The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-01-22

claimants to Christian Science.
But all human systems based on
material premises are minus the
JUNCTION of divine Science. Much
yet remains to be said and done
before all mankind is saved and
all the mental microbes of sin and
all diseased thought-germs are ex-
terminated"
Contagi0n Mental
The beliefs that are entertained
regarding the germ theory are In
the same process of change which
goes on in everything connected
with disease and its treatment. In
the beginning it was contended
that every contagious or infectious
disease had its germ, but it has
since been discovered that there
are not enough germs to go
around. So now it is maintained
that some contagious diseases are
caused by what is called virus.
Yellow fever is one of them. Fluid
in which the contagious material
is presumed to be present is fiji
tered and all of the microscopic
forms of vegetation called germs
are left behind. The fluid thus
filtered contains nothing that can
be seen under the highest powered
microscope. But it does contain
the contagion. No one has ever
seen it, but it acts contagiously.
This unseen belief of fear is called
virus.
One of the most epochal and
dramatic events in sanitary re-
search was the discovery that the
bite of a mosquito which had pre-
viously bitten a person suffering
from yellow fever was followed by
this disease. Remarkable enough,
although there seems to be 40
comment upon il, the mosquito
lived it's allotted time of six weeks
while harboring and developing
this contagion, while the human
being often succumbed to it very
quickly. An article which APP
peared in a current magazine,
written by a physician of note,
describes this conquest of yellow
fever. and points out that it was
based on the proposition that yell
low fever was conveyed from man
to man by this mosquito alone.
On the basis of this conviction
many cities were rid of yellow
fever. The results seemed con-
elusive. However, in 1928 there
appeared in Rio de Janeiro four
hundred cases of yellow fever. al
though the city was one of those
that had been freed of yellow
fever, and which had subsequently
been kept free of mosquitoes. And
then it was discovered that there
was an immense back country
filled with yellow fever where
there were no yellow fever mosqui-
toes to transmit il.
No doubt thousands of lives have
been saved through the belief that
the destruction of mosquitoes
would stop the course of yellow
fever. Nevertheless, the greatest
conviction that sanitary science
has ever had, and one that had
been thought to be so completely
demonstrated as to leave no pos
sible room for doubt. has been
disproved, and the search for the
method Of transmission is again
going on. In this particular in
stance 1t was not enough TO be rid
of mosquitoes. The disease had
been experienced by millions Of
people. According to the writer
Of this article. tests showed that
seventy per cent of them had had
it and had recovered. They be-
lieved in its symptoms. they be-
lieved in its periodicity. they be-
lieved in its eontagiousness, and
that is all that is needed to per-
petuate a belief OF disease.
Truth Destroys Error
Some day when the world shall
have advanced spiritually and
when the law Of God is more gen.
orally recognized. there will also
be an increased knowledge Of the
human or mortal mind and its
activities, and il will then be seen
that yellow fever is mental. Then
the realization Of the mental ma
ture Of disease and the power Of
divine Mind 10 heal VIII rid the
world OF its miasmas. and We shall