, 1880-12-25
TR1CllINlE SPIRALES.
An Interesting Interview with One
Who Has Studied the
Parasites.
Tho Original stntns OF tho Hog Worm
still n Matter Of Doubt.
What One Hcg Did in a Small Town
In Europe.

every one who reads tho newspapers must
know, Cnicngo and one or two sllInll towns
III this v1cinage linyc been visited by wllat
might bo called tho trschinm plague III n
very mild sort Of wny. Not twenty cascs
In all werc reported but tho number was
moro tEnn sufficiently large to Induce med.
fcal men TO make fresh researches Regarding
tito terrible mnlady md to create not 1ttfu
alnrm and inquiry among citizens generally.
Inns been offered for solution. mid
"' M M Docs nnsro 'o fos s u n.or G,cNr ncnmo
~ "n1 e""to Ao"' o'ct peeunto
lists who havo investigated the subject
agree tl,at, whatever the origin OF trichitae
s,,ry @ to eyo .a i. captr tv rro, pu'i IN y its mus
cles whenever TINT member diets OFT rats and
mice. Tho rats and mlce obtain the Invisible
but deadly antmaculm BY eating snail IN.
sects, hut wbnt these insects nro M ma l,ns
yet hee'i aoIo 10 discover However, rs
hug becomes Infected with tsClihp fr0M
eating rats alld mice, the question naturally
nrisas why tlnrs mi n ft,,yj hernmo similarly
nfrrrte, on the sntur diet chickens and n,I,,r
fowls often eating mics with great rclis|,Y
trho ,no,rio,l ,,,o,. ~ ,r,r rr,s,,.,. ,,.ns ,in
.L, t;e ''."'ena nun ol i"h l"tlCSh was de'
tailed 10 Investigate the question yes
tcrtlay, anu lIo could find 10
ono better abto to post hin
u, the subject Of trlCslInfo In general
tllah 1T. Chuis'iat' fehEcf. 1hat gentleman
aitent1ea Two or tnrco OIL inc fcceht victims
to tho t!lsease ~ this city and next week Viii
sIhy dOg Wllleh he Inns bccll feeding IN tho
~ ~ w'e l., vulsa ns p'.,iea' 49,, .o es'i w.
lt4o "ve ~ w s!!olse'ea " Viz 1m1clpseope !or
uHpca'ce. .. - ~ ~ ni.u o,l snu ea.', u,
tnG noqr ~ nrllte IL aeathiy slcK; o9t u WI 9du
on r;l.t tl,e subject. @..., =, 90,
The Doctor M wns found yesterday IN the
91i.eo iae a. & ny reSltleies nt ~. iao Wgst In
tliana strcct. !io l!aa 1ust ieLt the dinner
# , sosia piss, teeii, md was ,liy![Ins
n.y. nttG'1Ilon DctWeeh iotr-tces.lollg
llne hsla Dr. 4. Spencer EoDD0lu,s great and
Sta'af! ~, Wofk oIi ~ ,nra;ss,t'es ~ which
plss9teI!y IN! reliably handled:
nel9re tNo relorter. atter ,maKlng Inc Oh
e G1 III hat Ia a soM o9H ~ SH Gn
shnpe Of pigs feet, on tho tlInilcr-table OF
the Doctor, ttlo latter volunteered tIo IN. II.
iormatio', tint lie never ate any meat TINT
had not oech -..-. ..............
TESTED WITH A MICROSCOPE.
prcSrncc Of tho uncertain pics' fect.
NWcij," sni,( tho Duct0r. Witun asked IL It
was possible for Il fowl 10 become affected
with trfrlIfnc Afbat IL u1tnktff,n ~ bfnh Inns
never @ hrr,, "n',,ci,,slve,~ ausw"rnd. fn,;o"I NJ
tic Enowictine Of trichlnn.' SwjnI. % to In,
fnct Of lis conparativejy recent discovery.
1 il far frum Ieillr thnroIiC]i. Tin IIrst cnsa
Of tricl,lnD diagnosed wis IN about tho year
1851; but nothing like y Eeneraf knowledge
| Ol ule AIM .!iseaso was obtained until about tho
ycar lSeo,Eonly twenty years ago. Slnce
that thug there, have been more than llnn-
dred a,a works or tal@rs on thc subject;
but these, Or ,he 2 experti.nents n'a!lu IL coil-
| to the utlgin Of trfchinp. We know that tic
hog gets tho disease by, eating rats and
mICc, but VIC do not know where the
rats mud -nltce ret, their supply,-very
| pr0bably from ilsests. but we don't
know Just what. insects. 1t ias been
almost satisfactorily SETTLED that oil carntv-
orols animals arc lable to tho affection. but
| 1t Is nlso certn1n thnt animals not of that
class iinyo bcon diseased With trlchin,p. For
Instance, n plkc-tish, caught In tho l,Nrbor OF
q 1lolln,ld town. was discovered To l!aye Its
flesh llnpregnatell with trfclinN,-ttlo re-
s,lit no doubt, Of tho fish having eaten OF tho
0!tui thrown Into the liarbor. 1t may or It
i 64s. all tk @ -