Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-10-22
Uncle Eph' on Bacteria and Typhoid

did you ever stop TO think Of the
continual warfare that is going on in a
mans system. an the turrible dangers
he's constantly exposed TO from those
little invisible bugs which scientists
calls bacilly7" Uncle Eph had just fin
ished reading a copy of the weekly
health report, and the question formed
the basis for his ruminations on the
subject. ITS a great wonder hun
dreds and thousands more don't die
every day from the direful effects OF
these pestiferous little varmints It's
jest awful TO contemplate what foes
a persons got workin' within him 10
accomplish his undoin an him KNOWN
nothing about IL. / been readin that
these germs is the cause of typhoid
fever an other confectious diseases.
It's astonishin' what these bacilly can
do. ! read ia that paper that one
healthy bacillus under ordinary con
ditions in "A hours will produce l6,5OO,-
000 Of its own kind. Now II that amt
go,n' some fer the bugs, | don't want
a cent. Just imagine a half dozen OF
50 Of these little creeters gittin' hold
Of one OF your corpuscles. and what
viii you have in the course of g. day
or two. No wonder so many children
dies with the worms
In addition to bein' able 20 multiply
at the rate named, these dern little
beasts has the power Of mobility This
makes it so much worse. because If
bug can't mote, there's some chance Of
gettin' the best OF IL. specially II
Ne.1.s ole.
bug a-motin' around, an like as not
BLOWN its bacilly 'honk. honk same
as some OF the more human worms In
their motin' machines. it's harder 10
ketch an IL becomes a SERIOUS Que5-
ton which is goin 20 beat out, the
bacilly bug or the human bein.
They say there's good bacilly.
though, as well as the bad ones. The
good ones Is called saphrophytes an
these is considered benyfactors to the
human race. The bad ones is called
parasites. which derives their susten-
ance from livin' bodies. The whole
lot of bacilly, both good an bad, Is
called bacteria. an it's the wars Of the
bacteria in which the human race is so
deeply interested.
Imagine a genral or the bad BAG
terra preparin' for an invasion Of the
domains Of the good bacteria. The bad
genral marshals to his aid a few hun
dred thousand millions OF his faithful
subjects, an tells them that in one
week he intends TO break in on the
peace OF his life long enemies, the
saphrophytes Your gen'ral this day
expects every microhe 10 do his duty
says he. an when the time fer the at
tack comes his army numbers away up
in the uncountable coalitions. An
al prepared fer the fray. the leader
guides his innumerable but invisible
host into the country Of the enemy.
The hghtin' ground is the blood
OF one Of those necessary evils. the
human beln' An though the assault
on the citadel OF the good bugs Is
vigorously made. Il has not been un-
expected an IS Jest as vigorously re-
pulsed. An this Is a war as is q war,
for IL Is a battle 10 the death. with no
quarter on either side'n the best bug
wins. on the issue OF these daily bat
ties depends the health Of the indi-
vidual The invadin' horde attacks
promiscuously on comm In range Of
the enemy The principle OF gen'ral-
snip which Grant so long and so fruit
lessly tried against Lee IN the war Of
the rebellion, that OF 'hammerin' away
Is the only war tactics known To bug
ology. an this method OF attack an
repulse Is follered out every minute OF
every hour IN the day between the
good an the bad bugs in the human
system.
The repeilin' host has also some
numbers with which TO counter the at
tack Of the invadin' bacteria The
gen'rals OF the bugs inhabitin' the red
corpuscles Of the blood is always on