, 1866-04-12

The Recent k1eta~snen1 q Cnu.,-
ODe-Lesser from ,. n. Perklsa.
n

TRICHlNA sPtRALls.
The Recent k1ets~s.ens = Cau.-,euu
One-Lesser from ,. n. Perkln.
n. d.
The following lst,ez nom Dr.. Perkins. ha. hA,y
s1avu'dabl, lala o'er for some days. twill rps,
! persssl.
Ed1sars Chicago TEhuue:
EeEose pzpceedlcs With remarks upon tht4 aut
few olhtf human pars.ite., and other Iten,s vnIct
.honl4 not be tou.fe1ed unu prthT or note deem
nses.s1E iDasnneh = he E7sassr nanbeE OF The
,es1oCa e1tes J: hand 10 give brief boI Eelah1e
n'stofy Of Ills hft Of pAr1t1tc.
o a.. T. mas at.sn orc Of onr teU bcst authors
~ sne ptssice OF medicine, physiology and pashoi
osy. 70 c!stn4 t0 description Of those parasites
a Hn15h nes. she human .y.teu, At Kings col-se,
microscopic sar.tl;e, The syitA;a1 sp,raa4, dWsn:
n uer1ads. sometimes. IN the muscles Of the l,v.
tnR num9n n body: Il va 1sst desc1sotd. balir,e
more fully b. Professor owsn, in 1sS: M Nj Warn.
aid. the pemonsl.aor OF Ana.omy q, 81 IN.
,holomew,S Hospital, sent e mat :rn,lenan .
RDlsr appearance. Il II II y ere nouay. III, owen
found tha. eseh speek was snutlc.saape,i cyst,
containing very minute cylindrical worm, coil q
up In tpo. Or sTo, and halt spl1s1 turns Ihe
worm measures, hen unKolled no more th,u 3Wn
Of IN iuch IN length, md 1-sn Of an Inch: and It
ssfoucb miero.eope The Longer AKA Of ,he CO eoa.
t.iulnR csst ea beiHeeu. and parallel 10, the hnre.
o. the muscles Fourteen similar instances b,ra
since come to Nj. Owen knnw!tdGe.
I'll. y VERY srange kind Of paia*ste. oae
Torl imagine ihat The pre,enee Of innumeraoIe
living eein1s. N o. oelweta The muscular lb.E..
might expect pam, OF mn=cu'ar deb:n:J, or en-
etrTasscd m.serasn'-; Jet 20 indications Ut ,ne
ed IN those instances IN WHICH th. coalsion Of ID,
subject In snom they were found VA, known. da.-
inc ltfe- The principal points that h>se hlth1to
| bern made cut sppeEt to be The following:
| /. Thh muhcle- Inns with S.h>a the
voluntary muscles. snd those which he superiority
alc fuler Of the wcrm than the deepcr seated. tha
nrger nas muscle: usualty prrsent them in great
abundance. They have Deeu dete ted III the nlns-
e!es Of thf eye, aud eeH IN those elonsn. to tho
hosns or the car, and OF "oo.s ac,toa We N.
| wht liy unconscious. They occur also in the dla-
phEaus, IN ths muFefss OF tnp tonsu. aad IN tha
aIsns. m those Of the aoit patste. in tne contrrcs
ORE OF the phasJux, aud In uaDy OTHER more deli
re'nfn the m... nlar mi tic ot tbs siomaea
the bea,r. NJ. usa' make. ta1s ln,er,-t:ns re-
marx: thae all The muscles infested b ,he t1ichua
sc ehasas py he stF ed .p: eaause ot theis
nlo, which The animal does not 1nhalit, haye With
the exception Of the heart, smooth anses, nor
grouped Into fasctcult. ha. united retlculaxly.
2. II appears. Also. from y hat hss bean hitherto
oeserEed Of these tniocoa, that the1s p7a.ence In
The body n unecnnectcd with a:c sex. or any par
neular 1otua osdlseate- They haye bern cuacouI-
| tans with cl1cer Oh; tubercles Of The lungs.
exhaustion Of tbo rttal po~es oy exien.,ve ulcers
don Of the leg: fever, combined win pulmonary
phfEI.1s aneuI1snt of The nOrta- sudden dcpr,s.on
or col!spee after conminuted fracture of the humer-
| IT, dta1KhUa. They b2vu also been mel with IN
the mu>cles Ola man uho. Nni'e in the apparent
enjoyment of robust heallh was killed BY ffactute
| Of the skull.
Il !. not too much to ssy TIM. this description OF
though concise, fnouid be cons;dercd Of moro i'm.
por'ance by thoHe who are IN search Of llc:. tho
| master, than volume written by one who wns not
at MI eonvesant on The subject o. By one Who, In
l all 1JQDahltttY. never n living nj
tricht1a during the whole period OF hts life. ANY
man-tut more especially tue phyt:c:an-'huua bs
pZuper 70 pnt before the publ c Ii 1. BE- a1ythins
Of great Importance. and At the .ame time, Of m
alarming character. be should os fortified with -on,e
.on Of poritl.e proof feoneernn IL 10 show 10 tat:
inq11rinE ruultltnde that BIT. prcadmouit,ous weIc
moi Krouna1es.. II be cannot do tals, he vii soon
ord tha be hss done Himself no good hut the snole
! communit, much hasIu-
Otlase much bas been sa,d concerning the srleh-
ina: and fichtful articles relating to il ne found
ptoper1tes that ne yer oelonerd to 1ha: parlstt.
