Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-05-29
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10 Paresis Germ Found?

" oIlSA VI Tie Slule uOSplCul Ut MIS-
sillon, o., before the convention of the
Acknowledgment association that
he had discovered the germ of paresis
and that this dread disease is durable
has now been reiterated by him in an
interview. He says he has definite re-
suits to prove this conclusion in cases
which he has treated, although profess
sional courtesy prevents him from
mentioning the names Of the persons
under treatment. He. refers to one
case as that Of Washington newspa-
per man and to Nashville engineer
both of whom are completely cured
and back ut work. He began his ex-
periments by taking serum from the
spinal columns of living patients.
Case Against the Buttercup.
DR.. w. N. Chalfant, who recently an
nounced the theory that many of the
cases of measles are due to the poison
contained In the common field butter
cup, now adds to the indictment
against this flower of hitherto good
reputation by asserting that it is prob
ably the origin of cancer and other
maladies. lie has found that it con-
tains number of active poisons, one
Of which If taken internally may cause
death.
Flights of Bell Aeroplane.
Several trials Of the new tetrahedron
aeroplane have been conducted by T.
w. Baldwin ut Hammondsport, N. Y,
under the direction of it's inventor, DR..
Alexander Graham Bell. On the first
day the airship travelled distance of
275 feet in the air at an elevation of
twelve feet In three seconds. The
White Wing, as the ship is named, APP
peared to be under perfect control and
could have gone farther. Next day,
however, the second of two short
flights ended In an accident. After
being second in the air Lieutenant
Selfridge, who was steering, lost con-
troll Of the front plane. and the ship
plunged to the earth, breaking the
rudder wheel. During both of these
ascents the rain was falling, but did
not Interfere with the power Of the air
craft; The motor used is the thirty
horsepower Curtiss eight cylinder v
type which was used in the Ormond
record auto races. The White Wing
is expected to make long fight in
a few days.
The Caterpillar Automobile.
AT Aldershot, the British artillery
school, a novel traction machine has
been tested with great success over
sandy or swamp ground. 1t is known
popularity as the Caterpillar" from the
motion and appearance of the endless
chain belt surrounding what would or
dinarily be the front and rear wheels
Of an auto. These belts are studded
with broad interlocking feet on which
the weight of the engine rests with
slight penetration and with the utmost
friction. Thus 1t is able to climb q
clay bank at an incline Of one in two
an ice covered incline Of one in ten
and cross bog lands full Of deep bitches
Its manner Of crossing ditch is most
interesting. Instead of dipping into
the ditch the front end of the machine
actually lifts itself up a little until
above the other bank and then pro.
vides itself with rigid bridge on
which to cross over the gap.
Tho Seat of Life Located.
Popular attention is just now for the
first time being directed to the monu-
mental work of DR.. Charles 3. de NJ
Sajous, who recently addressed a joint
meeting of the American Therapeutic
society and the American Pharmaceu.
teal association at Philadelphia on
The Auto-Protective Resources of the
Body-A New Foundation For Scien-
tifc Therapeutics" The researches OF
DR.. Sajous for period of twenty
years have demonstrated that the
great or mobile" organs Of the human
body. such as the heart, lungs, liver,
etc., are really subsidiary to the true
dominant organs-namely, the ductless
glands known as the adrenals, the
thyroid and the pituitary body. So SUI.
premely important part is played by
the secretlons of these glands, and
especially the pituitary body Mt the
base of the brain in the automatic re.
sistance to potsons in the blood, that
this body is believed to be the real
seat of life in the animal organism
The adrenal secretion sustains the
chief role in the distribution of oxygen
This great work for the first time
makes an absolutely scientific system
of treatment for disease possible md
makes certain various treatments here
tofore used. but which We're only guess