The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1884-09-04
Death In the Salad Bow, and lea
Cream Freezer.


CLINTON, Augnstls.-seventy inmates
Of the ThornweIl. Orphenage, located at
this place, including President jacobs
and the matron and teachers, were poia.
oned and made desperately sick by eat.
Ing for dinner on last Saturday son,a
stale custard which had been prepared
the day before for Ice cream. ali ara
better this morning, but still suffering
from the relaxing effects of the ex.
treme sickness of Saturday and Sunday
President Jacobs aud matron, Mrs. Sim.
monton. are suffering more at this time
than any of the Others, but they are re.
garded out of danger and will soon be
themselves again.
1t seems that it Is about time for our
chemists and doctors to have facts sufi.
cient to base some wholesome rules in
regard to what We ehall, or shall not eat.
A few years ago, Judge Grahams family.
in Charleston, were poisoned by eating
roasted fowls, as they thought. The
chickens had been cooked in another part
of the State and cent 10 Charleston.
Two deaths resulted in that case. Then
last summer we had two noted cases of
ice cream poisoning, as it was called:
one in Camden, and the other in Union
Then we have had two cases this wear In
our State the first in our own County
and the second at Clinton, in Laurens
County. In the first Of these cases the
cause of the sickness Is unknown. as
there was a great abundance of meats.
fowls, salads, frozen fruits and ice cream
served. In the Clinton case, the cause
OF the sickness was certainly the stale
boiled custard. In the North and West
they have similar experience, but such
occurrences seem more frequent In South
| Carolina, than in other States. WheE
such things occur, all the facts should be
reported to the doctors, 80 TINT they NAV
investigate and ascertain the causes OF
poisoning, if possible. It is no reflection
on housekeener, who carefully prepares
feast and invites her neighbors to helm
eat it, thereby making them sick. She
does the best she can with tho informa.
ton she has on the subject.
"A few suggestions may not be out of
place 1t is not safe to take hearty
supper OF rich salads and meats and fol-
low this with cake and frozen custard.
1t is not every stomach that can stand
such mixture. Either ono of these
might be harmless, but the whole taken
at one time might be very Injurious.
| Boiled custard should always be made
of fresh eggs and, in the GUNNER :, .son
consumed tho same day it is made. If
you have more than you need, send IL TO
your neighbors. There is more economy
In that, than killing yourself eating It
next day when it Is curdled or sour.
In warm weather. eggs very soon begin
to undergo decomposition. In the eariy
stages this is not easily detected as the
egg, when broken, looks almost az we'll
as fresh one. When several of these
! eggs are broken and stirred in the milk,
the decomposition continues and goes on
| more rapidly because exposed to the air.
Fowls for salad should be used the
same day when killed, unless kept In a
very cool place. It 10 doubtful whether
it 10 safe to use canned meats and fab in
making palads In summer.
The freezers should be thoroughly
cleansed after and before using. When
milk, favored with fresh fruits, 10 frozen,
there is no danger, and there is no re-.
corded case where injury has resulted
from it's use and most people like it as
we'll as they do the boiled cus,ard.
The following from the Youth's Com.
panion on the subject of decayed food is
worth reading.
There can be no greater difference
than that between life and death. In
life millions of vital processes eentrihnta
&c making good tho incessart waste that
is going on in the human body, and It's
elimination from the system. They con.
tribute to the performance of the body's
| many functions; to the repair of possible
wounds; to the expulsion of morbid
agents; and to the perpetuation OF ita
kind in new indiyiduals. All chemical
and molecular. changes mean just this.
These processes are arrested at the
moment Of DEATH Then all chemical
and molecular changes means the deconl.
position of the entire substance into G
few gases. with small earthly residum
none of which could In any way partiou-
larly endanger the health Of the living.
But as sugar ferments into vinegar, vet
before it reaches the last stage It is q
violent poison (alcohol ,-this poison Ia
secured only by arresting the change
chemical combinations are produced,
and exist for a sime, which are exceed.
;nglS aeisteFioss, whether raesirai into
the stomach or the lungs. cy
Just here is the danger Of decaying
food. It has long been known that the
gravest symptoms have often followed
the eating Of custard that has been keps
too long, because the egg In It is liable
to speedy decay. Equally familiar is the
fact tha! the whole family has often ex.
hibited every symptom OF violent poison-
ing eoop after rising from q dinner Of
meat soup. .'s'
| Chemistry has Of late explained these
facts. II has found that, during the early
stages Of decomposition, o; most yirulent
potion Is developed. This poison has
been isolated from the mass, reduced to
its pnrest form, it's nature studied, and
name given It. It Is just as poison os Is
arsenic or strychnine. For this reason
our. laws cannot be too stringent, nor our
inspectors too vigiant, in protecting the
people against the sale of bad meat,
The taste OF tainted meat may be hidden
in savory soup, bat the poison Is mot
changed. !. .,5 G, .,ty .,jy. s35'I b i.
The eating of decayed fish often: gives
rise TO severe attacks Of cholera morbus.
A young inan-of our acquaintance lately
died OF q disease q few days after return !
ing from Nantasket Beach, where he had
pattaken of q dinner OF fsh. Y: !;.t z tssi
His symptoms we're as violent and his.
death as speedy as Il common in Asiatic7
cholera. An actnal poison, es real and
as paWerfn! rs arselic, plains such nm
attack 2.
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