Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1891-09-05
FOOD ADuLTERATIOy.
SOME or TIE DANGEROUS WORK
DANE NATURE GOES.

Mosas - u~rriag-Hape WORMS in
Rare R.~f-AB Inaaisitise D"stor'a
saspirisns CONFIRMED.
II must y, lsartc IL mind. first Of all. that
nature herself aduiterntes seriously what
ever she gives as. ansl much % this adultsEs-
| fian 4 FAR more dangerous a. human life than
! tina, which Is artihcally added by man. IL
Is but few wears since the presence OF trich-
ina ia pork wa discovered, and to its raya-
| yes traced the dreadful agonies and death
following tile eating Of raw slices OF ham,
This creature is ~ thoroughly understood,
aud liz presence fcarts,l hy all clasess, that few
persons can nov lis found who would, under
any influence, eat mouthfu Of raw pork.
The discovery Of trichnous meat opened
new phase OF the curious and coinplicate rela-
tionship Of the animal and plant worlds. OF
course, this was not this first known Of the
dependence of worms upon other animal
creatures for their development, nor Of the
transitionary periods, when such parasites
are dependent ON the harborings OF vcgcta-
bes, but II became necessary 10 trace out the
development Of these creatures, and 1t was
found that uncommon care must be taken la
eating lettuce and succulent low growing
vegetables, lest the eggs of dangerous para
sites be taken into the body.
Closely following came the discovery of
the dependence of the most prevalent aud
dangerous fevers on vegetable bacteria IL
became clear that he that would live safe
from tho attacks of both animal and yegeta-
BILE life OF the inferior types must be eter
nally ON his guard. Hardly an article of
| food now visits our table which is not known,
under fayoring circumstances, 10 harbor
forces that will disease, If they do not destroy
| us Absolute cleanliness seems to H. the first
| law OF health The Mosaic code was mainly
a. -; - a wise legislator endeavoring to
establish sanitary conditions among his pco.
pie The second law 81 health IS enforced
with equal emphasis by >1seoVeries niane
that animal food can never ~ Sieiy par
taken of without thorough cooking ~ 0lsae'oi'
| IL seems wonderful that filthy race Of saw
| ages can survive ut all the abomiuatlons ..
vile habits and raw diet.
| No one in this country has shown a keener
interest in hunting out what may be called
natures food authorizations than DR.. Joseph
Leidy, OF philadelphia. Among other notes
from his work take the following: He liked
| herring, but never ats one without carefully
removing certain cooled worms that may b,
seen coiled ON the surface OF the rocs. From
piece of black bass or shad he would ex
| DttOft n iilAt&ti bht WI III VIA
SO closely resembles nerve that few woult
distinguish the difference. Iie was ca efu
In eating CLANS to look for and remove q
minute parasitic lcech Tape worms he care
fully studied, and declared that in all case
they could lie traced TO rare beef. The com
mon opinion is TINT pigs have more 20 d.
with them; but Professor Ledy examines
over 100 and in all cases proved them 3
have been received in the egg form from
beef insuiilciently cooked.
At an entertainment in Charleston he wa
served with slices Of the drnmtish, His hos
desired that he should specially note how
much more delicious were certain gelatinOu
portions Carefully cutting open his fish TIA
| doctor discovered soft mass, which to hiT
seemed suspicious. The following day b
procured drumfish and dissected It. Til
result was that he found in the flesh of tn
tail several egg shaped masses, three incht
long, which proved to be a large cole
worm This was the delicate and daint
morsel Of the previous days feast. Eatin
terrapin at a Philadelphia feast, our profe
sor received a peculiar impression from
piece in his mouth that seemed 10 be an Ell
, | Removing it from his mouth Ia his handk,.
chief. lac reserved IL for examination.
turned ont to he membraneous sac, co
d tanning thirty yellowish-white magguts. Il
I larym Of some sort of nv, and resemhlr
a those of the butiiy in horses.
With such examples before us we mn
! wisely H. suspicious in every direction. Wi
: both animal and vegetable parasites lurkiI
q TO destroy. both infesting our food, while q
minutcr bacteria nssail ns through our lung
J, we can neither eat nor breathe, much Il
q drink, In safety An age Of science brin
l. Will. il a general alarm, and, while illustri
ing the glory of the power Of the brain, sho
also what warfare man must carry on
" secure victory Our lime Of defense Is, ho
* ever, not 81 abstruse. IL is well known Il
II these minuter forS may be everywhere, a
4; vet wait forever for conditions approprii
for their development But granted, for {
~ moment conditions. and the developers
G. promptly occurs. The one requisite Is
TX avoid such conditions are supposed. w
l., food il is known TO he death TO the germs q
:. eggs Of the tape worm and other paras
NJ 10 heat TO a degree not less than $50 dc
Is Yet one person in five in the southwest
10 section OF our country Is afflicted, at 81
u time, with a tape worm; and the trouble
:" largely on the incrcase in the eastern sta
n, owing 10 the large amount Of western !
es that Is shipped To the eastern market
IL The reme,iy is simple that It seems NJ
difficult affair TO quickly end the spread
the pest Yet il is nearly impossible To rea
rn by any published statements, one-tenth
al the people The reading of the masses is
the confined TO very local journals, II, ind
ess they read at all. In this cosmopolitan !
81 when all things circulate with such rapid
Information should keep pace with all
Nv terial affairs Al present this Is not So
~ ~ piece Of meat never hooks, Ia an ordinary
n more innocent than when II contains IN
u muscles the eysts of our torturers. My
vice is, put no reliance ON the appearance
z raw meat, but invariably eook it thoroug
i M. Maurice, N. D., in Globe Democrat.