The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1874-02-26

f,niles counted the iatai ruyages of the nm
clean pofker upeLs tho unbelisYing Gentle
From, the shores, Of The genEf RhIneland Il
those OF sunnier France, tllroughout fht
length aud breadth OF fo9gy Britain, steatlily
advancing to the very heart Of modern civil,
cation. from the shores of New, England q
the banks of the Calumet, theiriancient mis-.
trust of the roofing hog was terribly yindi.
Gated. Piggy was at O discount and Cin-
cinnati in despair. For then the reck.
less stomach that received, the SIM
pie sausage frequently paid the Pc
nalty of its lust tor pig by becoming the I'M
conscious home OF millions OF lively para
sites, whose teuacity OF existence was only
equalled by the marvellous fecnndty with
which they increased and multiplied.
No good digestion waited then on appe-
lite, but indulgence in the juicy tenderloin
was but too often the prelude to fearful
sickness and Acquiring death.
TRIcnrN4E WAS THE wATCHwoRD OF ALARM
In everybody's mouth the fatal shibboleth
that SO generally caused nervous uneasiness
in the region of the stomach; the dreadful
spectre at mention Of which the vast com.
muuity of pork.eaters shiyered in diSmay.
And now, after period of years, when
the public mind has nearly recovered it's an
cient faith in pig, and INDUCES in chops and
tenderloins ad lsbitum, with keenest relish
and in serene repose, the foul fiend that will
not let us MUNICH our sausages in peace ap.
pears to wither our appetite and blight the
price OF pork BY making his rtentree in the
immediate vicinity Of Chicago.
DR.. Ernest Schmidt, at 287 State street, is
now treating two families who are despe.
ratcl! sick with this terrible disease, trchinn.
In these two homes are nine persons In all,
who are every enc suffering the agOnies of
this complaint, caused by eating sausages
made from what was believed to be pork in
prime condition, but which unfortunately
proved to be meat
FULL OF TuE PARASITES
that work within the human frame such ter
rlble and fatal results.
The Doctor has twelve different prepara-
tions Of different pieces Of pork taken from
the sausases the eating of which caused the
painful sickness of no less than nine persons
in the present instance and although it took
long and troublesome analysis 10 determine
the existence of trichina, yet when the re-
quired intensity of microscopic power was
procured, millions of living parasites were
at once discernible.
TIE particulars of the sufferers in this case
are as follows: At Amboy, about sixty miles
from this city, lives a man named Fritz
hrebl, . saloon-keeper. Three weeks ago
Mr. krehl bought
hog WEIGHING FOUR HUNDRED POUNDS,
which had all the appearance of being frs.
rate, fresh piece Of fine polk in prime condi-
ton. Had it not looked so tempting he
would not have bought it, rs he was not
generally in the habit of buying so much at
one time. t. i. a.'..
The purchase was made of farmer in the
vicinity. and good price paid for the car
casS. The pork was given to butcher in
the town with instructions to manufacture
sausages from it, and positive and explicit
orders were given that no other pork than
that bought by Krehl was to be used in the
making of the said sausages, as he wanted
| them for bis own use and for the use of his
relatives, and wished them to be particu-
larly nice.
THE SAUsAGES
| were made, but it is thought that the
! butcher did not adhere implicitly TO the
order, rs in the sausages, since being EXAM
| ined, have been detected pieces of beef also.
| The sausages were made and delivered, and
Mr.. krehls family and that OF his brother
| in-law, MIR. Schubert, partook Of them.
| The result was that the entire two families
| became dangerously sick. Krehl's family
consists of his wife and four children and a
young baby. All are. suffering ba dly except
| the infant. which has not yet left the breast.
Dir. SchubeIt's family consists Of four per-
sons.
On the 25th of last month the people be.
gan to be ailpg, and krehl, who is an unu-
sualy stout, powerful man, became so feeble
| in the legs and knees that he could scarcely
stand up. On the goth be came to Chicago,
| where he is doing business; and upon The ad.
| vice of luis friends, who were seriously
| alarmed for his life, he consented to obtain
| medical advice here. He
CONSULTED DE-. ERNEST SCHMIDT,
who at once told him that lie was suffering
from trichipa.
Krehl was incredulouS, and refused TO be-
licve it, but unwilingly replied to the Doc
tors questions, which, ellcitlnS answers
showing the full symptoms, only confirmed
| to a certainty the Doctors first opinion.
| DR.. Schmidt was in active practice i'll Ger
many all tLro Lgh the period OF the trich;na
epidemic in 1868, ana, having made this dis
ease an especial study, detected its existence
in krehl In an Instant. The Doctor says
g the man had not been in the room ten min
utes before l felt certain he was suffering
badly from trichina. Upon asking him the
necessary questions, found him hesitatine
and increduous, and unwilling to believe, Us
a large number Of people are, especially Ger
mans, in the probabilities of the disease.
told him to 20 home Immediately, and tc
send me some of the sausage that had beer
used.
THREE PIECES WERE SENT,
and they looked exceedingly tempting and
palatable, and certainly had all the appear
ances of being made of wholesome meat"
1t took the Doctor fully two days to prove
the existence. of parasites in the pork, anC
then only by the application of microscopic
analysis of unusually great power, and ht
found difficulty at first in procuring micro
scopic apparatus powerful enough for bis
purpose. That accomplished. however, the
trichina were plainly visible in millions.
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