New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1866-03-10
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THE TRICHINE DISEASE.
IT'S CAUSE AND HISTORY.


e,se called Trichinass. Many years ago several En-
glish physicians noticed In lean flesh minute yellow
ish white granue, which is the adventitious shell in
closing the worm. These Hilton an English anatomst.
supposed to be animals; but the BIOLOGIST Owen was
the fret who described and named the worm itself
Trichtns spirais Precisely as the yok and white OF
hens egg are not visible through the she'll Which con-
tains them 90 with the Trchna 1t is frequently from
one.third to one.half line long, measured when Its
body Is nncoled but from its transparency. it cannot
with the naked eye be recognized having the Strue
ture Of an animal This however, readily be seen
under lens Of 10 co diameters 1t does not belong
the class OF niusora anlmacue but entozos, and
Is only found under peculiar circumstances. number
Of observers have found this animal in the persons OF
natives Of England, France. Germany Denmark and
North America. Tho diseases 1t occasions. and the
deaths owing TO its presence In the flesh Of human be-
pg have years engaged the attention Of the medical
men OF Germany and have at several periods alarmed
the people Of that country The epidemic OF this dis
ease which recently occurred in Ederseben Is similar
to several spdeics % groups Of olses OF the disease
which have occurred since the year 1852 They arise
from the penetration into and Judgement in various
parts OF the living human body, particularly the mus
Giles. Of the young Trichine.
The history Of the investigation Of tie last 10 years
Of the life VI the animal and charactertics Of It's CT.
retr gves the accounts Of number Of observers who
undertook to ascertain both Its natural history aud the
consequences Of ts becoming inmate OF the human
body In 1860 Prof yircho'd Of Berlin conducted q
series Of experiments with the Trchne consistng Of
feeding the meat which contained them 10 certain at
mails under careful observation By which lie acquired
all that know of the mode and consequences Of their
introduction into the living body. Ii was thus aseer-
tanned thss the Trchins was not se1ess, MS the earlier
observers had reported but were Of both SEXES and
gave birth to young He found that the parent Trich
na infect the pig lodged in the lean flesh OF that AMI
mall that they reach the bowels 81 the living creature
by having been consumed with the port, and there
propagate and that The brood to which they give birth
penetrate the walls Of the intestines and thence MI
CRATE 10 other parts Of the body Ibe nfesaton Of the
human body has a. yet only been found TO cccur from
eating tho flesh IL tho pig Bot the Tr!chn have been
found IN other animals usually regarded as strictly
herbvorols as nnolcs etc Special inv sgetions have
however. psoyed that these animals consume smaller
animals as dDice. groundwork etc, and hence
are notwithstanding in tbs respect Ike rats mice
etc. Other animals such as rabbits may he injected
BY feeling them the Triohine-containing neshs bat
nevertheless the oDDy flesh man consumes which con.
tsns the Trchine, In Ne order OF nature She OF We
pig:
from the opinion VI various wrireu. thai ths meat Of
plant. feeding animals may contain the Jrehir;e and
The AUTHORITIES If Mcrso announced that beef was not
exempt from Trichtn~ bet YET Trichird hare rerer
bern ebsorsd Ia SesI and If, supposed. the
Trcbin1 disease costrseted fion eatlrR IT, II u
was obtained IRON the same butcher who sold Irict
rg containing FORK Il must be ascertained whether
the beef had net boms Infected ~ lying IN contact
with the PORK. 80 far scientific Investigation teach
e- us neither In beef nor mutton have Iricane been
found
FL 49, m
Trcha a. r, ia the muscles of the eel and frog Naf
os authors supposed them to he lar more gehefa
in their ribution than virchord aud Leukhard as
set. The rain-worm was asserted oy LaugeHoack To
contain TriohD, aud the pig Vas supposed to become
infested FROM devourrg these; but careful investgf.
ton showed that the mcrWcope worm which infested
the ground orm that long known a. acaris uiin'
utssina Again. sehache las stated that some yege'
iales and especially the root OF the engarOeet, con-
tanned Trchine but although oxen led upon bad beets
have siekcned and died In numbers the Irichne have
never beep found in their fesh as before stated. We
repeat that Jar ascerained tie pigs mesa - tie
only h-sh man consumes which contains irichlnie
How tlAn docs the pig become inesteof he sappO-
ton that they have their genesis IN bis body aud are
not tsken in Ls food In totally inadnissible. he-
searches chow that there s every probability that the
mig neither derives the Itickins from tho animals DOR
Vegetables he deyouI but from the focal matters DC
consumes Hence is probable TIA, At all times par
cu individual pigs have been affected and that rel
use matter from The bowels vi whoever MAJ have con
sumrd his lesh may have been consumed by other pas
and the disease thus spread and Involved large num-
Der Of peop.e Most OF the epdemcs OF Iricbnr us
have occurred in Saaony where the pigs led IN
.tyes Ii is very probable that pigs nay infect pigs
FOR ire contents 81 the utstues Of one which contains
pregnant niehne may he eaten when expelled by an
other pig. We may consider y established thereiore
only DO found IN the carnivora For We have seen mat
the intestinal Trichr@ produce 'isg young which MI
crate into s fsS and shsa sasin thar JaTAr de1tsop
mssL Tier cannot leave the meat ~ any other way
ssu after Il has been eaten and that this regular pro-
sression on the Intestine into The muscles. and from
the muscles into the Intestine 10 OILY possible In meat
Tie order oftho ifes,aiOn may be here stated under
yhree cardinal points;
l. The eaten TrichnS remain In the ntestines unless
expelled by puTgatlDn. and never enter The muscles
!. They prodsce living youne which enter the mus
.. TIC yonng which have entered She muscles grow
TIE chances Of injury TO the meat eater are in pro-
poraop 10 the nun Der which ener che ntettne, and
tho Danger he production Of young by ihe ises-
Yrichins mesher bss hundree Of living Young in
Ner body and siteS these young. she always bears
more and more egg. How ong she lves ara produces
yoang not exactly known, but st sa.t ieII weeks.
II IL hovSyey certain that She becomes fixed In the IN
e~ine snd continues " pr0drce sew boods 81 young
II calculate that 1rchins mother 6as 200 young
200 such mothers slfeient ~ produce Million
ysasg anA 90 many female animals may be contained
In iew aorses Of uicai cree II there Is no high de-
gree a infestasson.
Tbs moro TrchIna, therefose and the longer they
remain In the intestine. the more young viii pe Pro-
duced. and hence the greater the danger: This has
been s1perirsentaiy psovsd. rabbit wdch ate only
snsi psrts OF meet containing fsw Trehsna did not
become diseased, and in the epidemic Of Burg this was
strikingly illustrated. woman Who ate raw meaf
Ipork) bssad died. The ctih which licked on what
remained Oh the spoon with which was spread was
slightly sick
person therefore A well pig. cnn have Tfich.
ina In his body withoH easing very serious iiineAs'
but 10 very certain chat large migration OF the AMI
mails into the human body produces disease and ire:
Quensy death There have been casce o once-inected
ersous On which only few dSsen could be found alter
he mat exfendsd sesssrch whale In Dary Others the
6ssh Of those who died Of this flesh was found to