The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-07-09
JERRY RUsK'3 qRICa MA HUNT.
How it is Conducted il the PORK De-
partment at Chicago.


How it is Conducted IL the PORK De-
partment at Chicago.
From, the Chicago Herald
Fifteen young women and eighteen young
men began the federal inspection of pork in
Nelson Morris offices at the stock yards
yesterday. The American hog is not held
in the bes. of favor in foreign countries.
Two or three years ago some Germans ate
heartily Of the animal, and when they died
a day or two later the coroner said that the
hog was unwell when he was killed,
and that 1t was dangerous for the rest
OF the people of the empire to eat the i'm
ported meat. Thus the Reichstag, with
WiDdthorst in his seat, urged war against
the American hog, and by speech and reso-
luton finally succeeded in closing the ports
Of the empire to the food product. The
hosting of the bars before the great Ameri-
can animal naturally caused CONSERVATION
IN this country, and for months and months
the newspapers were filed with diatribes
against the German parliament aud the
kaiser for their hostile attitude.
But the United States is going TO defend
its hog. An act was passed at the last
session sof congress providing for the ex-
animation of domestic pork, aud an appro-
priation OF 5000, 900 was made for the pur-
pose. And then, too, just to make the
thing through and leave no opening for
attack, two eminent German micro5copists
were chosen by Secretary Of Agriculture
Rusk TO assist in the examinations. These
men are DR.. E. Balzar and F. w.
Michels Of New York was in
charge of the force yesterday. The
young women and men who assisted the
two Germans and the professor from New
York had had no experience in the oxam-
nation of hog meat beneath the glass. But
when they finished their work Prof. Michels
complimented than and told them to be on
hand early this morning. at is q broad
subject" he said, scraping pieces Of tender
l am confident that with the precaution
that is now being taken the American hog
will be welcomed in all landsn
Meat from the bones Of 200 hogs was OK
anlned yesterday. This Is the way the
work was done: Old bre'r hog came q
grunting and a equealing to his butcher
he wore number. and after death had
come to him DIR. r. w. Hickman, with a
big knife in his right hand, slashed OF a
piece OF the diaphragm snd chunk of the
rump, or loin muscle, and placed them in a
tin box corresponding in number with the
tag on the carcass These specimens were
then sent to the laboratory, where
Prof. Michels handed them to an
examiner. Then q portion of the
meat was macerated and clamped be-
tween the stout glasses of a microscope The
examiner s1uinted into the instrument for
trichiGa Spiralis, and, finding none, filed
out blank repor5 to that effect, which was
afterward approved by Prof. Miohels.
Then these reports were handed to Sur
geon Hickman, who in turn permitted the
carcass to be cut up for the people of the
whole world But II the examiner, bend
ing attentively over bis microscope, had
found the presence of trichinfe or any trace
Of them in the meat the hog would have
been destroyed then and there.
The eltoaoon known as trchina spiralis
is the larva Of which is classed by bearded
men who read books as a nlar1nato de
eighteenth OF an inch long. Tho female
grows to the length of one-eighth of an
inch. Little is known Of their origin, bat it
is probable that If the hog kept himself
clean, or If the fellow who has him in
charge paid any attention TO his
sanitary condition, the beast would
not be troubled with trichina spirais. Filth
and neglect give birth 60 this pest, Just as
sewer gas starts diphtheria and makes men
stop paying their rent. Rats have trioh-
in@. they have lois of them, and some of
yards said that the infection Of hogs can be
traced to rats which they have devourel,
There is great deal about the explana-
ton Of these microscopists rs to the origina-
ton and life of this eutoz0on which can
scarcely be conprehended by man unless
he knows all about hogs just by way of q
side remark, and offered in an of hand way
Prof. Miohels said that trichinaa were al
most always found in the pupa state en-
TOD in,
dormant In this condition, the learned
professor continued, the entozoa are practi-
cally innoxious to the hog and may remain
so for any length Of time. But when the
detected meat is taken into the human
stomach the gastric juices dis
solve the cystic envelope and
the flesh in which they are
embodied and the parasites instantly begin
a Troublesome migration to the large mus
cles OF the victim. During their march
they do such things as pierce the walls of
the stomach and ahmentary tract, and claw
at the mesentery with its lymDdalic net
work and the tissJes of the abdominal cav
ity. If they travel upward they must
pierce the muscular diaphragm. and here
they have the offensive habit Of taking up
their abode, walking out nowand then TO take
bite at mans heart or lung. IL the entozoa
persist in going on downward path they
rOOSU An Tue RIGhb SdEbOIldl luuhClbs OF OSler
muscular masses Of the lower abdominal
region and of the lower limbs. From
the moment the entozoa enter the
human body they have but one
thing in mind, and that is to get a good
place and there reconstruct their cysts.
Then they begin to propagate with fearful
rapidity. The poor mau, il he be q man,
suffers terrific pain. He becomes feverish.
Inflammation attacks the alimeutary tract
and now and then peritonitis sets Ia. This
complication is quite likely TO cause death.
Thus it will be seen that the parasite is a
bad thing to carry around in the human
system.
Secretary Rusk is here watching the ex-
aminations. He was pleased with the work
Yesterday. When the force of microscopes
is thoroughly organized, it is his belief that
the trichine will be as scarce in Chicago
hogs as pearls in their troughs.
The BOY who has put his tongue TO his skate
knows how it burns So Calvin Meek (colored),
when pinned against the engine in a railroad
wreck cries out the he is FIR ezing TO death. 1t
is the same thing. Scientific persons make a
pretty experiment with solid carbonic acid,
blistering the fingers with cold. But Meek is
possibly the first man on gecord who inverted