Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1876-01-13
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EDGAR BNowDEN.
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MANS MICROSCOPIC ENEMIES.

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MANS MICROSCOPIC ENEMIES.
4 recently published paper by Professor L.
y. Piper says: The name ''trichina spirails'
colues from two Greek words, signifying hair
and curled, abiding to the hair.like form of
the animal and the curled position which it as
sumes in the cells in which it is found in the
muscular system The male worm measures
only the onc twentieth of an inch in length.
The female is a little logger. 1t was discover
ed by Professor Owen 10 portion OF human
muscle sent to him from St. Bartholomew's
hospital in 1884.
Ia a few hours alter the diseased meat is
.aken into the stomach, trlchlna separated
srom it are found free 10 that orgao Thence
zhey pass iuto the duodenum, and afterward
1uto the small intestine, where they are devel-
uped. On the third or fourth day eggs are
discovered, these eggs being alive, as We have
found to be the case in other analogous larvae
of which We have specimens. From the lntes
tines and other cavities where the young are
iirst produced they penetrate into the substance
of the muscles, where sometimes as early as
three DAYS after the diseased meat is taken into
numbers, aud so far developed that the young
eptozoa haye almost attained size equal to
that Of the full grown trichiLa. They pro-
excessively advance into the interior OF the
small bundles of muscular fibre, where they
NAV be often seen several 10 file, one after
the other. Behind them the muscular tissue
becomes atrophied, that is hardened, aud around
them an irritation is set up which ends 10 pre-
curing cyst 10 about Two weeks Thus it will
be seen that the whole muscular system is tille
with these parasites each Que the central polat
of Inflammation, aud of course OF terrible sut-
toring, uutil the friendly hand Of death closes
The scene.
Iness cases. we think, must be more frequent
than is generally supposed, trom our having
30 naby brought to our uotice within short
,ime, and this fact would be good reason for
giving up swine's flesh as an article OF food.
But there is a sure preventive tor all this.
Thorough cooking will render pork absolutely
.rce from aoy injurious effects 10 this dlrecuoo.
II we give up swine flesh tor the reason that
it ccotains eutozoa We shall be obliged for the
same reason to discard ali animal food. Oae
of the same family which We have mentioned
as causing sickness among the Egyptians is of
1reQueut occurrence among cattle, sheep aud
horses, the hare, the rabbit, etc. Another
species is toS nd in the liver of the salmon, in
the ameDtary canal OF the pike and perch, aud
also many species intest the teathered tribes.
We ought perhaps to say that although the
careful smoking of pork, is said to kill the til
calr:e, it is uever safe, in our opinion, to eat
pork which is not thoroughly cooked.
ADVENTURES OF A Pocket Book. The
T..sEiugtop Star of Tuesday, in audiog to
an article it had copied from the Gazette last
Friday, with reference to the finding OF
oocketrook BY seue hauers in Hunting creek,
says:
Not macy days before Washngtonian
had missed his pocket book, containing about
s3Gat amount of money, and, supposlDg he had
dropped it u water closet he had been IN,
no lar from the Ebbtt house, went back TO
look fvr it, but did not hud it. A friend who
red the Star item said why, -, this
must be you- pocket.boo The loser weDt to
Alexandria and identified the pocket-book as
his. 1t appears that wheo he went to the
Sa,er. closet to look for his pocket-bok he had
reason to suspect chamherlnald had found it,
aud when she knew search was being made tor
it, dropped it in the sink. The question is
whether that pocket-bo book went down the sewer
iuto the Potomac, and FROM thence to the
poiut below Alexandria where it was hauled
up. If so, it speaks well for the efficiency of
our sewerage. But whether the missing pock-
ct book went by the upper or underground
passage, the facts are as here stated.
Mss MANSFIELD $ DlAMoNDs.-T New
YORK correspondent of the Washington Capt.
tai. says
You may be Interested to know, that the
diamouds Of Josephine NJ 4osGell were not al
owed to shine unseen GU New Years day, al
though they were not woru by the sumptuous
beauty whom they originally adorned. A Ger
t4u aged Dives Of this city has the necklace of
the heroine of the Flske rex me 10 his posses
slou, having advanced Sl3 600 cn the splendid
stones to the speculative Miss Mansfield. For
this occasion only he is said to have let the
dlamonds to certain lady Of this city on con.
slderatiou cf fifty dollars for their use. Few of
those who visited the mausion whose mistress
the diamonds adorned would have imagined
that the sparkling oirclet she wore about her
occk was the gilt OF the late gallant Coooel of
the Ninth to the Queenly beauty whose fatal
smile shed its light over that rose. strewn path
which led to ruin and death. 10 be privileged
TO wear circet imprisouing all these memo
reS for fifty dollars only is not dear.
A WORD ABOUT MARRIAGE. "A physician
writes the following sensible advice: My pro-
tesslon has throwo me among women of all
classes, aud my experience teaches me that
God never gave mao greater proof OF his
love than to place woman here with him. My
advice is: Go, propose to the most sensible
elrl you know. If she says yes, tell her how
much your income is, from what source de-
rived, aud tell her you will divide the last shil-
lug with her, aud love her with all your heart
10 the bargain. And then keep your promise.
My word for it, she will live within your in-
eome, aud to your last hour you will regret
that you did not marry soooer. Gentlemen,
don t worry about feminine extravaganza and
love her sincerely, aud throw it up to her fire.
queuty, and more fond, faithful, foolish
slave you will never meet anywhere. You
won't deserve her I know hut she will never