Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1865-11-30
This consists in the first instance. in Al


This consists. in the first instance, in an
attempt to pierce the walls Of the intestinal
canal. Great inflammation OF the entire
surface ensues, ending not rarely IN death
OF the villous or mucous membrane, or III
the formation Of masses OF puS on It's sur
face. Sometimes there are bloody stools.
But these severe symptoms only ensuc
when much trIchlnOus meat has been eat
en- when less has been consumed pain
and uncasincss in the abdomen are prOduc-
ed, accompanied, however, in all instances
by wasting fever and prostration. The
embryos actually pierce the intestine, and
are found free in the eflusiom, sometimes
serous, sometimes purulent which is always
poured out into the abdominal cavity
Thence they again proceed towards the
periphery of the body, pierce the peritonc-
um, causing great irritation, and sometimes
peritionitis, to the extent of gIung the in
testines together to coherent mass. They
next proceed to the muscles nearest to the
abdomen arrived at the elementary mns-
cular tibres, which, under the microscope,
appear as long cylinders with many trans
verse stri@, they pierce the membranes,
enter the fbres eat and destroy their striat-
ed contents, consume great part Of the
granular detritus, moving up and down in
the fibres until grown to the size necessary
for passing into the quiescent state. They
then roll up i'll spiral or other irregular
windings, the bags Of the muscular iibrcS
collapse, and ONLY where the trichina lie
a calcareous matter is deposited, perhaps
by the trichin@ themselves, which hardcns
into perfect capsules round the parasites
\ muscular fibre may harbor one or sever
al parasites but every fibre invaded by
single parasites loses its character entire
ly, and becomes bag of detritus from one
end to the other.
If it it be remembered that one ounce Of
meat filled with trichina may form til:
stock from which III a few day three mil
lions Of worms may be bred, and that stria-
ted muscular fibres, an idea of the extent
of destruction produced by these parasites
can be formed. We are not in position
to say to what proportion of the fifty OF
sixty pounds Of muscle required for the
performances Of the human body these two
millions of elementary tibres actually am
cunt. In the muscles nearest to the ab-
domen the destruction is sometimes so com
plete that not fibre free from parasites
can be found This amounts to complete
paralysis But death is not always produc-
ed by the paralysis it is mostly the result
of paralysis peritOnitis, and irrtative fever
combined. No case is known to which
trichiniasis after having declared itself, be
came arrested. All persons affected have
either died. or are in such a state of pros
tration that their death is very probable
Most educated people in Germany have,
adopted the law of Moses and avoid pork
in any form. To some of the large pig
breeders in Westphalia, who keep as many
as two thousand pigs the falling of the
price of pork has been ruinOus--at the
least a serious-loss. In the dining-rooms
of the hotels in the neighborhood Of Hetts-
tadt notices are hung up announcing that
pork will not be served in any form in
these establishments. To cOunteract this
panic, the farmers club of the Hettstadt
district gave dinner, at which no other
meat but pork was eaten. But it has had
no appreciable effect. The raw ham and
sausages of Germany are doomed to eX-
tinctiOn the smoked and fried sausages
must necessarily be avoided
In the south Of Germany some people
now say that it is the hungarian pigs
which are most frequently affected with
trichine. This rumor, like the famous pork
dinner Of the farmers club may, however
have been set up with the intention OF
quieting apprehension about the native
pigs We have already mentioned the ac-
cident which befel the crew Of merchant
vessel. They shipped pig at Valparaiso,
and killed it few days before their arrival
at of tla
the pork in one form or another. Several
were affected with trichina and died. Of
those whose fate could be inquired into.
only one seems to have escaped the para
sites Another outbreak III Saxonv has
carried away twelve persons. A fourth
wholesale poisoning by tYichin& is Just r.
ported from 0ffenbach the Birmingham of
-Darmstadt. OF upwards of twenty
persons infected, three had already died
when our correspondents letter left Nj
merouS sporadic cases OF fever, and epidcm-
les Of inscrutablc peculiarly, but referred
to an anomalous type Of fever, are now
claimed by medical authors, and with much
show Of reason, to have been outbreaks of
trichiniasis, or tlesh-worm disease. Sever
al German physicians experimentalizcd with
a view of finding cure for this horrible
disorder Professor Eckhardt at Giesseu.
we are told, has obtained PERMISSION to Try
the disease and supposed remedies upon a
murderer under sentence Of death. We
have not been told whether his reward in
case of success is to be a communication Of
his capital sentence, but should hope this
to be the case. The experiment. even if ii
should not have the romantic character H.
dicated, will probably teach some curious
details of the life of these parasites A.
most everywhcresthe commonest rules of
cleanliness are disregalded III the rearing
of pigs. Yet pigs are naturally clean all
imals, avoiding, like dogs and cats, all CON
tact with ordure. Though they burrow IN
the earth, and in summer wallow in the
mud they abhor the heaps of excremeuts
mixed with straw in and upon which they
are frequently kept 4 due regard to
cleanliness will prevent trichin@ in the pig.
In wild boars, of which many are eaten it, the
country around the Hartz mountains, tricl-
ina has never been found Neither has il
been met with in sheep, oxen, or horses.
Beef is the safest of all descriptions Of
meat, as no parasites have ever been dis
covered in it. They have also never been
found in the blood brain, or heart of those.