St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1866-03-01


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Nst ll1s' ~! OF ~ persons treated 10 thu
manner, ~ died.. One very remarkable
1act mas been noted IN connection with the
epidemic at Hedersleben, namely: that q
yet no children have died Of the disease, Oh
having made q good recovery. E.
Ine recent developmentsin dermany VII
iead many TO inquire anxl r''' into the
3lstory OF tr1on1na IN our own country. l,
ass oeen known 1or some ONE years among med
1cat men Inat the enoapsuied trionina wai
occasionally 1ound IN the muscles Of the
human Douy a1ter oeatn, Out unul very re.
.oently no autnenucateo cases nave oeen re-
ported wnere death was produced by the
disease IN question.
Z, In the Amer'con Med'caI 15nsea Of February
~ !oo4, case ls reported by Dr. Schnet.
ter, IN which whole family was poisoned
Dy eating trlchlnous pork: The father was
the only one in whom the poison proved
E. fetal This case occurred in New York city:
Ihe buftaio Med'cat journal contains the ac-
coNet OF TWO iatal cases occurring in the
aWestern part OF the State. A man and his
wife residing "a the village Of Checktowaga
were found to be erected BY an apparent
y acute rheumatism, OF peculiar charac-
yer. Dr' hromoein, the attending physi-
clan' suspected trichlna, and, the patients
having snortly dled' microscopic examina.
s,on was anstl.oteo py Urs. hrom6eln and
homoerger. whlcn demonstrated the exist
enoe VI 'ne PaIHsNe IN great numbers. Inc
sPev1mens u nuscle taken ~, from the oooiee
u inc uesa' togesner win remnant OF the
saussges OF whlcn tney nad Partaken, were
suosequeneiy examined oy Dr' >. Lathrop
anu 11o1. ueorge naaiey unoer Inc micro
scope. anu tr'cnlna 1ouno IN ootn.a In the
human muscle they were free; in the
sausage encysted. Other members Of the
family were erected. but probably did not
eat enough to prove fatal. s:.#ee =
All the evidence thus tar adduced goes to
81 snow tnat Inc more Inc cooking the mllder
t me o'sease. inose cases ~ which the pork
was eaten rag were OF the most violent
S en- ana invariably proved fatal.
'. Wnen y IS remembered that TINS parasite in
US capsule mas Deen sup)ected to degree
s. neat nttle oelow the oolhng point, without
aestroylng ts vitality, the Importance Of
tnorough cooking becomes apparent to the
lover OF swine flesh. ,e......,-
In examining pork for trich'na, the cap
sules may sometimes be seen BY the naked
eye under the tongue; but BY far the safer
plan IS to have magnifying glass Of mode
rate Power-say from 10 to 70 diameters-
wnlcn reveal the ANIMAL whether 1t be free
OF enSysteG;o,, ,:is.4,,,9g ,,..7 &sagb IS r.
s., IS wen known that the common red
"eartnworm or "angie worm" is infested
with trlchina, and in this way fowls and
SWINE may become the subjects of the
dlsease, as they devour the worm greedily.
An opinion obtains with many persons that
what is known as "measly pork" is more
liable to be infected with trichina than any
other: What facts there are to sustain this
Dellel We are not acquainted with, but the
- measles " IN the hog is genuine scrcfula,
and 1t is significant fact that the disease
nst mentioned should have derived its name
from sercfa, . SOU. The ancients, however
wild or erroneous may have: been their
theories, were nevertheless close and accu-
rate observers Of facts. In this way the
name Of the disease is made to indicate its
ease and deaths are coneod ~ a..in, ,,o-k
without trichina than Nth Them * tho.e
who are determined to eat swine flesh in
splte q me trlcnlns ana the ne law q Moses,
we woula give some aavlce IN regard TO the the
M. :. - 1919 sne,n. ~ nAny g
"a somat;ms :. 'i;heied f. ~. ~ ill., ~ r,s
d;sl;kas and thonsh ~ seeIs ~ fond .,non ~.
verdnre q in tba f;1thv sntter ut Sa iii
not eat nnsound or ,inheeithv food II IL
is shut up ia q close zen. and made 10 sv;m
in his own excrements, he certainly Is hot
responsible for his dirty plight. The fact
is now pretty well understood In Germany