! II We might credit the tales OF toune, We should
be forced 10 believe that tne wnole animal world
Judging by The quotation above, we s+e that tho
tRhsfnl ard wonderful tt1ug l. inert or nearly 81.
cipai estern stspes 20 Injured b. aciioa-.p sen
satiora1 ard deu.s1re stories ~ 10 render It nearly
worthless and: By The yeg n,eans 2! ,ho.e Ealls-
OF honest Industry tD this Western country alooe
must lneytabsy b. lost, uness those nctrion> 1aes
OF the fEithina be headed OF BY trae and h9uest
facts-
To believe, Is to zee: and I, for ono, must sce q
living uiehlnR before that believe rhat they ara to
oc ioond ppop th1t continent Il vii not serve to
believe I'll We hear c>pecLaltF In these curious days.
| IN which speculation has s-amed uch magnitude
that ona 1nsn f4h;enr another from hts Bit 81 ha,
1 IN order 10 get II hin.el.
I have examined carefully r,any pieces OF pork.
| beef and mutton. but have never discovered
tslehins; s@al!, white clobnies may. be Sc, &C.
mea'. especially mutlon. Those Sioouls4 arc cou1-
poted. moft tkely-I hive peteF evanIned them
e6sTts..'s-ef 9sa H.. he esthoes's Or peosphats
taken by ,lcn ior. lie trichina: but lbs
lusrett ot ths.e cloanles would equal, in hulk.
should be sufficient TO CORRECT such mistass. Il
L. useless tof TO mike .ssrch lnr shls entoxoa
wthoG, good slass. if uauy hurdrsae Of ,hen
dseerDable BY the uuaasi.ted eye huf no .atistac-
1 t.on = 70 the form aud general sppesrapcr could
Judging by uhas history can find concerning 1t,
am fully convinced hat The tnchin1 I. one OF That
crnne ofparaste. which l. eonhLetl 10 region OK
md an further lrcline to believe tha, II, like tha
g9nes.Worn.. never accurulates nor spread.
Mhsn out Of It's wontea svc'lcn Of the world.
| ho.h euinea.worm and trich1na have osrn
| found, quite number OF years $50, IN England;
taken tnese, no donht, BY sho.e VINO had resided
in = tttehino9s and criuea worm region. lido NOT
believe that the trtehiua l. contagious, any mose
,tnn would belteve that one worns child could tn
f:ct q dozen. The cutrea-vorm and itch insect 40
;ne.s b., tss Is nS a
The tr'china Ia an entozoa, a sort OF
rafasits that lives within the body Of uaoiher anil
ca.s epizoo. 70 called because fhr1 ,iyr upon iho
sut1ee. Juas beneath Tho culfcle OF other anl-
mails. Now ID the itch Is moon Tho euifaeo OF tbs
holy, and caused BY IN insect that Il cuuabi. OF
making its way through the pu-tuIe 1t had fnrued
1t is Qnf,e REASONABLE to suppose ihat should any
Sell pe,sons sk1n come IN Contact wa'h these sors,
were true OF tho tiehina and .unposng 1t to be a.
dreadful M animal a t. reported by som the
Noole world would soon be te.tsoyed BY It's raw
sers. NstIikes ne Thai .hc ,r7chnn has i,s o1,9iu
IN ediher the water ground OF sonla particular re-
eion and I DO not b-tte'e that it ss any NOR.
dangerous than lht tape-woTm or common round
woim Of children. and no mere coat+sious than
these.
case BY Tsieh,na ~ having occurred .eyural
were tasa' IRE hare no rason TO doubt out DO
doubt that they were 20 ny tt'ehina ltwil be r.
mtmbe1eu thst those reported cases were sudaentY
tatsi- tone dying Within 'ew houss, wni3e othefa
fingered lor tersfat dsys. Now, II we pay any
h+,!esa 70 fh. '0e 9oo,hann e1 qooVe n We mnst Hsb
t'inR ~ death oy nicatna at al, It mnst b "on-
aeI1ony a. eiotEsstea' ne real ruth we're knorn
yG Mansa oe M .onnd aaat tnost peop;s who aIeI 20
snodens nter cat!p1 CERTAIN meals, had lost their
Ives BY the nto Of animal food tn uecompo:ing
ma polaonoas eond1tlon. u is not al all
III animal toed,, IN ! err1a,n eenai.
uou, pootv SooAeu. h1o a3eo IN large
ao1nanet, snouo plpxs ts.ai. AZ knoN or o11nt
70 knoW, IN tnefe ehI1ghtened daYR, that animal
ue.ns N ktate OF decomposition. u more OF less
polsonooe. Ihe tnallest scratch n the dlsscct1nE-
room genelAlly p1ove1 hal. despite ~ medical or
sufeleal ha arg We mare eascs Feco'ueo. showing
tna. many naa iost sheif nyes oy handling tue
bodies and skis Of anim.ls that had dird Of
various ktnds o. d,sease. The oesh Of an animal
tnat mad heen !Aoo11nE under INFLAMMATION when
slauRbtesed, should Be dreaded most. But Nhat
meaDe have tie community OF fuu4tua correctly OF
The Bonndness OF oundneSs o. meal a. it hes On
the butchers Hfa1lt Not my. Tdouaau1s Of unl.
n,ais. as may be seen ppou our streets At almost
any lime 50 faticued, beaten and bruised. that
they should he considered unit for tho tlanQhter
house. Some hare their throats cut while there Is
ye. just sufficient animal hent In thelr bodies 10
have them bleed. VIVA. IL done M1:h tnat sor. OF
peal2 Surely, tt ueEes finds ils way to the eham-
bet.
be1ieTe that It ha. been proposed to appoint q