The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1874-02-26
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THE TRICHTHA


Is a cylindricAl, mlnutsly riuyed werm.
found in the musceof flesh of c.rtsix
kinds, either free as worms or confned
In sacks or cysts OF a whitlsh coor, of "a
eiiiipticalferm,and almost transparent in
the larger mart. They were first diScoy-
cred in 1882, but first desc jhcd hv Pro-.
tess"r Rc1ard Over in 1885 Fran ts
minutes slender and cooled form be named
1T 'richna spirais. Both the cyst and
he worm in its v,rious stages are fully
pictured on the chart.
When the trichina has gone into the
cyst 1t will rcR,ain therein for an Indef-
mite period. But Wheni yer the flesh coz.
talning these cysts is eaten by any ven
teDfate animal, the gastric jules, or huid.
dlssolves the cyst and the rrichtns Is SCI,
Tree. Trichinea have been proven to be
alive after being enjoys Ell in masce thin
teen and half years. -, t..
IN CUBIC INCH OF NAM.
In 'ome Gases, there are o. these worms
IS 900! After the gastric fluid has di.-
solved the cyst, the young are produced
in the liVsrg form, single trichna Civ
ing birth t" several hundred young. And
rs soon as the the young are born they
make their way to all parts of the body
Of the animal in which they are, at least
t. al tue voluntary muscles. Bat they
nsVer multiply in the muscles. But they
pever multiply in tue musctes. IL has
been estlmal Ell tina; single ounce Of
m at may contain tricbina enough 10
produce in eight DAYS 100000 yoangs
TUE BATTING OF PORK
has caused ne intrOductia stthe tricbi
na lnt" the human system IN nearly all,lf
mot absolutely all, cases. The fret au
thenti Gated deaths from this source oc
Toured in 1915, til ugh the case Was not
at that time known; but in the case of
one OF the survivors, during q surgical
! operation in 1868 his flesh was faung
Eolted With the edcysted trichiaea- A.
! HiIlstadt 103 persons partook of dinner
nj a festival wfere sausage was one of
the courses. Of theae, eighty three died
within few weeks. The symptoms
we're irritation and pain in the bowels,
loss Of appetite and prostitution These
were followed by dfarrhea, aysentery and
fever, then perltnnltis pueunl nla and
paralysis of lie abdominal, intercDsbal aud
mack muscles. After eSarching for every
kind OF poison, the microscope revealed
the fact that the sausage swarmei with
/ trichlna, as did also the muscle which
was examined of one o. the victims.
AT HendersIaben, 500 persons parsook
of pork which tile microscope afterwards
Shaved to he trchinous, and soon 100
of these died III. y aste 43at
The Willard Hotel disease in Wash
iugton, which was the wonder of the
land some years ago, was with scarce x
d uef. caused by trichina.
AT this moment there are nearly =
dozen fearful cases at Aurora, Iud. .~.. RS
! ass THOROUGH. COOKING or THE MGAT z
is the only preventive, and a preventive
| is What we want, as there is no cu9k.
When they enter the SYSTEM it is simply
Ia question of endurance, AZ they eat the
nascle, and unless the patient with nour
Iishing t0ed can make muscle faster THAI
thee fellows eat it, be must auccun1b.
FnsHeat ut the Boiling peiat. or 212 de
grees, ~iIl always kill them- Bus- rs
thorough cooking will not be likely to-
prevail, 1t will doubtless become neces
sary to apnoint microscopic inspectors nf
pork, who shall inspect every animal
slaughtered for food This .ha. been
done In cities of the Old World. trust
the time is not far distant when We
shall inaugurate this sanitary precausion
and in this, as, IA 80 many aother cases,
allow the microscope TO work out tic
best interests of the humrn raee.