Abbeville press. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1860-1869, 1867-05-24
LECTURE ON TRICHINOsIs.

ture on tho above subject at tho
Cooper's Institute, New York; at a
meeting of tho Farmers Club. lie
said:
We are entirely indebted to the pi>
croscope for tho discovery of tho tri-
china spiralis. This worm cannot he
recognized with the naked eye. 1t is
neither an infusoria nor an animalcuLe.
Tho trichina is a worm From first
to last, it has killed in Germany moro
than 1000 veoplc. This worm is only
found under peculiar circumstances.-
1t does not always kill. Yet tho tri-
china are male and female, and propa-
gate their species precisely like othcr
animals. Trichina has never been
found in beef. 1t is never found in
mutton. The pigs io-h is tho only
flesh employed as human food, in
Which trichina has been found, A fc-
male trichina often has two hundred
young in her body. The more trichi..:c
there are in the swine flesh the II, ore
.;hcy increase aud multiply. n per-
son may Lv Infected with this worm
and may not experience any SER
illness. The trichinn sometimes be.
comes cncascd in close calcarcous
cell, and there remain in dormant
state. In few instances, the tri-
'chitH have becn found looso in the
flesh.
Tho first instance of death from tri.
chime occurred in 1915. 1t is young
trichi.e that penetrate iuto the mus
cles OF people and do the mischief
The hes, OF the pig constitutes the
principal meal Of the Germans i" Ger.e
many. Here, it is beef: ibis ex-
ple'ns Why SO many die in tLat Esn-'
Try. Tho creates, danger arise<SsIcm
eating ham. Wen h~m s exposed
20 heat equal to tho boilinA roil ali
danger is removed. No tricN VII s can
survive ia heat equal TO the \boiling
point. The common mode Of COZ X
dng ham aud pork seldom kills the>,Ei.
chira. Tie speaker said thc pig is D.
dirty, filthy scavenger. If he DC fed
':.e the COW or sheep is, on lndi;.u
corn or other grain, We reed have Il.
fears as 10 the Injurious i,.tiuc GO nf
his fe> il as an article Of human food.
d. J. VIC. Smith, after making
so.no pointed remarks touching the
trichin1, stated that the only safety
tor himself and others is " aban-
don tho use Of swinc's flesh en-
ti:v!y.
Professor Dichl said this doct-
mi ne is al cid one in Asia.
A vote of thanks was presented to-
Or Brown for his exceedingly allie
ana instructive address; and
copy WAS solicited for publica-
tion.
DR.. Richards followed with some
well timed remarks, stating that we
need not feel alarmed on. this subject,
as similar worms have been found in
che f1ssh Of beef cattle.
DR.. Vandorwyde presented a pho
tograph of trichin@ in n beautiful
frame, colored:almost as perfectly as
such worms appear when alive in the
flesh Of tho pig.
The following remarks. at the same
meeting, wero made on the bone dust
as fertilizer
1'If there is any one practice among
American farmers, for which they de-
serve sharp rebuke, it is for permit.
ting such immense quantities of bones
to be exported for the improvement
of the agriculture of foreign nations
Thousands of tons of bones are. col:
aected annually in Chicago, Buffalo,
New York, and other populous cities,
and shipped TO European countries:
to fertilizc the land for raising turn
ips,' wheat, fat cattle and sheep. And
yet, American farmers, in stupid qni-
ct, look on and say: alt don't pay to
collect bonos and apply thom to the
soiI."s
II Wlll pay. They have not tested
the, application of ground bonc.-
There is not a meadow nor pasture
in the land-with very few excep-
4iops-that will not be greatly beno-
fitted by a dressing of ground raw
bonecs Thousands Of acres Of the
best farming land in Now England
are in low state of impoverishment
for the want of a liberal dressing of
raw groand bone. Such ferti!izingl
matter is ths;*yery Ms of the soil:
Eufopean farmsrs understand and.
appreciate this &ek They know t
pays TO slip boass ssSm Amcrica 70
enrich their farm. 4Hs value of ev-,