is supposed that the
capillaries of the elastic lungs are contracted
by cold at the same time with the skin In
''colds;" but if the blood corpuscles do not
adhere to each other. nor are embarrassed
by clots, crystals, fbrin strings and lila
ments. they will not congest the lungs or
cause pneumonia
A good MANY call themselves well who
are not we'll; they who are CARRYING about
hidden in their blood the physical causes OF
disease. Such people are loaded like a
gun, ready to ego off when the trigger is
pulled. The explosion is what is called
''disease" In perfect health one can be
freely exposed to cold and not take "cold,
as is seen in everyday life. OF course we
refer to ordinary and everyday exposure to
cold. Long continued, unusual and severe
cold paralyzes the body and causes disease
of ITSELF The cramp of men swimming is
due to the steady chilliness and partial
paralysis of nerve centers by water colder
than the body temperature
Cold Proves the System Disordered.
A cold is positive proof that the system
Is out of order. Not much it may be, but
trust to ones feelings alone. It would be
well to have blood experts examine for
health just As guarantee companies examine
real estate titles The best way to avoid
pneumonia is to eat and drink properly,
work and exercise and dress comfortably,
so that the blood will be normal For to
repeat, if your gun is not loaded it cannot
60 off
But still to repeat, if you do have cold,
keep still; stay in bed; send for your doctor;
calm your mind; let good old nature have
good food plentitully; for when q machine
goes hard it takes mors force to run it. A
good many sick people starve and die from
starvation; don't overdo in work, worry or
pleasure.
The colds that are called Ia grippe differ
from ordinary colds in as much as they are
caused by an animal which comes low down
in the scale of life and is near to an amboea
which is the lowest form Of animal life
known. These grip animals have appen-
dages like eye lashes and hence are called
ella; these appendages differ from eye
lashes in that they move of themselves,
sometime with such force as to make the
animal rock backwards aud forwards
Imagine a human eye removed from its
socket and nerves, furnished with eye
lashes arrangednot in line but in a cluster
or bunch, and you will have very good
idea of the grip parasite.
Animals Responsible for the Grip.
1t is not microbe. In general terms
microbe is vegetable organism, micros-
copic IN size, while this parasite is an ami
NAL organism. It is a ciliate infusoria
(asthmatos ciiiaris) and as such catalogued
in "Kent on Infusoria." These parasites
have been claimed to be merely deformed
ciliate epithelia, but the writer does not 4
take this view; epithelia are miscropic cells |
covering the skin and mucous membrane;
in the air rassages they are ciliated or hairy
to prevent dust entering the lungs. Gill
ated epithelia never were found in the eye
ball, nor in the air, Is the asthmatos ciliaris
have been.
1 have found in my practice that the
breathing of sulphur fumes, the nascent
chloride of ammonium, the vapor of men,
thol, the atomization of benzoate of soda,
will deprive these forms of their life, stop
their movements and propagation, and cure
the case as a rule
The irritation caused by these parasites
aggravates pneumonia The writer bases
these remarks on years of experience of his |
own and others. The detection OF the |
asthmatos ciliaris depends on the use of the |
microscope. Those who will not use the |
deny the physical causes of la
grippe; it is not q new disease. In my
opinion la grippe should be treated by re-
moving its causes-not by treating its re-
suits
Soaring People Into Sickness
In closing let me say that physicians are
sadly hindered by the fear awakened by the |
word pneumonia" newspapers are partly |
to blame in having aroused the peoples
anxieties by publishing so much upon the
dangers of La grippe and pneumonia, and
so little about the recoveries.
Both grip and pneumonia are serious con-
ditions; but as the navigation of a vessel
across the ocean requires expert seamanship,
SO are physicians educated and trained to
treat people that are seriously sick. Pneu-
monia means business for physician and
nurse: but a household of distressed, agon-
lied and gloomy people will create an at
mosphere that is enough to depress and
make sick we'll man.
Again, disobedience of orders, such as
changing clothes, allowing patient to
write a letter, to receive a friend, some
times causes most serious results
Still again, there are incompetent and
men engaged in the practice of
as well as in journali m, politics
and banking. If people would select their
family physician with the investigating
care they employ in buying a horse or a
sealskin sack, never forgetting that 'tthe
man makes the DOCTOR" and would dis
charge their selection only after serious
the practice of medicine
would be more satisfactory to patient and
physician. EPHRAIM CUTTER, M. D.