Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-12-28

The Horrible HOg.
Another horrible Csc OF 'rIo lluos's sp'r'l7
the I'd wiihiu week which has occuf''u
!, C,ic,yo, vss brought to motto! last Iuesday.
The vic ims ere H. &. Hansen. con'rao or
and his sife, Who with their three chiIurso'
reside on North Ashland aveoue. va oa'ur-
dsv N9veu b., 81. they bough' ioa ou'onrr
snon On Mi w.ukeu avsIus I'M !ked atu sugar
cnrrd ham w.. hug abJu hinr aDd opr ha
n md. O the Sadly cVeulnp t'l'o"log thry
cn,uu a Dor ion OF the ham Into ihln s''ceS aou
sts i ui,h bread and tu,er MIR. Hsns2n ate
Fam 70 fur ouuc.s willie bis Vile ate
ohou, two oupc al otierelt lL's Ihelr
childreo also atc a por,l ot he I'm
o. Monday moTuiog MIR Hsps~n went ou'
Ann alteLd d To bis bUs,nt ss a. usua!. DC l. IL
psin 10 his stomach durlng ths stt%rnoop' oul
afi er taking dlink OF brandy he lei! reviewed.
| Ol Tuetd ~ siteIuoIu a. CLOCK he Was again
taken WITH severe pains 10 inc same leg %.
! Ga the 6uh day st,er eaupg the Nam ne WAS
uusbe to work his bowels moved WIN eat
r., ,noepcy. sod b, f ally scot for DR.. y. feo-
Ger Mrs, Hans9u had the same sym ptoms as
her hu.bsud, but the disease developed mucn
more sIowy This is accouoted for by the tac:
,het che nsrtook OF less Of tho tIlchlut uj ham.
| The doctor, who was familiar vi tho disease
nrndn.rd by lrictrG. haVlu2 made sp clal
stncv oi this u ieo, 10 the University OF Co-
r.oHsyen ksd hem if they had eaten any
nncnCkad or raw meat. No: c,oslderlog
sm krd ham as raw meat, they denied having
ea,en auy, BE was pUzz ,led someWhaf, reoog
piziog sympt, ms # lhs prtSen OF 'rlon't e;
He insisted that they uus nave eaten oncooSeu
meat. They ioId their rtl.tlVes OF his suspl-
oiops. aud iual the q1csllon vas put ~hether
,bau had eaten any smoked ham. This they
ro.d1, admitted, and the doc or. procurlog
fsw niecAs q, the ham. III cted it 70 Moro
soopicsl analysis. La one piece, Welsoiog ,ess
Than an ounce, be t'sc 'Vered DOT less 'nao
fifteen thousand nl,hIitH ms pso'a tne
c,use of the sick less OF Mr.. 1anscn ana us
wif, beyond doubt. ,r
relative, where they were made as comtoi ,el;
90 nns i5,e Sronz lquDr and nourlshlog foo
were. prfasrlbed Yesterday Mr Hasssn
unIs, WAS 81 aud his ,eUperrure 9'5 During
the dsy his pulss fell as low as 81, while lis
temnera,ure wept up as high as 1929. tie SUI
fer,d terrible pal o about he ssomso' ana later
when ,he trich, 90 had made luther progress, 10
he mu-cl OF tho arms a6d legs HIS tempera
l,nre 6lo,usted rapidy all day and night.
At half psst seven u'oIock IN the evening" ne
vas utterly prostratad with nalo, aud bis death
wss monentsriy eXpec'ed Early o. K morGlog
morphioe was dmlnistered, aud his suterlngs
were temporarily relieved. That day, aithoush
still YER, weak aod 10 critical coDoltlon' ne
seemed 10 b. resliog easier.
The symp ptoms of bis site's illness were nearly
the SAM, bu much aggravated. She, like
her husband, was troubled With vomiting
mains, first 10 The uit of The stomach and later
in the muscular tissues. % Sqed4y evening
at i've o'cIock her pulse WAS l3O and her TEN
pera,ure 1881, but she then had no pain and
: reit bright. 40 nouc later her hands ADD feel
became ood. her pulse was l26 and her ten
n,rs,ure 1881. So c,nvinced was she that bel
. end w,s q. ar that she bads good bye to bel
friends. She beosm better, however although
J stiIl in pres, pain. As the disease progressed
the most marked SYMPTOMS were coustan
g desire to vomit and Ictua,ion OF the pulse an(
temperature.
= AT one O'Clock yesterday morning au ibi O.
ton of morDhipe was aduus' cred with sat5
u fac o-y results, her pulls and temperature oe
ug re iuced nearly to uorUaI clnd'tlon. Int
- muscular pain set 10 at six o'clock at night
She did not sleep at all u0tll next forenoon
when her ,ndltlou wss more hopeful, 90
her friauds were beginning to thluk that sh
J. | would survive a reporter visited the sci
. room snd found the sutf ,rers pa'e, emaclaLs
ID and scarcely soe 10 speak. The three children
,d all ri l., ranging from Two 70 !ou Teen ye,ls
-. lsge, we not yet shown any Symptoms o
ns iiichir 20. although they ate OF tha same hsm
'g their parents :,
ot Three members of the italian family on Yves
~ Randolph street, made sick by eating raw hal
sausage containing tichi! 70 are sill pr ,strstet
30 and Obliged to keep their beds. Louise fsiingn
ul the mo,her-now widow, her hueoand hsVin
,s succumbad 10 the terrible diseaae-les very net
the point of death. Mary, eleven years o.. o. sg
and Lena, six years are III the same condition
- wasting away and losing strength ev-ry h3u
, Johnnie eight years of nge, is little batter 81
j., able to sit up. Dr. Tom cken, who IS In
tendance, has hopes of the little fellows reco
cry, bat c.r not of,r any encouragement r
gardng the rest of the family.
:. The characteristics of the sitk less are loss
re- e .sh, the form dWnding to sxeleton IN shc
- Ilu g. Th ID follow psiis through the musc'
~ snd sbdomen, seeming to waN the very o@n
TO- extreme trr:t &c ;ompsned by lcss OF slice
7s' and hour after hour pssses in tever;sh resse:
\, ness. Alb v, all the patients btc me- so We
~, that they canr OF turn in bed. Finally the
10 petite is gone, and then recovery is next TO II
viu possible.