The Oregon Scout.
vol. II.
UNION, OREGON, SATURDAY, MAY 15, 1SS6.
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TALKS ABOUT TUBERCLES.
The Now Movement to Inoeulato for
Consumption - New York's Scien
tists ami Tlielr Opinions or the
Disease and Its Treatment.
Medical nialtcrs aro not generally
considered specially entertaining or in
teresting topics for tho general public,
but when there conies to the top a ques
tion whether medical or otherwise
that directly appeals to tho feiulerest
susceptibilities of about threo millions
of fellow-citizens who can read it would
seem entitled to something more than a
mere passing mention. Here is a case
in point. A recent cablegram states
that a new movement has been on foot
in France with a view to practically
demonstrating whether consumption
can be cured or prevented by inocula
tion. And this is a subject of much
widespread interest from tho fact that
one-seventh of the whole population of
-.North America bocauso it is much
more prevalent in the temperate zone
are now actually sufferers from this
disease and are doomed to die from U
In New York city taking the vital
statistics for the year 1883 out of
U32, tho total number of deaths 2,847
males and L'.MII females died from
phthisic or consumption, the great
majority of them in the very primo of
life that is to say, between the ages
of 20 and 35. This means for the whole
Country nearly one-third of tho whole
adult population. Statistics show that
moro than 200,000- of whom one-half
will die within the year aro now
known to be sufferers from this disease,
to say nothing of the vast number
whoso ailments aro wrongfully or will
fully attributed to oilier causes. For
the medical practitioner, who gains one
third of his income from this practice
alone, is invariably a gentleman, and
however conscientious in his duty,
shrinks from dealing tho deathblow to
every hopo by informing his patient
that consumption has marked him for
his own. With all this immense prac
tice and the knowledge and oxperienco
that must bo gained in it tho faculty ad
mits, in effect, t hat no remedy lias yet
been discovered which will materially
check tho progress of tho disease, and
therefore, if M. Vernon'iPs experiments
should prove that inoculation is a suc
cessful mode of treatment, n popular
monument many times grander than
the statue of liberty ought to be erected
to his honor.
Sydenham, a medical expert of two
hundred years ago, writes: "When
this disease is confirmed it for the most
part proves incurable." This state
ment, however, although generally ac
cepted, by no means arrested scienlilic
investigation; on tho contrary, it was
(hereby stimulated, and nearly every
medical publicist siuco then has had
somo opinion to express upon it. Of
course, thero aro various forms of con
sumption. The most fatal and most
important, because it is hereditary,
being called tubercular. Also many of
tlio other forms of disease aro liable to
and nearly always do, in tho long run,
become tubercular. Tlio tuberclo itself
is a vcgctablo deposit on tho lungs,
which was discovered in 1803 by Haylc,
and Lacnnae'a introduction of. tlio
practice of auscultation and tho use of
the stethoscope, a few years later creat
ed a tubercular public opinion that the
little molo was tho solo causo of the
disoase. Prof. Vircliow's discoveries
in cellular pathology throw doubt upon
this, but most praclioners still hold to
tlio tubercular idea, and tho discaso of
that name is what wo havo to inquire
into. And hero comes in Koch, who,
nmong his other valuable discoveries,
finds that tlio tuberclo is a germ which
ho calls tubercular bacilli, and this new
movement in Franco is to find out a
way to "attenuate" or mako thin the
virus of this germ so that it can be used
for tho prevention of consumption in
tho samo as vaccine is so successfully
applied to tho prevention of small-pox.
Now, what aro tho chances that M.
Ycmenil's plan of inoculation will
pro o a success? To calculate this one
must take tho opinions of tho best au
thority on tlio subject, and nlso sco if
tho germ himself has anything to say.
Let us interview tho germ first. When
not riding tho breeze in search of vic
tims ho may bo found at his private
lodgings in the pathological laboratory
of the Collego of Physicians anil Sur
geons, corner of Twenty-third street
and Fourth avenue. Thoro Dr. Prud-
den, tho director, keeps him anil his
congonors in cages nnd feeds thorn on
beef tea, oysters, blood pudding, and
other stimulative luxurios. After his
almost insatiable appotito is appeased,
and ho can bo handled without danger,
Dr. Prudden takes him out and pets
him, and coaxes him to sit under the
microscope, that tho visitor mav have
0Q1 look t , j WJ,h maffmfv.
V. , :
'nR power of 800 diameter that Is to
-gay, increasing his size bv about ten
thousand timos-ono perceives n little
' rod about tho forty-second part of an
inch in le.igth, and yon aro informed
that at New Year's, when they march
in single tile to salute their president,
a lino of two thousand would about
cover the space of a pin's point. That's
getting him down to dots, isn't it? Prof.
