The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-11-23
TRTCHTNE.
resting Facts About the Dis
ease

resting Facts About the Dis
ease
seoAsist of q male and female.
ture the male IS about one
j q an inch long by one-six-
of an inch IN thickness the
st least twice this length and
The eggs measure about
an .nch IN diameter, and each
AOr : SO small, contains from
R,A va. These, after fertiliza-
SIX 81 eight days of CESSATION,
io--. INTO embryos, which,
lad within the intestines of
q. commence at once their mi
Finding Their way through the
iz.g =, they travel on until they
agE elves IN OF between the
. SINE OF the muscles There
ists spiral fDrm, and become
surrounded by a calcareous
>t. when incysted, if left alone,
- change into so many specks
at, ii ingested into the body
4is4.I, they burst out and infest
%o1R. The sac has an ovoid or
Ike Sape, and Is visible some
10 t7s naked eye as whitish or
ulusGas mostly affected are diff
F2fstad by the various authors !;
enerally, the insects migrate to
lsslcs Of the back, the chest, neck
mbs, also to the muscles of the
I a-& throat. For examination
Ire, the muscular tissue of the
pGEs oi the tongue is preferable /;
ns.rt IS obtaiued, ana, when placed
ts0 lens OF the microscope, the
nay De seen.
IS especially liable to trichi-
. aT have also been found in
-haaB, coz, cat, mole, pigeon,
~. some assert, in the OK. Ex-
r, by feeding the animals
I'd Iacat, they have been
led to the rabbit, guinea pig,
s~lar1rca.
IS death follows, but it Is as
awiA-la disturbance of health
q large uUmber of instances.
ss g. movements and hoarseness
lice show the affection IN the
large Uumber Of cases. Much
go, however, they appear to be,
=l rs GOOD condition rs 9th
..., .E.5 SO directed. The number
..s g L. ,ae muscles of an animal
-s sr--.se As many sss 10, 600
So On found IL a cubic inch
Irgf. Dalton estimates
....- ~ them in a human subject
- b ls cubic inch, and Prot.
: iii in 81 piece OF a human mus
,-s -..l-.l a. IA inch square and
- II .. lgch thick twenty-nine
- .-- ewing g little over 208,
- - cable inch, and LOCO, 900 to
81 iii may exist IN a single
aelording to examinations
& cases. 1t IS said that
-l-eo may be present IN half
# H.eat 20 give birth in n few
-, u-aaI numbering over 80, 000,-
NOT Uutn 1860 that the morbid
tag parasite, when inhabiting
81 man, Wers distinctly recog-
slt-a., u Dresden, then found
FIJI -au and sausages eaten by
- ted ID the insects, Wunder-
a cases IN Leipsic in 1862,
= persons died from this cause
.- E---r in PIowen, in Saxony. In
.-..- .-J the most startling exam
disease III town IN Prussia,
t.Jt. Ot1O3 persons there
aer on a festive occasion,
and eighty others were for
g. Hary Ill. 4 part Of their din
SISTED Of saIjsages smoked and
but not cooked. Some Of the
p. .- ~eTe examined, and found
. -as-ug with trichine. The
-.. ..y,l.a lined to lie the case with
...s uL those who had eat0n of
.aa that occurrence q number
y. sdces have been reported
. t-rHany. In another vii
SIS Eadarsiebcn, Of 1000 in
9) we're affected, of whom
G.-L- AL OF those affected
sis. rlY or but slightly cooked
.s y ham or sausage.
rascs Of trichinoSis recorded
- . were seen by Dr.. Schuetler,
o.. York, in 1861 About the same
G. Fos5, OF the same city, saw
IS So affected on q steamer
span. Afterward cases were
~. rom various parts Of the ooun-
- number Of cases occurred IN
-.
mob forget to have your meats well
e4 before, eating them, for, by SO
2, -yu uGod never fear to become
4-a If trichin@.-Dr. LGgOs-i, Of
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