The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1900-05-22

arn fDt1OlS dttdAli Aoo
ance 10 a germ theory. They are
1rvinr 70 cure all sorts OF diseases 10y
discriminating germs. mlcroot>
bacteria and other invisible infuSorla
Navhe they were not intended 10 De
a<tarninared. but are Il part OF the
economy OF nature. There are DottS
in > horses stomach and wolves IN Il
COWS back and fleas on q dog 1or
some useful purpose. and II may DC
thar these invisible germs are a ne
CESAR part of II organism. we
eat Them in food and drink them IN
water and breathe them IN the ar.
but still ! reckon there are a polSon-
Gus. infectious Kind that DO produce
disease and peStilence. | was rhhnl-
MATING about this from having read
in Il London paper an account OF
the experiment now being made by
the British Medical Society 10 dlscoN-
or the true cause of malaria IN the
pOntine marches that for centuries
has proved n slow and certain death
to the poor p~easantry who work there
and have to work there TO make Il
living. These C~ampagnan marshes
lie adjacent to Rome and cover 4 ter
ritory Twenty-Five miles long and ten
miles vide and are wonderfully pro-
ductive. giving three crops Il year. but
the malaria, sOon DaleS and SickenS
the strongest men. and they have to
stop their work and 90 to the nils
to die. TO discover and remove the
cause has been the problem of the
ages. Three hundred years before
Christ these marshes We're solid land
and the .\ppian way was built upon
ii. Slowly and surely the water en-
croached upon the land and submerg-
1 - - $50, @lo ~.;n, xx-n thu
aqueducts and arches. Julius Caesar
and Augustus Caesar spent immense
sums to drain them. but without
avail. They were finally given up to
the labor of the slaves. and Pliny
tells of one man. CeciliuS ClaudiuS.
who owned 4.1i6 of them. all males.
who worked there and were not al
lowed to marry. Their cruel fate was
to work out Il brief life and die.
About 125 years ago Pope Plus VI
made another effort to drain the
marshes but failed. and since then
all efforts and all hope rave been
Abandoned
But now a new theory cOmes mp
before the scientific sclool of medi-
cine and has agitated the medical sa-
wants all over the world. 1t is claim
ed that a malarial climate Ices not
produce mosquitoes but the mOSqui-
toes produce malaria. and it is their
bites OF stings and suction of the
blood Of the peasantry and thereby
lnOculating them with poison and pro-
malaria that eventually wastes
the life away. This theory has found
many strong advocates in London and
and Berlin. and now they are
to prove it. The English
is having a wire gauZe
house built, and it is to be placed in
the middle Of the pontine marshes.
and two English physicians have vol
unteered to live in it for n year or
and test the effect Of the climate
ecure from the mosquito. Just think
Of that. Living in 4 Wire galze house
right in the midst of the most noNious
miasmatic climate in the world. and
all for the sake Of science and hu-
manity. If they prove their theory
then they will cease to use uIinine
the malaria bat build wire houses
and wear wire cowls or hoods over
heads and faces and fence out
mosquitoes and turn their next
to discriminating them.
they say il is Il big thing. fI~nanciallv.
lOf there are two million acres
Il those marshes and will be worth
I they succeed a thousand dollars
~ acre. and that makes two thousand
dollars for Rome and the
'ope.
But still | am dubious. don't be-
Ieve the mosquito introduces malaria
nto the human system. His probos-
is draws out blood but puts precious
title IN. The germ theory has be-
ome q scientific fad and has not vet
'een proven. The doctors all Went !
mao ABOUT PaSteur and his inoculat-
ny VIRUS put that has subsidized and
We never hear of it now. Folks are
ready to believe any new thing. 9
raised a mighty rl,mnl7c J
or a While and every sick man mn {
gIned he lad it. and it must be cut 4
II. put the disease is now dOubted 7
no me use OF the knife almost aban- |
oned. just so folks take I'D with I
doctrines of politics and religion O
II. vance. OF Nashville. said not LONG d
that # a Shrewd. smart man with !
f'NeiE tongue was to declare that "
was necessary for salvation that y f
should Jump off the GOT of a '
olSe onto the pavement he would t
M followers who would be jumping 0
oNer the country breaking their ii
rms and legs and necks on this new d
oad TO heaven. What upon earth b.
lese Mormon elders and prOselyterc il
\pecf to accomplish is a mystery tn a
lt. and | am amazed that any person s
LII common sense can be fooled nv
ZEN. They ought to be scOnroed on i
ms country. They break up the t,
ace or some families and give moth
2 ~ exchange but a spurious. con Il
religion that is an insult 70 i
n Maker and the Christian r~elio;on i
hey are religious tramps and T 70. ".
When ! hear of the people driv- NJ
= them out of the settlement with ~
h'rs and stones and thresh noles de
been knowing and watching these
ofinon for fifty years and never. -
any good of them. + don't care -
'NIhln@ about their faith or tbe y.
'ok or Mormon hat that old franz =,
'e smith. pretended he found unde,. o.
but | want them to keen on+ q
ms country and let our ignorant ~.
~ cfedulous folks alone. ~
Speaking of germs. a philosnobio ot
aehd writes that the doctors baxe
Nv located them in the car cusbions W.