, 1881-03-16
Trtc1linm md Trirllitloala III franc,

'Trtclai,m nN.l I'rirllihoAls III France.
The Pnrls Academy OF Nfcdlcnl Sciencn
held meeting Feb. Il, 1851, and, after stormy
hchato. cnmo TO tho conclusion that tho Ese Of
hoy- ncnts, eE,enthlIy Of tho American prMli1ota.
~ food fur huu,nn beings SHOULD lie condemned.
An rtllet TIL tho pRrt Of Tho French Government
prohibiting the importation Of Amcrlcun hug.
prottsicts was tho consequence. Hut tho cx-
ctcsurnt ot this subject created by the sudden
appearance OF trich!nusfs IN Crcspy eli VnlDfa
soon subsItlc,!. anil TN tho I'd Of February tho
saino AentlnmF ha,l nnothur session. during
which three papers wcro rcnd by eminent
French physicians. which were Numerically
opposed to tho conclusions 30 hurrlu-
~ a1id abruptly arrived Mt by tho
Acnscn,y OIL tho nth of February.
Prof. Collin, number 0f tho Academy, nltth0r Uf
ti,c tirst pnper, spoke substantially M follows:
~ Does tho sailing Ut pnrk destroy tho trcil1np
contained thurc!nf e. Is tlioro my process
hnuwr by which trichinn cAf1 ho destroyed lilo
answered 10th questions In tho affirmative.
s,attns thut by careful snttinR anu tllorostEll
cooking nr t1e sl,ent tho trichlnsu wore destroyed.
IN h[S opinion tllc uso uf AnGrica1, o1 rrotlticts
imported to Fruncc WINS harmless, bccRllsG tho
excellent saitln9 md tho loug transportation
und general delay nuforo they wore sold 10 eotl-
sumers utstroyest thu trictIltnr.
The second paper was rcnd by Or. DRvnre,
,,lso n member uf tho Academy, whu sl!d TINT
chlsosts speciality. and that during this time
mt Il sl,lgio casp at tho dsuhsc, caused by
Aincrfeun iHcnts, lau como Under his Ob3ervn-
tfon. Trtchiuosia was 50 seldom III Fra1lco that
iii tho City nF l'Ar!s more tnen wcro killed. BY tho
falling Of II brick from tic top ri II house thau by
TINT drcl.tliul d'sonsc. lie plainly nsscrtcd Tint
tho heR!th Ut Frnncc tlI&l mt suffer III tho lpust
by tho Importation of American meats. uni that
tho Government had lnsttlo serious n.stnEe by
tho hnsty issuance ut tta ctIlut prohibiting tho
imnOrtnt[on ut American hoy. products, beentsc
tho lower cinsscs were deprived of n portion or
their daily food.
Tho third pnper was written by DR.. valltn,
Secretary Of tho l;oRrl Of Health Of tho City Of
Paris, Ntitl It demonstrates thut all cnses or
triehtnusls 30 fur obscrvcd III Franco were
cascd by French upu- products. aud that tue
American article wns ot,tfroiy harmless.
During tho Following debMtc, DR.. Collin sH!d
that III the ycar 1880 th1rty-nnu million kiln-
grams af American hog -tneuts wcrc Imported
Into Frame. untl, as It WIS Ccnarally suppnsed
that nf 100 Kilograms Of t,0 American hog- prt,l
ucts eight Kilograms contained trlohinr. !; ta(, :
0u1 Kilograms Of trlchn{S- holding hog.meats
ht1tl bccn consumed in rtanco, but ho Ind not
observed Ii ango case Of tr!chlnosls which could
| bu nscsIbu.l to tho use Of Auloroan nlnnts.
| Dr. Gncrlit.' nlso Il number Of tho Acai1cmy,
| snll that tho Government deserved severe cotl-
t1emnatIon for oauslng by It's cdlot Of prohibition
| unnecessary fcar anu apprehension ntnDn9 tho
people. With much emphnsis he stuffed that the
| usp Of imported AmGrIGun meats WIS neither
Injurious TO tho henitt nor tho llfo Of tho French
people.
Ii unton Medical, published ut Paris by Frcuch
| physicians and medical scientists. says elltu.
| llAlly In Its Issue Ut Feb. ~:
During tho short spnce Of eight laya It has
| becunle t.lUnr to tho Ac4demy Ut hctlcal Ssl'
oilues thAt thU trlchln,b aud Irchtuosis 1nestips
| hns nnt erRuru thnrnugh chnnKe. Three 0l
| Dur most nUttsd sClon tlata on this auhtect-yIz.
1>r. Collin, nur auth0rlty OF 70 nlnny questions
this partie,l9!r ss!Hj94t stands aloye .ai
Hoard Ut EieatEi, wh0 nus made trsehl
nDsts a spectAlty-havu 1In1tcdly tlcclnrol thAt
saltcd hog nlt.rtst us they arc Imported from
Amurlcal. hre not ln1url0uH tn tho hcalth Of tho
conau,aor. After twenty Years; tr'ohlnpats by
Crespy en- Valois and Il was eauacl By thu cut
Ing .lf fresh pork slaughtered III FrMncc. Fur.
thcrmorp, III. f1uillard. wh0 ts nn Gnl!nbnt nu.
thbrlty, hna stated tint tunby Ul thoS1 WIN diet
whilo trcllinusls prctnftcl 1T Crespy on Vnios
!ltol of typhus: Whit foundation In there. then
for such rigid otllot ns tto "no prohlh!tsnX tho
importation ut Amrrloan loK-rluAta2 Why wills
thu Hoard Of Health not consulted 0nfort
1t wAs issllch? Why hna not n commission vt OK
parts been appointed to investigate tho ren
atnto of factst Why tas the Government rpr.
ln!ttpd itsclf to 10 driven ntn, ram. .s-!lor by
| u set or pcDplu who ito not unaUrstn1u anything
shout tho subject tnattcr2
i II should bo stRted hero that another Froncl
authority, the Fntnco lfcdicdle, also dunouucoz
tho incollslcrate Anl hasty autlon Ut tho Frcncl
Government.
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