The herald., 1898-04-17

n People have very hazy notions about ma
e laria. There are so many symptoms VI
y disease that doctors ascribe to maiaria
a that the mind of the average citizen gets
confused. The common understanding Is
that malaria is a poison produced py
!, dampness or filth which finds its way into
1 the human system and makes trouple. 90
. far as it goes, this understanding OF maia-
I ria Is correct. But 1t does not tel the
whole truth.
The New York journal In recent issue
, wrote up the subject of malaria IN con.
, nection with certain Improvements tnaI
. were being made in New York, during the
. .. progress of which miles of streets In the
. most fashionable portion OF the city were
torn up. The Journal contended that tnis
wholesale tearing up of streets wouid m
evitably give rise to an epidemic OF maia-
: ria. 1t quoted, in support of this conten-
ton. the celebrated physician. DIR. Cyrus
Edison, and took numerous samples OIL
, earth from the excavations to chemists,
who analyzed them and reported that they
, were full of the germs of disease. liiustra-
tions were printed of these germs en-
! larged many times, showing the terripie
little monsters which enter the pioou anu
play havoc there. DR.. Edson said: Mala-
ria is the one ailment that opens the
, gateway of the system to disease and pos
sible death. The germ of malaria mas
never vet been found outside the human
body, but physicians have learned that 1t
always makes its appearance when such a
state of affairs exists as Is caused by a
condition of the streets like that of Fifth
avenue and in other sections of New
; York" Among the diseases that follow
malaria are la grippe, typhoid fever, con-
sumption, pneumonia, diphtheria and
cholera infantum.
THE ORIENTAL VIEW
-,,I la, ~
was much interested in this subject and
is also familiar with the Oriental System
of Medicine and the opinions of Oriental
physicians in general took copy of the
Journal to DR.. Ii Wing, of the Foo and
Wing Herb company, and asked his opin-
ion on DIR. Edson's views. Knowing that
the most ancient system of medical prac-
tice extant among men is usually found to
be in harmony with the most advanced
and modern ideas upon theoretical points,
although differing radically in the use OF
remedial agents, Mr.. Hazard was curious
to know whether this fact would hold
good in the present instance. DR.. Ii Wing
emphatically indorsed the opinion of the
great New York physician, and stated
that he himself had studied the bacilli of
malaria through the use of the micro
scope. Malaria Injuries the people In many
different ways, and causes many different
forms of sickness" said Dr. Wing.
THREE FORMS OF MALARIAL POL
SONING
"In a general way" said DR.. Ii Wing,
"there are three stages of malarial poi
soning. 1t may settle in the skin, in the
flesh, or in the nerves and muscles. The
poison Is easily removed from the skin
is harder to remove from the flesh, and
is hardest of all to remove when it settles
in the nerves and inner tissues of the
muscles From these it frequently at
tacks the vital organs, and then there is
great difficulty in accomplishing cure
THE PROPER REMEDIES
"Dr. Edson," Mr.. Hazard remarked,
makes no mention of a means of cure.
He describes the poison and tells what 1t
will do, but he does not tell how to get
!, rid of it. What are your ideas on that
subject?"
II think" replied DIR. Ii Wing, that
most doctors treat malarial troubles with
quinine. In some cases there may be re-
lief from quinine. In others there is none.
Remedies are needed which will drive the
poison out of the blood and the nerves and
tissues, and send it back to the skin,
and then it will disappear. But quinine
does not have this expansive power. 1t
acts in just the opposite way. 1t tends to
bring everything inward, to contract. The
vitality of the patient must also be
aroused, so that his natural powers of
resistance to the disease will work in har-
mony with the remedies given. The best
remedies for this purpose are the herbal
remedies, because they assist all the vital
organs and work the poison out of the
body"
CHILLS AND FEVER
"Why do people suffering from the ague
first have a chill and then have fever?"
Mr.. Hazard inquired.
"This is a conflict" said DR.. Wing, "be-
tween the vitality of the patient and the
poison of malaria. When the poison is the
stronger there is a chill and depression
of the vital forces. Their action is so far
hindered that the body cannot keep itself
warm. When nature arouses all her
strength to expel the poison, Inflammation
or fever is caused. In this condition the
natural power is the heat which goes
through all the nerves, the muscles and
the pores of the body. When the poison
wins there are chills; when the natural
power wins, there is fever. If the fever
comes first and is followed by chill, that
shows that there is not strength or vitality
|, enough to fight against the poison and
that the poison is getting too strong hold
upon the body. These cases are very diff
ficult to cure. We treated many cases of
this sort in San Francisco, many of whom
came from Florida, from Boston, New
York, Chicago and other large eastern
cities. The climate of the east is more
severe than that of California. and the
forms of malaria resulting therefrom are
also more severe"
MALARIA AND CLIMATE
! "How does the climate of California
differ from that of other states?" asked
Mr.. Hazard.
1.-THE weather of California is clearer
and softer" replied DR.. Wing. 1.-The ma
laria originating here is less destructive
and there is less of the ague form. Still
there is some. The cold nights of our
summers keep the malarial poison in
, check. If it were not for these there would
, be much more of this sort of sickness, be.
cause heat gives rise to malaria as well
as dampness. The climate of California
has many advantages, but it has some dis
advantages. In one day, even in this state
there are many changes which come
} quickly, and there is a great difference
, between the temperatures of the morning
and the night and between day and night
{ and these sudden changes cause people to
take cold very easily. The dryness in the
atmosphere affects the skin, and the dry
south wind which blows so much of the
time, affects the oil in the skin of the
face.'
ON GROWING OLD EARLY
1.-THE people of this state look old sooner
than they do in the east" continued DR.
Lii Wing. "There is eight or nine years
difference in the appearance of the ladies
as between California and the east, and
ladies. People in the east who are 40 years
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