The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1881-03-09
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Trichina.
an Antonio E'rpress.

+. J. Hamer, OF Kerr county, VINO
nursed the Rossberg family, at Kerr
vile, in their afliction with trichlna.
Mr.. Hamer gave the reporter inter
esting statements concerning the
afflicted family, upon which The fol-
lowing account OF their case Is based ::
The RoSsberg family were making
sausage on the End OF November,
and while making the sausage the
head OF the family, August RossbeTg
their daughter, Emily, aged eleve &
Lima, sged six, Charley, aged twelve
and Gus, aged about five, ate OF the
raw meat. The only member Of the
family which did not eat OF the meat
was child year and a half old.
The child slept while the sausage
WAS being made, and for this reason,
probably, did not eat. a friend Of
the family, by the name o: Ecsktein,
also ate small quantity OF the meat.
About four days after they had eaten
the meat, Rossberg and bis daughter
Lima, both OF whom are now dead
and in their graves, complained OF
pains in their arms and legs and
stomach.
Two days after, they were unable
TO walk about, and The balance OF
those who had eaten OF the meat be-
gan to complain. Mrs. Rossberg
alto heartily of the meat, but took
sick shortly afterwards and vomlted.
Her suffering haa, therefore, been
light compared with that OF the 9th
ers, though che 10 very weak. Ross-
berg died abous three weeks alter
he had eaten the meat, and Lima ten
days after her father Mr.. Hamar
says be sat up with the father during |
: his suffering, and says his agony was |
intense. For the first four or live |
days the faces of the afflicted were !
swollen very much, and the persons !
could scarcely see out of their eyes.
This swelling then 1ell, but the !;
arms and legs afterwards swelied |
very much, and continued swollen
until after death. II allowed to re-
main still on their backs the affected |
would rest easy, but when moved
about the pain was intense. The
father did not suffer, unless moved,
until about fifteen minutes before
death, when the suffering became /
terrible. He died OF lockJaw, sup I
posed By DR.. Peterson, the attending
physician, 70 have been superinduced
BY trichinA reaching and working |
through the brain. The girl, Lima,
became deiirious at TWO o'clock, and
began to count tone, two, three, tour,
Eve, six" in both German and Eng
lish. She was in great pain. She
died tour aad 3 half hours after be.
coming delirious.
Her last words were; Take
those ants from me, the singing
Aeusation occasioned by the trichina
eating her alive causing her, in her
delirious condition, to make this last
request. Another of the family,
Charley, Mr. H4mer thinks, is proba-
bly, dead by this time. Mrs. Ross
berg and her son, Gus, are out of
danger. but Emily is still in critical
condition.
The hog from which the meat
eaten by the Rossberg> came, was
killed by MIR. Harris, who sold
them a ham. He also sold ham
from she same hog to Captain Scott,
the hotel keeper, The hog was
about one year old when slaughtered,
and had been kept in pen TO be
tattened but about "a fortnight. The
ham purchased by the hotel man
was thoroughly cooked, and eaten by
number of boarders, besides the
family. The ham weighed eighteen
pounds. None OF those who par.
look of the we'll cooked meat suffered
any pain or sickness whatever.
The Harrison family, who had
slaughtered the hog, kept one halt of
it, which v2s thoroughly cooked and |
eaten, and 70 suffering ensued. Only |
the Roasbergs, and Eckstein, ate or
tasted OF the raw meat, and only !
those who ate Of it heartily, have
died. Those who ate of the meat
we'll cooked, as stated, did not suffer. |
This is conclusive proof that meat
infected with trichina, when tho. |
roughly cooked, is harmless, but that
when eaten raw, is almost certain
death.
DR.. Peterson, who attended the
Rossberg family, Gu. from the mus
Gle OF the upper arm OF tie girl, Lima
Rossberg, a small piece OF flesh,
which was sent to DR.. Kelleyer for
examination, and AS a curiosity. The
reporter visited MIR. Kelteyer's drug |
store yesterday, and found about 100