Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1884-10-03
Sausage Science.

Having been frequently urged to
give my views upon matter OF trlch'
inosis, and having repeatedly ex'
cused myself heretofore in all cases,
it may be we'll to briefly touch
upon the subject in the interests OF
scientific and perhaps international
progress.
If the American hog is invested
with trichine spiralis, |, tor one, do
not favor his use as an interna-
tional beverage. Here and in Bos'
ton, where the American hog IS
largely cooked with the baked beans
which acts as an antidOte to the
spiral worm of commerce-the
danger is slight, when we consider
that Bismarck's 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 hundred
and sixtieth degree (Fahrenhelt),
is not dangerous to health, and 1T
is urged by some that when well
done he adds to the flavor OF the
pork.
Trichinae spiralis is a parasite,
quiescent, encysted, nematoid
worm. The cash subscriber is pre-
sented with this definition freely
and cheerfully, and he is earnestly
requested to pnt it in his hat and
amuse himself with it when he Is
lonely. He may also tie Il line to
it and fish with it if he chooses.
The trihinae remains encysted
sometimes for years. He has enc
ysted on doing this ever since
myself and other scientists dis
covered him. Why he should vol
UNFAIRLY continue his career as a
nematoid parasite | cannot at this
moment explain. However, | am
sti,,.. engaged in my laboratory
upon ham sandwich, and when
| get it dissected Twill make a
fuller report, with much larger
words ini than this has.
Dresden had eleven trichine
epidemics from 1860 to 1872, and
in 1875, at Hedersieben, out of
1000 people 800 had trichinosis
and 1O1 died. 1t is said to be q
very disagreeable death to die.
Ham sandwiches at railroad eating
houses do not contain trlchinP,
There must have been trichine in
them when the sandwiches were
new, bat there are none now. Tri'
china can stand everything but
eternity. Even the spiral worm
must at last yield to the wheeling
cycles of relentless years. Put a
lirtle mustard ON a railroad sand
wich and you can eat it as safely
so far as trichine is concerned, as
you could slice of red sandstone
with a piece of granite on eacf
side of it.
Man, the pig, the rat, and some
times the cat, have trichine. Il
has also annoyed the democratic
party some during the past twenty
four years. The animal Is very
productive under favorable circums
tances, multiplying and replen
ishing the earth to great degree
During the week the female trich
ine may become the proud mothe
of 1000 little spirals' all twins
and closely resembling each, othe
in form, feature, and general cha
racteristics. And yet, if any o
these little ones get stepped Of
and injured she mourns and viii
not be comfOrted, even after 10000
other little cunning children have
come to claim a mothers love Sh
still grieves for the one that wa
ruthlessly Squashed.
will now describe the trichine
so that if any reader of the scientifi
treatise should meet one oil
Arapahoe street, he could motif
the police.
When the little trichine is bOrl
into this world of sin, and befOr
he gets his eyes open he is abon
1.2O0th of an inch in length, ant
rather pale, with sad look in hi
face. At this age he should b
taken to some secluded spot, an
paris green should be sprinkled o
J his or her tail, as the case may b.
In a week after the birth of I'll
} trichina it may be found some dii
/ tance away, and quite active. ii
may be found when ten days old
for east as the southeastern part Q
= the diaphragm, or he may drl
2 north toward the liver.
' We should learn from this
D shun the first temptation to II
dulge in the maddening sausag
| for one by one it will weld i
seductive links about you till
Z last you are a slave. Let us TAX
= warning from others and flee fro
: the gilded hells where the sarsat
is held to our lips by fair hand
}. and whose beautiful eyes beseach
: to eat of it and die. | have cate
T sausage myself, l know, but | haN
= reformed now. l am no more II
o slave. l can pass by a sausag
I now and look at it sternly in I'll
a eye and say: NO, sir; you are nc
6 my meat. Ireck not whether Tho
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