The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-05-11

has aroused much discussion and not a
little acrimony in scientific circles. The
observations made by Br. Bra and Char
pentier are in absolute contradiction of
everything that has been written up to the
present time.
ut has been declared that cancer, which
is scientifically known as carcinoma, is not
contagious. Dr.. Bra says that it is
Countless attempts have been made to
discover the bacillus of cancer, and 10 Gull
tivate it's germs. Those who failed are
row busily denying the accuracy of DR..
Bras findings.
Dr. Bra and his assistant Charpentier,
are now working trying TO produce an an
tdote to cancer. Having found the cause
they think thsy can soon discover the
cure.
The other man who has drawn upon
himself the attention of the scientific
world and the hostile criticism of those he
has outstrpped is DR.. Ross, of the Indian
Medical Staff of the British government.
The so-called tropical diseases" have al
most nonopoEzed the attention of Eng
lish bacteriologists lately, and it was,
therefore, but natural that DR.. Ross
should be investigating the causes Of ma
laria.
It has been pretty thoroughly demon
strated that mosquitoes transmit malaria.
DR.. Ross allowed some mosquitoes to bite
patients suffering from malaria, and then
allowed the same insects 10 feed upon
some captive birds. An examination of
the bIool Of the birds showed that the
mosquitoes had given them malaria.
1t was while he was examining some Of
the blood Of one of the malaria patients
in this investigation that DR.. Ross saw
what no other man had seen before-a
fierce battle between a malaria microbe
and three phagocytes, or white corpuscles.
Human blood contains two kinds of cor
puzzles, the red and the white. The white
corpuscles are rather larger than the
red When absolutely at rest they are
rounded, but under ordinary circumstances
their form is very varied. They have cur
ious power of undergoing what is known
as the 'amoeboid" change. That IS to
say, they have the power of sending out
finger-shaped processes Of their own sub
stance. by which they move and take up
granules from the surrounding substance.
When il wants to move the white cor
pusscle pushes out process of its own sub
stance-a pseudopodium, as It is called
and then shifts the rest of its body into
it. In the same way. when any granule,
Tnicrobe or particle comes in its way, it
wraps a pseudopodium around II, and then
Withdrawing it. lodges the microbe in its
own substance there to be eaten.
DR.. Ross knew this when he looked at
the little collection OF blood corpsucles
which showed under his microscope, but
ne was hardly prepared to see the canni-
bal cor1uscle and the microoe hght for
their lives.
The first thing Dr. Ross saw was a plas-
medium, OF mfcrobe OF malaria, which was
waving It's arms as if in search OF some
thing to eat. Suddenly. right acros the
field Of the microscope, he saw a pnsgo-
cyte making It's way to the malaria germ,
probably with The intention OF eating It.
Had the man from whom the blood was
Girived been healthy this would have been
the fate OF the microbe, but in this case
the patient was very II from malaria,
and the microbes were strong and plenti-
ful. Thus il happened that the germ, n
stead ot allowing itself 70 be attacked,
actually attacked the phagocyre.
TIE fght lasted fifteen minutes. and the
rai.robe had all the best OF Il The luck
,eSs while corpsucie. in fact, was almost
last gasp when i decided TO run away.
The plasnodium. Or germ Of malaria,
chased the ly!ag phagocyte across tVo
nel7s OF the microscope. but couldn't eaten
IL JUST as = abandoned the chase i
seemed 20 catch sight q another Poar
p.ar9cv-e, vhsch vas wandering an,esz-
IL about. and in a tree tas plzszlodiurzl
attacked L.
The surprised phsgecyte tried 20 year Cd
50 taas it could get around ard eagio5e
me plasuaca am. but re aalara germ
vas too quick and too fHH = fght TIE
ria zscyte. Ike IS predecessor. decided
mat is forte was not hEhsing. 50 q fat
tened fsast sEainsz an ar o1noie AID
tred 10 hSse. The plzsulo5iuz s-sysd r.Eal
1nsre and p1n-leled thaS PAag7eyts tor
ft-y minutes IS TIE Tztch-
Then there appeared aHother phsgoSySe,
ana tha rszs-r1 7sIsIrn promptly abandoned
rs fallen foe - ATTACK iass Be~ enemy
Ire tasr5 phsgoeyTe nad al the hght f.
knocked on. y nm in less mar ntaagts.
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