Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1866-06-15
TRICHINOsIS IN LINN COUNTY.
Nine Cases In one Family, and two
Deaths.


Nine Cases in one Family, and two
Deaths.
From the Marion Register b
No little degree of excitement has
been occasioned in this vicinity during
the past week by the fact being made
known that almost every member of q
family Of this place have been affected
with that dredful disease, Trichinosis.
1t seems that the family, or those of
the family who were and are affected
with the disease, had been in the habit
of occasionly partaking of portions of
uncooked but we'll cured ham, from
hogs of their own raising, and that each
Of those who were In the habit are af-
fected, and those of the family who re-
main healthy were not in the habit of
eating pork in any shape. Mr.. Ian
sing, the son-in-law Of MIR. Bamis, is
the only one unaffected, and he is ore
Of family of ten. In some Of them
the disease is much less severe than in
others, in proportion as they partook Of
the pork. They were all affected about
the same time, and the train of symp-
toms was alike in each, and was of a
typhoid character in some degree. In
deed, taking into consideration the fact
that they were grouped together in tenn
porarily constructed and lily ventilated
apartments over the clothing store of
Bemis, Justice e. Co., twhere the Be-
mis- family, the one affected, live), and
the circumstances that they were using
the water from a well in the rear Of
Fishers saloon, which was supposed
upon investigation to be impure, and
that there was animal and vegetable
matter near in state of decomposition,
some of the causes of typhoid fever,
they were treated for some few weeks |
or more for that complaint by the at |
tending physician, and not until con- |
sultation was called, and minute inves-
LEGATIONS were instituted was the dis
ease diagnosed in its true light. Willy |
Lansing the son of q son-in-law of Mr.. |
Bemis was the first to succumb to the |
disease, which he did last Friday
June 1st. At six p. IL. of the
same day, all the physicians of the
place held post norton over the boy,
and have since found innumerable
trichinR in the different muscles of the
subject Multitudes of anxious, in
curing people, of all nges, sexes and
color have flooded the Office and drug
store of Drs. Ristine & Owen, McElhen-
ny's drug store, THE Office of DIR. Smith)
and the office of Drs. Bardwell & VIII
son. Especially was the latter place
crowded all day Sunday with excited
men, women and childred each and all
lesirous of having view of the won
lrous parasite which infests human
iesh, and has already severed two links
rom once happy and healthy family
circle in our community. Drs. May {
nd Coulter, of Cedar Rapids, had {
blended large microscope up with :
hem there, which afforded a fine and
realty magnified view of the destroy
ng "worm." Mr.. Henry Bemis, an
ncle to the first victim to the disease, y
led the next day, and was buried Sun !
ay afternoon. These we believe, are
he first authentic cases which have oc-
urred in this country of trichinosis,
nd they will, no doubt, cause quite an '
xctement in the medical world, and !
specially among the physicians of this
ountry.