New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-12-08
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MADE SICK BY EATING HAM.
NEARLY A WHOLE FAMILY FRUSTRATED.
RESULT OF SUPPER ON THANKSGIVING EYE-TnH
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HAM HATF-CooKED.
DR.. Cyrus Edison, of the Sanitary Bureau, was
Informed yesterday that several persons suffering
from richinoss at No. 7s Kng-st the patients
mine In numbep belong the family OF Frederick
Wetzel, German shoemaker, whose home is In base
ment On Thanksgiving Eve there was party In their
rooms IN honor OF a married daughter, Mrs. Matilda
lawson The members OF the family present. were Mr..
aud Mrs. Weitzel their children Oscar William Emma
Bertha and Amelia; Mrs. Lawson and hcY husband,
John Lawson, who is truckman for David Bird the box
manufacturer and lives at No 2l5 Woos.erst Among
the guests William Pierce aud his wife, Margaret
who live an upper floor OF No. 7s Kngst. and Moses
Simon. friend OF the Laws0ns. Mr. Weitzel had pro.
yded supper of potato salad and smoked ham. The
ham had not been cooked long, but IL suited the taste Of
most OF the persons present Mr. Pierce the only
one who did not eat 1t, but Emma and Pauline Wetzcl
ate sparngly On Friday Mrs. weitzel prostrated
with pIius In her stomach. AT first she thought nor
trouble only attack OF Indigestion, but when
vomiting followed by pains in the breast aud stiff
of the muscles she became alarmed. Dr. Oscar G.
Smith, OF No l30 West Washington place called to
attend her He did not hear about supper of half
cooked pork and thought she suffering from malaral
fever.
Mr.. Weitzel became Ill Saturday with symptoms
similar TO those OF his wife, but Dr. Smith
to change his opinion. william, the youngest child
Frustrated Monday aud then the physician hear Of
the ham which had been eaten Thanksgiving Eve
been purchased ut the store OF NJ RosenDaum at King
varck SITS, but DR.. Smith able procure
sample for examination. Mrs. Pierce became III with
the general symptoms OF trichnOsis on Tuesday and
Bertha WeitZel prOstrated tho following day.
About the Same time Mr. and Mrs. Lawson taken
sick, and they heard that their friend Simon Ill al'o
Oscar Wei gel was attacked with the pains and
muscular stiffness on Thursday. Dr. Ashmead who at
tended Mrs. Pierce thought she had intermittent fever
before he heard Of the illness of the other who
had partaben of the ham. The Lawsons attended
by Dr. Hamilton Burch, OF Washington square, and Le
did not suspect trichinosis until he heard OF the other
Dr.. smith said yesterday that hc thought the
patients under his were suffering from trcnosls.
None OF the patients considered To be IN imme-
dae DANGER and OF them appeared TO be recover
Mr.. Pierce who had not eaten or the nam, and
Amelia ana Emma Wcitzel, who had eaten 0uly small
quantities. had not been troubled. Mrs. WeitZel WAS
s confined to her bed having nearly lost the power 10
move her lmbs She suffered from pains IN tho breast
and from general prOstrttOn. Her husband was able
TO SIT mp nj to move about tte. alhonsh ms Hnps
were stf. Oscar Wetzel, hearty young yarnlsher,
was sick enough to be kept from work. but he ina not
suffer much "a the other members OF the family ms
brother thirteen years OF age was recovering also, Dlt
was OF able TO turn any handSprngs berth' "etzsl
was Sick IN bed ana Is likely 10 remain thero LOT phlo
days. Mrs. Pierce was about In the same condition.
Mr.. Lawson was one OF the sckest OF tl!e
lot. He lay In bed groaning yesterday. His VIE
barely able TO move about but she managed 10 taAe
OF herself and her husband, because they have 10
Mr.. Kosenbaum the butcher who sold the ham to Mr.
Weitze SAID he had purchased II from the nr OF Keller
& Hindes at Nmth-Ive. and Seventeentl!-st No con-
plants nah been made him about other hams pur-
10 ear apyhow unless it was cooked thoroughly DIR.
lanes B. TAYLOR of the Sanitary Bureau said that tho
period OF incubation IN trchnOs was from TWO days 70
fortnight The symptoms OF the complaint, he said,
much rescmbcd those OF malaral fever As there was no
sample Of the pork left for examination WIN micro.
scope the physicians were left without positive PROOF of
were suffering but the facts pointed so much to the
presence OF tuchn1 IN tue ham.