Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-08-17
IT is TRICHINOSIS.
THaRE DOCTORS SAT- CHARLES DBIOKs aAS
THAT DISEASE
Bis Limbs ara Swollen, ant &c is So Sors That Be
csnsoi Bear 10 be fouchsd-Trsalai
tv Four Other Dis
eases

ond floor OF an old frame house, No 22C
] Cherry street, lies Charles Delcke, suf,
fering from what Is said TO be genuine
case of trichinosis. He is sixteen years
old, and has been sick since early In
July, but II was not until last Friday
| that the nature OF the disease was dis
! covered
During this time he has been treated
for scarle, and typhoid fever, for In
Aammation of the bowels, and for in
fammatory rheumatism. On Saturday,
however, DR.. II. Freeman. Of No. 29
Jefferson street. was called In. His
suspicion that 1t was trichinosis that
allied the lad was verified by conSulta-
tlon with two other physicians.
When he was asked how it happened
that neither Mrs. Deicke nor her daugh-
ter was so severely attacked as the boy,
he replied that this might be accounted
for by the fact that the particles OF meat
they had eaten we're better cooked than
by the boy.
The doctor said the boys recovery de.
ponds entirely upon the amount OF vital
ity he had left. If he had strength
enough left to fight the disease for some
time he might get well.
The neigh bOrhood where the boy
lives is one of the dirtiest and hottest in
the city. He lay yesterday on bed
that was removed only few feet from
a cooking stove. His mother, who is
widow, and who depends upon him and
a daughter eighteen years old for sup
port, told this story of her sons illness:
4 10 <Nf I'll,
last my son complained OF not feeling
very well, and on the following day he
grew very i'll. The following Sunday
he was attacked with nauseau. gave
him lime water, but it didn't seem to do
any good. The doctor said he was suf-
fering from scarlet fever. He left
prescription for him, but the boy could
not keep the medicine on his stomach,
and threw it off as fast as it was admin
istered. The next day called In an
other doctor.
HE said it was not scarlet fever that
allied him and that he was afraid he was
threatened with typhus fever. He
called every day for three days, and
then said that the trouble was infam-
nation Of the bowels. My boys stom-
ach was so weak that 1t would hold
neither food nor medicine, but he didn't
appear to get any worse, and finally he
was able to walk around the room. l
am very poor, and needed his help so
much that be said he guessed he would
try to go to work again. He had a
place as errand boy in carpenter shop,
but his place had been filled during his
sickness and he got another place where
he worked for about week. He kept
getting worse again, and finally he got
so weak that he couldn't stand Then
1 called in another doctor, and he exam
ined him. His legs and hands began to
swell, and he was so sore all over that
he couldn't bear to have anything touch
him.
The doctor concluded he was suffer
ing from inflammatory rheumatism and
prescribed medicine for him. My son
tbTe s y this is medicine off his stomach the
ting worse all the time, and finally
grew so weak that be could hardly lift
his hand up. am so poor that did
not feel able to call in another physi-
clan, bnt | became so frightened at last
that on Friday l got DR.. Freeman to
come in. The moment DR.. Freeman
saw him he asked me what he had been
eating. / didn't know what he meant,
and then the Doctor told me that he
must have been eating some kind OF
raw pork. l then remembered that
Just before his illness | had got some
cooked ham at the grocery OF j. P. In
dorf, at the corner of Monroe and Pike
streets, and had given it to him and my
daughter for their luncheon. had
also eaten some of 1t myself.
THE next day my daughter and |
were very i'll, and it was several days
before we recovered our health. | told
DR.. Freeman this, and then he brought
two other physicians here and held con-
situations.
DR.. Freeman said last night that the
moment he saw the boy he knew the
trouble was trichinosiS.
THE first symptoms, he said,
"namely, nausea and diaorrhPa, were
positive evidences Of this. But when
these were followed by swelling OF the
limbs and general soreness OF the sur
face of the body, all doubt was re-
moved. ] was positive that my first
diagnosis YVES correct, bnt in order to
be douby sure on Saturday |
called in DIR. David Brikes,
who sustained my diagnosis. The
case was such an interesting one that on
Sunday DR.. M. L. Foster accompanied
me to the bedside OF the sick boy, and
he also sustained me. At that time the
patients temperature WAS l04, and he
was delrious. To-day I notified the
Health Board OF the case, and to-mor-
row morning expect DR.. Cyrus Edison
vii. accom- pany me to see the patient.
DR.. Freeman said it was difficult to
understand how anybody could diagnose
the case as intlammatory rheumatism
when none of the joints was swollen.
He said that trichinosiS was the only
disease that would occasion a general
soreness oi the entire surface OF the
body.
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