Chandler told the plumbers that in the
smallest dewdrop Mr. Germ would have
as much room to swim in as a whale in
New York harbor. It is as hard lo
properly estimate such inlinilesinialisni
as it is to grasp the illimitable distances
of celestial space. And yet what a
mighty mite it is! From eighty million
to one hundred million of the earth's
human inhabitants to say nothing of
the animals, aro doomed to death by
him. Hy him and his family. And,
by tho way, what a funny way lie lias
of raising a family. As lie grows in
age he simply lengthens. When be has
doubled his length lie shakes tlio latter
half oil' and says: "tin and grow a son
oi your own. lie does this every
twenty minutes, so if you have any
mind for figures you can easily calcu
late how long it would take him to sink
a ship.
The late Dr. Austin Flint, one of tho
leading experts on tho subject of con
sumption, believed in this germ theory,
and so docs Dr. Zemansky, his follower
in tho chair at liellevuo hospital, who
has been lecturing on tho heart and
lungs for ten years. He says that tho
tubercular germs aro invariably found
in tlio sputa or expectorated matter of
tho se who inherit consumption, and in
those cases where the history of tlio
family is known, vaccination might
prove a preventive. But the discaso is
not like hydrophobia, which can be
traced to a distinct cause and a distinct
period. Mr. Verneuil may possibly
and Dr. Zemansky emphasizes the last
two words succeed, and thus prevent
whole families from dying out; but phy
sicians must wait patiently for tho ex
periments before expressing an opinion.
Most of the leading practitioners ex
pressed a similar reluctance, and they
also seemed adverse to speaking of tho
present mode of treating tho disease.
"Oil, we generally get them away
from the city," says one. "What tliey
necd is to breathe a clear, rarefied at
mosphere. Tho Adirondack's suit some;
some they don't. Crowds go to Aiken,
S. C it is dry there and to Las
Vegas, Colorado, and Florida. Claude
Bernard discovered that sulphur, when
absorbed, is excreted through the re
spiratory mucous membrane, and that
doctrine has led thousands to drink the
sulphur water of tlio Kaux Bonnes, in
tho Pyrenees, and tho less wealthy a
similar water which is found at Re.l
Sulphur Snriinrs. W. Vn."
V('K. KI1VK Hr. mifmil-i "All t... I
4 ii ' 3
can prescribe is :. general tonic treat
r j - - - '""imi 4iit
ment. We try to force the health nit in
,.J. ,w
i certain standard, and as Jong as wo
can keep it thero the discaso can not
advance."
"Precisely," observed Dr. .Tanoway,
when tlio above was quoted to him.
"Keep tho patient healthy and ho eats
up the germs, and thus prevents them
eating him up."
What a grim little joke! Yet it will
bb sullicient to produco many a gleoful
cough or coughing laugh -tho con
sumptive always laughs at his cough
and coughs when ho laughs. Tlio
members of the Aikon Death club, as
they sit and pool their tissues on tho
next fatality, will take in bets that tlio
little joker germ won't cover their right
bower this deal. For at Aiken they
"pursue with eagerness the phantoms
of hope" and back their fancy on their
neighbors' early demise at ono and tho
samo time. In Florida, as they lazily bask
in tho sunshine, they will try to fathom
the mystery as to whether saiil germ is
of the naturo of a caterpillar or a cab
bage. The form of salutation at Royat
and Kaux Bonnes will bo "Comment va
voire petit ciouT1 and at Rod Sulphur,
as tlio coughing stand asido to let tlio
coflin pass, the invitation to drink will
bo: "Let's water the plants." They
aro brimful of morbid jokes, theso sad
consumptives, tho telling of which al
ways reminds ono of tho boy In tho
dark, who whistles to show ho is not
afraid.
Thero aro somo authorities who do
not accept this germ theory in its en
tirety. Dr. J. R. Learning, for instanco,
who has published several monograms
on phthisis, docs not think tho theory
as yet well proven. Tho germs may
bo present, and invariably aro, in cases
of tubercular consumption, but these
aro not in his opinion tho causo. Gen
erally, however, the germ theory is ac
cepted, and, presuming it to bo correct,
what uro tho chances of making the
virus practical for inoculation? Prof.
