, 1874-03-05
LOCAL MISCELLANY.

TUE T1s1CHINE.
All Interesting oaso Of tric,lnayIs WA exnrl-
tned yohtofdny morning at tho 1|usll Medical
College. Lust December, Tho subject, Mr.. Wallace
M. Blood, Of drinloll, Iown, nto plcco Of pork
Which waa aftorwar1 found to contain trichinp
Bpralcs. Throo days lator lo was takon with
purging and soon aftor with vomiting. 11o took
to his bod and ronainod thoro fivo weoks. Dnr-
Ing this tin1o his foot md limbs wore groatly
swoflca. lIo conld not atrotch Ills logs out
straiglt without making NIL his musc1ea ache.
Nevertheless ho had ITO pnfns OH pressing on his
mrusclos: Ho had grcat tltrst, ptofnBo pcrspira-
ttont And pRtnH In his back; could not breathe
enaily; could not turn himself III bod, nor Use
his oycB vol had no appetite, and could not
Hloop wo1l. At tho end Of flyo woeka, lo had
great longing for pork and. getting up ono day,
ho partly broilo0 d r,icco Of liam, but did not
cook 1t through. uo nto this mud WIS takon worse
very soon after.
Dr.. Norman Bridge briefly royowol tito char-
actor of tho symptoms Of tho patient, aud OK
piained tho manner In which the triclltntp ARC
introduced into tho 1nugolos. whore they soon to
prefer to live.
oshors, In that tho patient did not have tho worry
Hovero pnins In tho muscles that are usual In
caBoB OF trlc1linosis. Thia waH probably duo to
tho fact that the number Of trichinm In his sys-
tenn was not largo
TINT tho trichinm aro carried by tho circulation,
and TINT they aro not dependent upon their ain1-
pic ability to crawl. From tho raptdlty Of mo-
don OF tho tricllinw, 1t HconlB impossible that
.noy should crawl through tho tissues in such
DR.. Drudge tllen examined tho methods Of
preventing tho disoaao. It has been found that
hoat Of LOO deg. Fallronholt kills tho animals.
21a deg, therewill bo no danger from tho disease:
It l,as boon aaid that dry-satinE meats will kill
the triclinp. but 1t Is hardly certainty. Thoro
foro pork or any other mont may bo aafolY eaten
Which haB boon thoroughly cooled. hut there IL
no absolute cortain method Of preventing tho
cooking. ekn ~ ' ~
Tho Treatment should DO ns prompt rs posai-
bic on discovering tho symptoms. Hest and
nnrsing were among tho first essentials. In
most caeos, diarrhoa wua ono Of tho early symp-
toms, mud it's effect waB benoiloia BiHce many Of
tho tric1ium wore thus carried ont Of tho bowels
DR.. Bridge cited tho caso Of sailor who ate u
piece Of partly-oookod sausage and Was shortly
mont. The diagnosis was that OF a probable
cnso Of typhoid foyor, and, about thrco weeks
later, when DR.. Bridge took olsargo Of tho pm
tient, tho treatment had been for fever I1o
found large number of tho worms
in it. By this limo ho was very
feeble md lio died about two woehs later. In
thH instance taero was no diarrhen, and though
na1ly small. thoy, all probably multiplied, aud
none were carrIod of.
Tho final destination Of tho animals is prin-
cipally In tho 1nnnces Of tho extrenatles, though
muscular tissues except tho musctes Of tho heart
So far as known. nono hayo ever been found
there. They seom to have preferences for tho
large muscles Of tho arms mud legs, and also for
cover, thoy aro found cncysted iu theso muscles
III 4 dormant state Their coils arc finally coat
cd with phosphate OF lime, probably derived
from tho blood, and, in this condition thoy do
not iriitato tho muscles. nor seriously ahoct tho
health Of the patient In Cases, howovor, wlero
they nro in very great numbers the muscles may
bo 80 greatly dotoriorated by their proaeuco as
to induce general decay. particularly late III
lfo, and death may result from dobilitation iu
hucl, cusos, or paralysis may ensuo. AS rule
however, where tho number is not very great
tho patient, aftor complete recovery, will main-
tain his usual hoaltll, Independent Of the preB
ence Of tho trichnp III bis muscles:
Where dlarriloa is not induced by tho irrlta-
tcn should be given ut first, whenover their
presence il positively assured. This will clear
out many Of tho animals from the stomach be-
foro They breed. lu Europe bonzlno hns boon
employed this stage but is ascess +; % has not
Tho pntiont should hayo rest and care, and
should be given tonics to keep mp tho strength
Indeed, from tho time tlo young triol,inp
arc brought forth, it is = moro trial
irritation md tho patients power Of
endurance. Honco, everything should bo done
to allay tho irritation and strengthen tho auffor
or. Anodynes arc recommended whore tho pn-
tent suffers greatly.
As tile tricLinao finally settle themselves per-
manont'y in tlH muscles. and collect q sac Or
phosphate Of lime, DR.. Adams recommends
tint mixture OF lime-water and milk be giyon
Larry ~it
At the same timo, q dilute solution Of phospEorio
acid should be given. sweetonod and mixed with
gIngcr syrup Or anything OF similar character.
Tho former will act aa tonic and allay the dar
days on account Of its weakening effects. Tho
limo and phoaphorio acid will combine TO form
phosphate Of limo in tue blood and the
triclinp will thus become sooner encystol.
These arc about tho only re1ncdfos that arc
Of known benefit at the prcsent time, and
Us the patient nlust suffer gront deal IN any
case, tho best thing to insnro freedom from the
disease is to cook all meat thoroughly before
eatlng.
Mr. Blood who attended tho lecture to gyo
his experience, was ono Of thirteen persons ly-
ing near 0riunoll, Iowa, who wero taken. Ill
about three months ugo, His wife and brother
died in about five weeks, and he has sister ut
home in helpless condition at tho present time.
1t ia difficult to toll whether she will recover or
not Alr. Blood has eo.ne pain still In hlg mus-
cles, but, rs ho was only lightly attacked, 1t IL
probable that he is now rapidly recovering.
pressed upon tho public is, that noat particu-
1arly pork, cannot possibly do harm II thorough
II cooked, but TINT trlchinm may pxist III a.,y
noat, and may therefore got into the system by
eating uncooked OF partly cooked flosh.
THE SOCIAL EVIL,
IN adjourned meeting Of the Boards OF Health
and Police was held yesterday afternoon for tho
purpose OF resuming tho consideration of tho
subject Of regulating tue social evil. 1t will bo
remembered tint tho mooting ono week ago nd
journcd in order to obtain an opinion from tho
Corporation Counsel as to tho authority of either