The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1874-03-14
From the Chicago Times.
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A family living at Grinnell, Iowa,
teen weeks ago. and two of the mem
bers subsequently died from the ef-
fects; yet that the poisoning was BY
! trichina has just been brought to light
by Chicago physicians. The facts in
| this singular case are of no little in.
terest. and are now given as told to
! The Times reporter by one of the
sufferers, who departed for his home
| last evening. a 5
Fourteen weeks ago the family of
| Il. +. Blood, farmer dwelling near
Grinnell, comprised thirteen men,
bers, two daughters-in-law and two
grand children included. All
| were we'll and of strong constitutions,
| such as are bred on the level lands of
central Iowa. Father and mother.
Hulburt j., and wife, with Bertha
| and Lille his children. Wallsce and
wife, Mary, Annie, Willie, Agnes, and
Perley, these composed the healthy
and happy group. n - }att
1t 50 happened, unfortunately
| enough, that a common article OF fami-
ly consumption was raw pork. A new
crop of inviting hams having been
gathered by Mr.. Blood; slices from
. these were freely eaten without being
submitted to the crueible Of cooking.
Shortly after the frat indulgence,
Mrs. Blood and four of the children
were taken with violent diarrhGa,
cramps in the stomach, and subse-
,, quent vomiting. A doctor was sum-
moned, and gave his medical opinion
that the five had been poisoned by ar
senic. Whence it came was beyond
discovery. Relief was afforded par
TALLY, and the others went on eating
the deadly meat, to which suspicion
was not attracted. Wallace, the se-
cond 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, Kansas, 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 diarrhGa, and
| weakness was inevitably the result.
| After an illness of Eve weeks Allie,
the wife of Wallace, died. She was
| worn out with pain, having suffered
! intensely. No direct cause could be
found for her death, yet no examina-
| tion was made, or thought necessary.
| Two weeks ago last Saturday, Willie,
lad Of II years, died. He did not
seem to suffer SO much as the others.
but grew weaker day by day till death
| came to him. He was sore, as if bruis-
| ed, 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
| suspected.
But one day Mr.. Blood, who was
able to be about, carried ham to
Hulburt A portion of it was eaten,
| and almost Immediately there were
four more patients. The doctor now
had his attention pointed to the pork,
and at once charged upon it all the
previous troubles of the family. To
make certain, four or five pounds of
it were sent nearly two weeks since,
to DIR. j. Adams Allen, of this city,
who no sooner placed it beneath his
powerful microscope, than it present.
ed most hideous spectacle of life,
and one which there was no mistaking.
He instantly wrote the Iowa doctor
that there was no mistake about the
case, and instructed him as to the best
known remedies for the dreaded dis
ease Tos H fHr u taa l
On Monday last, Wallace Blood,
accompanied by Hulburt, reached
Chicago. Wallace had been suffering
nearly thirteen weeks with the cramps
and diarrhea, and gradually becom-
! ing weaker, though his splendid con-
stitution yielded but slowly to disease
He decided, ON learning the nature of
the malady, to place himself in the
hands of DR.. Allen for treatment.
His brother, who had but q slight at
tack, came to take care of him. Ar
irving in town they stopped at the
Grand Central. DR.. Adams called
DIR. Justin Hayes to consult with him,
the case being an important one, and
the disease one that has thus far baf-
fed the medical men to a great de-
gree. The young man has a good ap-
petite and ruddy color; but he is with
out spirit, and there is the internal
warfare forever wasting his life away.
His entire body is sore, and sweilings
appear on the muscular parts. The
doctors say that his case is of the Sc
verest 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 to suffer
sudden death. z baa
Mr.. Blood informed the reporter on
last evening that his sister Annie.
aged 10 was dying. and did not expect
to find her alive when he reached
home. The other members of the
sadly stricken family arc not recover
ed, but are considered out of danger.
The symptoms in all the cases were
similar in character though not in like
degree.
The trichine were found in the fat
quite as numerously as in theslean
meat, though the contrary has CON-
monty been supposed. The case has
been presented by DR.. Adams to the
medical college with which he is con-
nected as one of the most remarkable
Of its class.
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