Herman M. Biggs, who has probably
givon raoro careful study to the gorm
life than nnyono in the country, modest
ly gi- es Ids opinion that thoy will not
be i ' ) to produco this virus, and that
if tl. do succeed thero is no probabil
ity heir being ablo to prevent con
st: . n by Inoculation. "Ion must
first settle this point," says he, "that
:ine attack gives insusceptibility. If
vou do not get that there is no possibil
ity of your getting a preventive vaccine,
in all of the ordinary contagious dis
eases you tlo get this insusceptibility
.ifter a fust attack, but in consumption
it is not known at all. On the con
tiary, there are well-known cases
where persons havo been cured of
tu!'Oroulois in one organ and have after
ward had it in another in fact, they
were more liable to it than those who
had never had it."
Then again consumption is so insid
ious it takes so long a time to develop
that it is impossible to trace it back to
its original cause. This naturally leads
lo the question if it is an infectious dis
ease, and Prof. Biggs emphatically de
clares that it is. But it requires more
intensity and much longer exposure
than any other virulent disease. Half
i minute, for instance, is sullicient time
to catch small-pox, while for con
sumption it would take a very long and
constant exposure, not taking into ac
count tho at present unexplained fact
that a certain number of people aro in
susceptible to it. Dr. A. B. Molt, thinks
tho question is whether consumption is
a scrofulous disease, as has been held
by certain authorities, and it so the ad
visability of inoculating any ono with a
disease so formidable is very question
able. Dr. K. C. .lanoway also says
that tho introduction of such very small
quantities of tubercle matter would bo
a very dangerous proceeding. The
subject should bo thoroughly tested on
animals, and so far no such tests have
been made and proper safeguards dis
covered that human beings so inocu
lated may not bo liablo to tuberculosis.
Dr. Delafield, whoso studies on "Pa
thological Anatomy" is just going to a
second edition, points out that the
great difficulty about first testing it on
the lower animals will be that lliey aro
not so liable to consumption as human
beings, and therefore it will bo part'e
ularly uillieult to reason from experi
ments on them what tho results would
bo on human beings. Dr. O'Gorman,
of Newark, expressed the same opinion
as others who were called upon, that
wo were going too fast, that there had
been no tests yet made, and it was too
soon to say anything about tho inocu
lation theory.
Several of tho medical gontlemen
mentioned aboyo raised another impor
tant question: Suppose, the attenua
tion of tho virus to bo possible - and it
does not at all follow that because ono
particular bacteria can bo attenuated
by manipulation that another can who
shall bo vaccinated? Healthy persons
are vaccinated to prevent their taking
small-pox; for hydrophobia, also, inocu
lation can bo practiced before tho de
velopment of tlio disease, but in con
sumption there is no evidenco that the
porson is liable to the disease, except
upon the grounds of inherited tenden
cies, until tlio discaso is actually devel
oped, and then it would bo loo late.
To inoculate generally as a preventive,
similar to tho course pursued in regard
lo small-pox, would bo altogether un
wiso and risky. Thero aro so many in
susceptible to the disease, and tlio dan
ger of implanting tuberculosis would
ho too groat. As an instance of tlio
danger, it Is reported that a nurse in
Germany in washing a glass which had
contained tlio expectorations of a con
sumptive cut her baud, ami tuberculosis
was tlio result There aro ninny cases
reported.
So it appears from tho opinions of
loading authorities that it is altogether
too soon to speculate upon the results
of tho now movement, howover ono
may desire to plant ono more hopo in
the over-hopoful breast of our con
sumptive fellow-citizens. Tho possibil
ities of practical benefit from tho pro
posed experiences aro illimitable, but
at present the only real advantages de
rived from the study of tubercular
bacillus aro tho aids to proving tlio hy
genio conditions of thoso afl'ectod by
discaso and those, who may becomo so.
New York Herald.
Hints About Flowers.
Ono of tho best methods to start rose
cuttings is to stick the cuttings about an
incli (loop into moist clean river
sand with good woll prepared
soil below to recelvo tho roots as
soon as thoy strike
Red spiders aro cosiest destroyed by
laying tho plants carefully on their
sides in tho open air, and using a hand
syringe on them as powerfully as tiioy
will bear. If a little salphur is used
in tho water, it is still moro effective.
Tho tuberoso will bear but little
cold. Tho temperature should not
full below 60 degrees, or thero will bo
trouble by rotting of tho center. It is
a native of tho Malay Archipelago.
If you wish your houso plants to
flourish, put a fow drops of spirits of
umonia to each pint of water usod in
j watering them. St. Louis Magazine.
A JUGGLER'S TRICKS.
Two Wonderful Performances
by n
Native of India.
