Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1897-02-25
BLOOD FORETEI.LS DISEASE /.
Approaching Sickness Can be De-
tected in Either Mar or Animal.


The doctor OF the future will pro-
| badly be the preventors rather than Tie
| healers of the disease. The early
symptoms OF disease can now be CD
| served so long before the actual SICK
ness sets in that the malady may De
ayerted with almost absolute certainty
The approach OF almost all the dreaded
diseases. it has Deen found, can readily
| be detected ty observing the condition
of the blood
| II is believed that If men would nave
! their blood examined by blood special
| ists as often as dentists examine tnelr
teeth and prevalence Of disease of all
| kinds would be very greatly reduced.
| At present there are very few blood
eyperts practiclng in the United States,
| but the friends of the new science
| claim that this novel treatment Will
| in time take the place of the common
| forms of medical treatment of the day.
| DR.. r. l.. Watkins of this city, who
| has made several valuable discoveries
| concerning the effect of consumption
| on the blood, said to a Sunday World
reporter
1T is now possible for medical
science to foretel the approach of the
| most dreaded diseases many months or
ever years before the ordinary symp-
| toms appear. This new science, 1t
! seems 10 me, will in time revolutionize
| the ordinary forms OF medical treat
ment Of the daJ. II has been found re-
Gently that the blood not only OF man
! but Of most animals gives unmistak-
able signs of the approach of disease.
/ Important discoveries in this new
/ science have beea made recently in
France and Germany | believe that |
/ may claim the credit of first discover
| ing the first germs of the dreaded con
! sumption
1T Is only necessary to see a drop
| or two of a mans b,Cod under the mi
croscope in order to fortell disease
with scientific accuracy. The earliest
symptoms OF apoplexy paralysis, heart
| disease and consumption may be
recognized very readily Ii will of
course be readily understood that 1t is
very much easier to treat any disease
| il it be discovered in its earliest stages
| Consumption can now be detected from
! the appearance Of the blood a year or
more before any cough sets IN. AT
| this early stage the blood will be found
! to contain a lumber of small gray
| granules which float around in The
| liquor of the b.ood These often collect
| in round patches and in time develop
into red cells and pervade the lung
! tissues forming tubercles. The fam
liar tubercul baccili of consumption
/ in turn feed upon these cells.
81 have found thai when a long line
or rift appears sharply dividing the
blood corpuscles the patient is suffer
| ing from the incipient stages of apo
| plexy. If this line he long and sharply
/ defined a fatal stroke Of raralvsis may
| soon be expected, hui when the line
! is not clearly defined there is no
! immediate danger. This symptom can
| often be observed lcng before there Is
| any other indication of the dread
| disease. One of the most curious or
| these blood symptoms are ~" web
! feet in the liQpor of the blood, which
! foretell paralysis. When these APP
pear in large numbers it is sure
| indication that the heart is not strong
enough to pump the blood as it should
! In blood of this sort the red corpuscleS
! often appear to be eEtangled in mass
| OF web These are likely to clog the
muscular veins or those of the heart
/ II the heart veins get clogged up par
| alysis follows, while If the veins OF the
| brain are INSTRUCTED paralysis OF the
! limbs are to be expo ted.
Rheumatism of the heart is due to
| the presence of dirt or other extraneous
| matter in the blood vessels When this
| extraneous matter accumulates 10
| certain extent 1t produces CONFUSION
Of pain in passing the heart, and tends
| to stop the action of that vigorous
| organ. Blood Of this kind may readily
be diagnosed when seen upder the
microscope. The bic cd OF the human
system can readily be cleaned by cleo
| tricity and other agents, and be freed
| Of all foreign matter. The time may
not be far distant when people will
have their blood regularly examined
aud cleaned New York World
MODESTY.