National Republican., 1884-09-13
Sausage Science.
Blu Nyc's profound analysts efhe terorsot Trich-
yDosis

Bin Nyc's profound analysis Of the terTorSQf 7rich
inosiS.
Having been frequently urged to give
my views upon the matter of trichinosis,
and having repeatedly excused myself
heretofore in all cases, it may be well to
briefly touch upon the subject in tho in
tercsts of scientific and perhaps interna-
tional progress.
If tho American hog is invested with
trichine spiralis, I, for one, do not favor
his use as an international beverage.
Here and in Boston, where the Am, rican
hog is largely cooked with the baked
beans-which acts as an antidoto to the
spiral worm of commerce-the danger is
slight, but when we consider that Bis
marcks constituents eats ham, sausage,
and even fresh pork. raw, it is apt to
prove disastrous on foreign shores. The
spiral worm, when raised to the one hum
dred and sixtieth degree (Fahrenheit), is
not dangerous to health, and IL is urged
by some that when well done he adds to
the flavor of the pork.
Trichine spiralis is q parasite, quies-
cent, encysted, nematoid worm. The
cash subscriber is presented with this
definition freely and cheerfully, and he
is earnestly requested to paste it in his
hat and amuse himself with 1t when he
is lonely. He may also tie line to it
and fish with it if he chooses.
The trichinD remains encysted some.
times for years He has encysted on do
ing this ever since myself and other sci
entsts discovered him. Why he should
voluntarily continue his career as nem-
atoid parasite l cannot at this moment
explain. However. am still engaged in
my laboratory upon ham sandwich, and
when | get it dissected / will make a
fuller report, with much larger words ir
it than this has.
Dresden had eleven trichine epidemics
from 1860 to 1872, and in 1875, at Heder-
sieben, out of 1000 people 800 had trichi-
nosis and 10l died. 1t is said to be very
disagreeable death to die. Ham sand
wiches at railroad eating houses do not
contain trichin@. There must have been
trichine in them when the sandwiches
wore new, but there are none now. Tri-
chime can stand everything but eternity.
| Even tho spiral worm must ut last yield
to the wheeling cycles of relentless years.
Put little mustard on a railroad sand
wich and you can eat it as safely, so far
as trichinR is concerned, as you could a
slice of red sandstone with piece of
granite on each side of 1t.
Man, the pig, the rat, and sometimes
tho cat, have trichinB. 1t has also an
noyed the democratic party some during
the past twenty-four years. The animal
is very productive under favorable
circumstances, multiplying and replen-
ishing the earth to great degree.
During the week the female trichin@
may become the proud mother of 1000
little spirals, all twins, and closely
resembling each other in form, feature,
and general characteristics. And yet, II
any OF these little ones get stepped on and
injured she mourns and will not be
comforted, even after 10000 other little
cunning children have come to claim q
mothers love. She still grieves for the
one that was ruthlessly squashed.
will now describe the trichine, SC
that if any reader of the scientific treatise
should meet one on Arapahoe street, ht
could notify the police.
When the little trlchinH is born into
this world of sin, and before he gets hi
eyes open he is about l-2O0th of an inch
in length, and rather pale, with sac
look in his face. At this age he should be
taken to some secluded spot, and pari
green should be sprinkled on his o.
her tail, as the case may be.
In week after the birth of tho trichin0
II may be found some distance away, anC
quite active. He may be found when tel
days old as far east as tho southeastern
part of the diaphragm, or ho may drift
, north toward the liver.
We should learn from this to shun th'
! first temptation to indulge in tho mad
dening sausage, for one by one it will
; weld its seductive links about you till a
!, last you are slave. Let us take warn
,, ing from others and flee from the gildet
! hells where the sausage is held to ou
! lips by fair hands, and whose beautiful
= eyes beseech us to eat of it and die.
have eaten sausage myself know, but
!, have reformed now | am no moro II
= slave. can pass by sausage now an
!, look at it sternly in tho eye and say: "N'
a sir; you are not my meat. l reck nc
a whether thou artpork or pet poodle, tho
a canst not shake thy CORY locks at m'
q thou trysting place of the quiescent, Ell
. cysted, nematoid parasite"
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