Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1874-03-19

1 A family living AT OTinbsii, LOWE, was
poisoned by tricbina some thirteen
weeks ago, and two OF the members sub
! seuuentiy died from the effects; yet that
| the poisoning was by trichina has just
been brought TO light by Chicago physi-
! clans.
Fourteen weeks ago the family Of L..
/ p. Blood, farmer dwelling near Grin
nell, comprised of thirteen members.
| two daughters-in.law and two grand
children included. All were well end Of
strong constitutions, such are bred on
1 the level lands of central Iowa Father
| and mother, Hulburt j., and wife, with
| Bertha and Lille has children, Wallace
and wife, Mary, Annie, Willie. Agnes
and Periey, these composed the healthy
and happy group.
1t so happened, unfortunately enough
that common article of family con-
| sumption was raw pork. A new crop
ofinyiting hams having been gathered
| by Mr. Blood, slices from these were
| freely eaten without being submitted 10
| crucibIe Of cooking. Shortly after the
! first indulgence, Mrs Blood and four Of
| the children were taken with violent
| diarrhea, cramps in the stomach, and
| subsequent vomiting. a doctor was
| summoned, and gave his medical opin-
! ion that the five had been poisoned by
| arsenic. Whence 1t came was beyond
| discovery. Relief was afforded partially,
| and the others went on eating the deadly
| meat, TO which suspicion was not attract
| Ell. Wallace, the second son, was the
next one stricken, and more severely.
| Two or three days later, and nine OF the
thirteen were ailing, some more than
others. At this Juncture the eldest son
Hulburt, came home with his wife and
two children, from Augusta, Kan. to
take care Of the sick. The doctor was still
| Of the opinion that arsenic had somehow
crept into the cooking and thence into
the stomachs OF the patients. All of
them continued to have violent pains
and diarrhoea and weakness WAS ineyit.
ably the result, After an illness OF five
weeks Allie, the wife Of Wallace, died.
She was worn cut with pain, having
suffered intensely. No direct cause
could be found for her death, yet no ex-
| animation was made, or thought neces-
sary. Two weeks ago last Saturday
Willie, a lad oftweive years, died. He
did not seem 10 suffer SO much as the
other, but grew weaker day by day till
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bruised, all over his body, and could not
bear to be touched or moved. No ex-
animation was made either in his case,
and still the raw pork had not been sus>
pected.
But one day Mr.. Blood, who was able
to be about, carried a ham to his son
Hulburt. A portion of it was eaten, and
almost immediately there were four more
patients. The doctor now had his atten-
ton pointed to the pork. and at once
charged upon 1t all the previous troubles
of the family. TO make certain, four or
five pounds of it were sent, nearly two
this city. who no sooner placed it be-
meath his powerful microscope. than Ii
presented most hideous spectacle of
life, and one which there was no mistak-
Ing e Instantly wrote the Iowa doc
tor that there was no doubt about the
case, md instructed him as to the best
known remedies for the dreaded disease.
On Monday last, Wallace Blood, ac-
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Wallace had been suffering nearly thir-'
weeks with the cramps and diarrhea,
and gradually becoming weaker, though
his splendid constitution yielded but
ing the nature Of his malady, to place
himsefin the hands OF DR.. Allen for
treatment. His brother, who has had
but slight attack, came TO take care Of
him. Arriving in town. they stopped at
the Grand Central. DIR. Adatas called DR..
Justin Hayes, to consult with him, the
case being an important one, and the dis
ease one that has thus far bafiled the
medical men 10 great degree. The
young man has good appetite and rnd
| dy color; but he Is without spirit, and
| there Is the internal warfare forever wag-
ing his life away. His entire body Is
sore, and white swellings appear on the
muscular parts. The doctors cay that
his case IL of the severest form, and they
doubt If he can ever regain his former
health. though he may live many years.
The cramps are always liable to come on,
and from these he will be most liable 70
suffer sudden death.
MIR. Blood informed the reporter on
last evening that his sister Annie, aged
10 years was dying, and he did not ex-
| poet 70 find her alive when he reached
home. The ether members ofth sadly
stricken family are not recovered, but
are considered out of danger. The symp-
toms In all the cases are similar i'm char
acter though not like in degree.
The trichna were found in the fat quite
as numerously as in the lean meat
though the contrary has commonly been
supposed. The case has been presented
by DIR. Adams to the medical college