The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1866-07-11
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renewed effort at locomo ton, enter tho
circulation IL sccond time. and untmely
perish III tho lungs, or arrive in some mus
Gle TO obtain a late asylum"
This hypothesis certainly socms tho most
reasonable, rs it ID in ngrcpmcnt with tho
known means by which other entoza migrate.
Arrived attic muscular tissues, il s Gems
again questionable whether tho worm, at
acks the muscles Lcuckhart says they
pcnciratH the sarcocmmn, and cat tho must
culnr fibre itself Dr. Thudiehum says thay
hc has never seen but once the worm in tho
muscle, but always outside of it. II is ccr.b
tainly strange fact, that, in many cnsce
persons attacked with triehiniasis, havo not
only perfectly recovered from its cffects,
but have become as strong as over. II could
scarcely have happened that the muscles OF
these patients has been fed upon by vast
colonies Of worms, which would have incvi-
tHhly destroyed them beyond repair. Tho
probability is that the worm finds It's way
into NIL tho tissues. Between tho third and
fourth week after INN grafton, tho trichinm
has become full-grown, and now II begins to
prepare its capsule. IL becomes fixed to tho
spot i'll which it is. soll mattor is deposited
around it, and curlcl ur, it lies immov ablo'
i'll its plastic capsule, and dies unless re-
ceivcd again into tho nlimcntary canal Of
another animal, which III this case Of course
IL never does.
The presence Of :hcso oncnpsulcd trchina,
in,th muscles may cause irritation. but
that speedily subsidies and il is pretty olcar
that many persons suircr littlc harm from
them whilst thus ourlcd up, rs thoy havo
been found in tho bodies Of subjects that
have been dissoctc1, and whose previous
history gave no evidence Of their cxist cnce
On the other hand tho malady, when
severe puts on many Of the characteristic
symptoms of ntll known diseases. Tho
lever caused by tho presence of tho parent
worms III the intcstincs may 10. as indeed
IT often has been, taken for gastric fcvcr.
Then, again, when tho young worms nro
immlBroting into tho muscles tho most OK.
crucia'ing agony sci%cs the patients he can
not move muscle without tho utmost pnin,
ana he lies generally upon his back, with
his legs n littlc apart, covered with pcrspirn-
tlon. The t.facc and neck become humid
with dropscal oiiusion, which gradually
extends to the legs and abdomen. An
mtncli ofrhcumatic fever appears to have
seized the individual, but for tho want of
the heart symptoms. Again, the d,scnso
Stimulates cholera and typhus, and indeed
poisoning in many Of its symptoms, but
those who have soon u genuine case of
trichniasis cannot be deceived, MS tho whole
symptoms present arc consistent with no
other disease. In cases otdoubt, n niece OF
the living muscle has bccn uxcisod from
the biccps muscle of tho arm; nnd this tost
is almost certain to be conclusive, as tho
worm Is distributed, in severe cases, in pro-.
fusion through every voluntary musoies of
the entire body.
DR.. Thudichum, speaking ofa child who
uicd Of Tho discase, says in his~HSp6fJ to-
Mr. Simon: "Onc preparation from tho
bcers muscle of II child four and .. half
years OF age, which died Oh tho soyeuty-
ninth day, contained tho astounding number
OF fifty eight. Such u preparation was es.
limaicd to weigh one-iifth Of q grain, and
therefore every grain of muscle contained
on an average Que hundred trichinW. Now,
assuming the weight Of tho muscles on an
adult to be only forty pounds, and assum-
ing him TO hc the victim Of trichiniasis, and
the parasites equally distributed through
out his body, ho would contain upwards Of
twenty eight millions Of these animnls,"