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Show itimuii tiiutii iumiumlii ll SULMI.. Ian In thu iar 1519 the dlaiwe known nuliitripi In I mice, and as Inllueiim In Italy, made 111 Bar-aucona Bar-aucona an ijlleraloln 1 uroi, nnd In afewwuk It aksuminl ai,t iroior. llona, sweeilnguver littuoat theenllro 1 urujaiaiiroutlUDUt. Its vlithn iiuiu tiered, In thu aggnate, several mil liuiis. Inn number of Inataucea a large proHirLlon of the Inhabitants ofajoi uloua illy or dlatrkt wiru nlheled shniillnneiiualy. It was not atleiilcd with great mortality, lut It was n I lague that latiie 1 much suirerlng an 1 lliuiiiilat !. Italiiawit thu Unit-e, Unit-e, ritilea, but In thli country n suialler I roportlon of the -oi lu were (erlouilj a!lcctcd,Jhnu In 1 uroie In thu latter ut of last jut Urn dlsen-n nli showed ltef as mi ipldemlo In this un,l some i ther countries uu I still recalls It ainri lo Imvu lucreined In vlruUncu during the, ht few month, A largi r n ree ntage of caws te nnlnate fauill) , or le ive Mrlous ivuilleatlou hi their train hi irtji Is now rerognlied on likely to laeo lliuaj stem lu auth a condition that It renders Iho ratlentiiu la piy to many other forma of dlMisM . U ii great eilent, this in llaj Is still a my. , (,tho uu Ileal fieull, nil proorletm oliKoofiNj, Hut ItJie preealaut theurj lu rigu.nl to It Is tint HievulU from u genu, n in crone, a lull ute I ul IMug organism, whlih lu feU, lii Mat u imtwra. oo-tiiln jrts of the human Ik), when on lolj,. incut Is found for U. It has beou abuudautly showu bv oVirvatlon that rfectly hcnlthy la-r-aona nru m ich 1,-ra II il le to Iti a'biike.1 with ta vriu than thorn whuauirer from an lnialreil stain of lieilth from any cruise. The llcah, Moo I, mucous meuibranea, etc , of n perfectly healthy I. nun aro aiitlaeplle, nn I d ) not nlTofl Inaturace fir the ixlatence nn 1 1 ropa. gallon of nub living orgenlvna aa those whlih iroJclcet fl lrtpi"- l'u' tho raalle find, In the systems of those whoso 11,0,1 has lnvn vlllateil, or vital powers weakened, by any other eu,.,favcrllo lacia of lodgment nn 1 1 roll n ration. Thu girui theory of dlaeaae haa gained convert so ra Idly, during recent re-cent yi ara, among medical ecletitlit, that It may In sal I to bo ipilte generally gener-ally aecet ted, at leat as aipllnltoa large numtar ot nulallea froniwhleli human beings nil J animals sutler, In ihiJIiigniost, If not a'), known Inle lufcctlousorcontaglou. Aul the rule that healthy persons are leva liable to ls allackM than shkly onea, by auy Irullcular rontaglous dlseoso, Is too wcllkuowh toreijulre argument In Its auiport It may I olieervid that ihyatcal strength and Igor do not al ways rovo ierfect health) aa there may bo a poison lurking In the system, which, from lack of time, or of develop, ment, or tome other muse, has not ruiUrUlly alTected Iho phjskal uwers. Thu study of the germ theory has led to tho rouclualon that e rsona who liavei ki 1 1 tin Ir blood an t lJlca pure an I free flom "taint, who-e food has lsu wholeaouie, wnose hat Its have lain moral and couslsteut with the lawa of tiKillh, an I who have avoided the usn of stimulant and nnrotlcs, and tint Inhalation of foul air, am lu far le danger of attacks of dlee ase, e 1 1. demlcand contagious as well aa other kinds, than aro persons who hive In dulgudlulhorevirseiourio. It used to Imi putarlr su-icil that a person Inpirfect heallh and t iroir habits ofllfoaulillit, who had not Ui u ml). Jected to the Inhilatlou of vitiated air, was as llablo to Iw atllcken with an epidemic dliense, as one woull la, whimi vital wert had lieeu vltlatid' by III health or ta 1 hal Ita. Hut this dii has been oiploileU by modern medical research. Any irotlclent medical man will admit that the phvalcalaisteui of tho ludlvldual who haa been adJIctrd to the un uf tot acco, ftloohol, narcotlci stimulants, or lni rvja r food, or whoso habits have been Immiral, Is farmoro likely bi lusxnis Infeatel wdth dUeaao germs, than Is the body of onn wh me hal Its haio Ueu of a dinVrent Chirac. Irr. Among the Jews anciently, there was hell to bu a euunectloii Utweina mill's sins, aud the dUuaw from which ho suffered. This was then a Ihev l)glcnl roiosltlou, lait In itwdorii times It has coma to bo fully susUlued I y sell nee. The foregoing leads up hi tho truths enunclatccl In that great Iism In morality and hygiene, known among the Utter day Haines at the Word of WNIoin a revelation given through the I'roihet Joaejh Hnillh, At Ihe time It was given, medical trie nee did not harmonize with and tu jiort It In the manner In which It now does, lut receut discoveries In that acleucu coullnii thu teachings of that revola lion, and aid In giving It the character charac-ter of one of the most Imiiortant disclosures dis-closures relative to the lawi of life and liialth, over made to mail. The Hue ot life Indie ated In that com. inunlratlon from tho lieavcut will tt tu ) rove u, I y the vaiarlcuct, of aflllcl-ed aflllcl-ed humanity, to be tho onlv imaus of securing Immunity from such flaguca as la trtipe, and others more eltadly, which are destined to lconie a foatmo of thu timet In which wo live , Hcle mu and human vx rlencu w III continue to combine to vindicate revealed truth. |