When lie entered tlio room he spread
a white cloth upon the lloor and sat
down upon it with his back lo tlio walk
the door of tho room being on his right
hand. His spectators were disposed in
tho following fashion: "Mr. Smyth
at on a chair nearly in tho middle of
tho room, I was sitting on a sofa near
the door, the l'arsee merchant stood in
tho doorway about arm's length from
me. Tho servants stood about in
groups, tlio largest group being bo
tween the door and tho conjurer. As
soon as lie had settled himself lie turned
to tho l'arsee and asked for the loan of
a rupee. The peddler at lirst demurred
a little, but, on being guaranteed
against loss ho produced tho coin. Ho
was going to put it info tlio conjurer's
hand, but tlio latter refused and told
the l'arsee to hand it to Mr. Smyth's
bearer. The bearer took it; and, at
tiie request of the conjurer, looked at it
and declared it to bo really a rupee.
The conjurer then told him to hand it
to his master. Mr. Smyth took it, and
then followed this dialogue:
Conjurer Aro you sure it is a rupee?
Smyth Yes.
Conjurer Close your hand and hold
it tight. Now think of some country in
Europe, but do not tell mo your
thought.
Then the conjurer ran over thonamos
of several countries, such as Franco,
Germany, Russia, Turkey and America
for tlio native of India is under tlio
impression that America is in Europe.
After a moment's pauso Mr. Smyth
said ho had thought of a country.
'Then open your hand," said fhff
juggler; "soo what you havo got, and
tell mo if it is a coin of tho country you
thought of."
It was a 5-frane piece, and Mr. Smyth
had thought of Franco. Ho was going
to hand the coin to tho conjuror, but
tho latter said:
"No; pay it to the other sahib."
Mr. Smyth accordingly put tho fl
frano piece info my hand. I looked
closely at it, thou shut my hand, and
thought of Russia. When I opened it
I found, not a Russian, but a Turkish
silver pieco, about tho. size of a 6-frano
pieco or of our own crown piece. This
I handed to Mr. Smyth and suggested
that ho should nanio America, which
ho did, and found a Mexican dollar In
his hand. Tho coin, whatever it was,
had never been in tho conjurer's hand
from tho time tho rupco was borrowed
from tlio Parsco merchant. Mr. Smyth
and his bearer had both of them closoly
examined tlio rupee, and Mr. Smyth
and myself turned over several times
the fi-frane pieco, the Turkish coin, and
tho dollar; so the trick did not depend
on a rovorsiblo coin. Indeed, it could
not, for tlio coin under-went three
changes, as has been scon. 1 only add,
for tlio information of those readers
who do not know India, that a rupee is
only about tlio sizo of a florin, nnd
therefore about half tho weight of a 3- ,
frano pieco.
lie did another trick almost equally
as wonderful. Ah beforo, lie was seated
on a white cloth, which this timo, I
think, was a tablecloth, borrowed from
tlio mess sergeant, Ho asked some ono
present to produce a rupee, and to lay
it down at a remote edge of tho cloth.
Tho cloth being three or four yards
in length, the conjurer could not havo
touched tlio coin without being 6eon,
und, in fact, did not touch it. Ho then
asked for a signet ring. Several wero
offered him, and ho chose out ono
which had a very largo oval seal, pro
jecting woll beyond tho gold hoop on
both sides. Tlio ring ho tossed and
tumbled several times in his hands, now
throwing it into tlio air and catchiucr
it, then slinking it between his clasped
hands, all tho time mumbling half-in-nrticulato
words in somo Hiinloostanco
patois. Than setting tho ring down on
the cloth at about half arm's longth in
front of him, ho suid, slowly and dis
tinctly, in good Hiudoostanee:
"Ring, riso up nnd go to tho rupOo."
Tlio ring rose, with tho seal uppermost,
and, resting on tho iioop, slowly, with
a kind of dnncing or jerking motion,
it passed over the cloth until It came to
where tlio rupee was on the remote
edge, thon it lay down on tho coin.
Tho conjuror then said: "Ring, lay
hold of the rupco and bring it to me."
Tho projecting edge of tho seal seemed
to grapplo witli tho edge of tho coin;
tho ring and tho rupee roso into a kind
of wrestling attitude, and, with tho
same oancing or jerking motion, the
two returnou to wutim roacn or. uia
ugglor's hand.
I liavo no theory to explain oltherof
thoso tricks. I should mention, how
over, that tho juggler entiroly dis
claimed all supernatural power, nnd al-
loged that ho performed Ids tricks by
moro sleight-of-hand. It will ba ob
served that ho had no preparation of
his surroundings no machinery, anu
no confederate. 8. 8, MvbinaOH, m
Boston Herald.