Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1873-03-25

TRIOHINA.
aoyrIbIe Death Of Three Members In One
RamilY.
From ID. evansville dad } Courier.

From the Evansville (Ind.) Courier.
Some weeks alnce, tamtlv by the
unrae OF B,yd, living vt OAkland
CIV. 10 Gibson county, pariook tree.
~ al one Of their megla, ot the firsb
Of the bog, which had been killed for
sustenaDce. Either unintentIonaIly
or through negligence. the meat wa-
eaten in comparatively uncooked
state, and tho result was that short
ly after the entire family, consisting
Of Eve persons, were taken dow n
With Trichiasis. Valuable medical
assistance was brought to bear 10
their cases, but sll efferts to arrest
proved futile, and 30 three Of the I'VE
have died. The other two are still
lingering, but there seems TO DO little
If any, hopes for them.
On yesterday portion of the
s9ine's flesh from which they had
eaten, as SoA as muscle taken from
one Of the diseased. were sent u
DR.. T.G. Van Nuys, NJ. D. of this city
f,r scientific examination. DIR. Van
Guys, by the aid OF q power ful mi
croscCpe brought TO bear upon the
particles, made some very interesting
discoveries, and well established HE
reputation as a scientist.
In examination Of bodies after
death. IL has been observed by mi
crorcepi L., for twenty years that il
rcme instances, small cySls, imbeddrc
in the muscular tirsue contained reg
uarly organized animalcules IL Wa
also l,ng observed hat in the casei
OF such discovery, the persons labor
ed under symptoms which could no
be class dec as belonging TO any
known disease. Two we'll know
German micrOscopists discovered al
length that these two peculiar organ
isms were conveyed to the human by
the ho-h of swine, and that in The
human organism they multiplied will
surprising rapidity 10 the course Of
few days. By the microscope thu
females of the trichina were found e
exist in far greater nur bers ant
larger in size than the males. Ever
the. egga of 'he trichina have beer
discovered. There is no evidenc'
that tnese animals cease to travel a
long a. they live. TO travel and Tro
liferate, are the marked Characters
tics Of their exisieh In certail
parts Of the body they are seldom o
IN hs
be, ri. / he no. called stricted mu-cu
lar tirsue il tho substance upO'
which they subrist They produc
death by causing Inflammation 0
this tissue Not much is known con
corning the origin of these animals
Practically il il enough to know tina
tbey gain admission iOto The human
organism by eating uDcooked mea
OF swine which has the animals o
eggs 10 Il.
Perhaps swine obtain them in ma.
ny Instances by eating rata, as it j.
well established the rata often die o
tho disease Tr;china die when ex
posed TO about $50 degrees teApera
lure, yet ~ well may be supposed
neat which is not well cooked wOult
BE- likely 10 Obtain the living organ
lam. The symp' oms of the diseas
ARE somewhat varied in character
usually violent pain in the a domen
With vomiting and frequent stools
are 6rst observed; after ward a con
timed ieveT, with slight remission
every morning. No treatment ha
been found I" result 10 any bercfit l.
the sufferer. So il Will DO seen tba
the condition OF the two lingerin
sufferers i slmost beyOdd possibIlit
OF being be;tercd