The Sentinel. [volume] (Trenton, N.J.) 1880-1882, 1882-11-04
Trichin &c.
Some Interesting Facts About the Disease,

by one-SiX-hundredth of an inch IN
thickness the female of at least twice
this length and thickness. The eggs
measure about 1-1200 of an inch in
diameter, and each female, though so
| small, contains from 300 to 1000 ova.
These, after fertilization and six or
eight days of CESSATION, are developed
into embryos, which, when extruded
within the intestines OF an animal,
commence at once their migration.
Finding their way through the intes-
final walls. they travel on until they
locate themselves in or between the
fibers of some of the muscles. There
they coil into spiral form, and be-
come gradually surrounded by cal
careOus sac or cyst. When incysted,
if left alone, they soon change into SO
many specks of lime; but, if ingested
into the body of an animal, they burst
out and infest the system. The sac
has an ovoid or lemon.like shape, and
is visible sometimes to the naked eye
as whitish or gray speck.
The muscles mostly affected are diff
ferently stated by the various authors !;
but, generally, the insects migrate to
the muscles of the back, the chest,
neck and limbs, also the muscles of
the eyeball and threat. For examina-
ton during life, the muscular tissue of
! the under part of the tongue is prefera-
ble fragment is obtained, and,
when placed under the lens of the
microscope, the free worm may be
seen.
The hog is especially liable to trichi-
rae, but they have been found in the
horse, sheep, dog, cat, mole, pigeon,
eel, and, some assert, in the OK. Ex-
perimentally, by feeding the animals
upon infected meat, they have been
! communicated to the rabbit, guinea
pig, and other creatures.
Sometimes death follows, but it is
astonishing how little disturbance of
health occurs in large number of in
stances. Stiffness of NOV ments and
hoarseness of the voice show the affec
ton in the swine in large number of
cases Much more often, however,
they appear to be, during life, in as
good condition as other animals not
so affected. The number of parasites
in the muscles of an animal may be
immense. AS many as 10 coo to IS 900
have been found in a cubic inch OF
hogs flesh. Prof. Dalton estimates
the plumber of them in a human sub
ject- at IS 900 to the cubic inch, and
Prof Flint found in piece of human
muscle, one-twelfth of an inch, square
and one-fiftieth of an inch thick.
twenty-nine trichin@, thus giving
little over 5000 to the cubic inch.
and 100000 to 10000 600 of them may
exist in single human body, accord
ing to examinations made in several
cases. 1t is said that enough trichina
may be present in a half pound of
meat to give birth in few days to a
brood numbering over 30 900 000
1t was not until 1860 that the morbid
effects of the parasite, when inhabiting
the body of man. were distinctly recog-
nized. Z9nker, of Dresden, then found
trichin@ in ham and sausages eaten
by those affected by the insec Wun-
deTlich saw two cases in Leipsic in
1862, and several persons died from
this cause the same year In Plowen. in
SaxonY. In 1868 occurred a startling
example of the disease in q town in
Prussia, called Hesttadt. OF 1903 per
sons there dining together on q festive
occasion, twenty died and eighty
others were for some time very i'll. A
part of their dinner consistedlof sau
sages smoked and warmed, but not
cooked. Some of the sausages left
were examined, and found to be
swarming with trichina. The same
was sscertained to be the case with
the muscles of those who had eaten OF
them. Since hat occurrence a num-
OSA VI OthCA ihStauCSS nave O0tn re-
ported throughout Germany. In
another village, called Hadersleben.
of 2000inhabitants, 300 were affected.
of whom eighty died. All of those
affected had eaten raw or but slightly
cooked meat, mostly ham or sausage.
The first cases of trichniosis recorded
in America were seen by DR.. Schuet.
Ter, of New York, in 1864. About the
same time Dr.. Voss, of the same city.
saw four persons so affected on a
steamer from Bremen. Afterward
cases We're reported from various parts
of the country ; aud number of eases
occurred in Canada.
Do not forget to have your ats
well cooked before eating them. for.
by so doing, you need never nave fear
to become victims of trichine .-Dr.
Lagori, Of Chicago.
The Health of American Boys.