The Osceola times., 1881-02-12
MORE ABOUT TRICHlNAE.
Whnt Microscope shows Tho Young
Wigl,ier- DO the Mischief


Mention was made some davs AGO of
/ the fact that James Palughi, Of No. 50
| Randolph street, hIs wife audhis children
| had eaten some uucookCd ham sdusagc-
| the sort generally used in Europe. and
common on the beer saloon lunch routes
in the country which was supposed o.
| be infected with trichinN. The Old fruit
yender fingered along until Tuesday af-
| tcrnJOn about five o'clock, when he
brcathed his last. He was consciou, 10
within three hours of his death, realized
his tate and implored his brother in-law
to care for his family after he was gone.
His breath came shorter and he died at
last like q tired man dozin. of into a
sleep.
DR.. Tomboeken, the attending phvsi-
clan, cut off some small portions Of the
upper arm and thigh, and later on during
the day subjected them to microscopical
examination. a Tribune reporter called
upon him last evening and found him
resting from his labors and ready to ex-
hibit what he had discovered Cutting
| off n very small portion of the dead flesh
"a mere spec-he placed it on Il glass
slide, moisteued it very slightly, placed
another piece of glass over the speck and
| pressed the two pieces together, causing
the speck TO spread ont between the two
smooth surfaces. He then placed the
slides under a powerful microscope, ad-
justed the screws and arranged the light,
and told the reporter to look The sight
WAS not as horrible as might have been
| imagined. A microscopic would call il
beautiful. Two Of the wigglers each
magnitied until it appeared about half an
! inch long-nere seen linked or grouped
| together. The slides were then moved
tritle, and single wigger came under
the eye. Successive movings revealed
the presence of three more, which had
evidently been in favor of going it
alone instead Of doubling up after the
manner Of the group just referred to. in
this mere speck Of human flesh, barely
the size Of u pin-head, were found no less
than six of these minute but busy
| burers.
Each appeared in half curled up form,
distinguished by series of cross marks
which served to make him trine better
looking than he might have been with
out this ringed and cross-streaked APP
pearanCe. Further examination have
shown more, but it was apparent that the
piece of flesh was fairly swarming with
the brood, and looking at il a week long
er wouldn't have made the thought any
more horrible. The doctor had readily
observed one popularity in the grouped
worms Of which his visitor was ignorant,
but upon which tie microscopic pro-
ceedei to elighten him.
This group" said he, "as you will see,
has no capsule surrounding it, After the
worms become few months old they
are incloScd in a capsule or sac. They
have not formed their CAPSULES. They
are, therefore, new or young worms. An
ignorant man might say that Palughi
had eaten these worms 20 years ago, and
claim that they were old trichinH. But
the fact that they are not inclOscd in
capsules shows that they are young. and
that the meat containing them was very
recently eaten"
As the doctor had said, the group was
not inclosed in a capsule. The two
worms simply twined themselves about
each other, but hadn't yet grown to the
dignity of being provided with sac to
lie in.
'What is your method Of treatment
for the disease" queried the reporter.
There is no autidote for ii ~ replied
the doctor. "All one can do isto palliatc
the patients suffering till the worms
| settle rs we say, when the trouble
ceases Imagine = mans flesh pierced
! by myriads Of these minute worms. The
muscles are incapable of performing
their functions, and, when the muscles
of respiration are affected, they too must
suffer, until respiration is finally sus-
pended, and of course the patient dies
Prom what YOU have seen of trichi-
nosis Doctor, what would you advise the
public to do?'
1T is safest, of course, not TO eat pork
at all. But less severe rule may, with
safety, be adopted. Ham Of this trichi-
nosis nature always looks right-neyer
'measly,' or any thing of that sort. Now,
the rule is simply never TO eat pork in
any form which has not been well
cooked. \ temperature of 1907 Fab.
will destroy them-22' less than the
point at which water boils. In short, if
ham is thoroughly boiled or fried to a
crisp it will destroy these parasites and
make the food fit for the human
stomach"
As the interview drew to close, the
reporter asked the Doctor how the rest
of the family were doing. and was told
that the mothers condition was quite
precarious, but that he had hopes of
bringing the children through. the latter
having somewhat recovered the use Of
their limbs.