Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1906-11-17

thrix generally entered the body by the
alimcntary or respiratory tract aud
had great disposition to inslnuate
Itself along the ducts of glands open
Ing into these, 1t was easy to under.
stand that the vermiform appendix
should fairly frequently DO attacked
when the organism had Travelled along
the alimentary canal rs fur Us the
cccum. From the number Of reported
cases, actinomycosis Of the vermiform
would appear to DO Il not very unc0m.
mon form Of disease Of that organ"
In the discussion which ensued and
which was participated In by the emil.
nent president Of the society, Sir
Lauder Brunton, tho conclusions Of the
essayist were fully sustained; and II
was, moreover. shown that actinomy.
cosls Is not infrcQuently mistaken for
other disease Of the abnominal and
pelvic 0rgans--notably for tuberculo.
sis Of tho lntestines, Of the liver. the
pancreas, 0varies, etc. by the depart.
ment patholOgists 1t has been demon.
stratcd post mOrtem us the cause Of
death In cases diagnosed during life
as tuberculosis or cancer Of other or.
sans.
Tho extreme difficulty OF dctermin.
Ing the true nature Of inhammatory NJ.
fections of these organs IL an add.
tional reason why the flesh Of "lumpy
Jaw" animals should be swcepingly
prohibited for food.
~SA
Insanitary conditions In the stool;
yards We're severely censured by DIR
ArnOE G. Klebs In lecture on "Con
sumption and the Home" given In the
Public Library under the auspices OF
the Chicago Medical Society.
"sOme day these insanitary condi
tions out Mt the stock yards will cause
a great upheaval In Chicago" he said
'rhey are directly responsible for q
great deal Of the tuberculosis now
prevalent In Chicago, ana firmly
believe that one of the greatest strides
that can be made towards stamping
out this terrible disease Is to bring
about proper conditions Mt the stock
yards"
~G
The Beef Trust will find 1t hard
to get resting place when the peo
pie of this country rise against 1t
as they surely will. The people of the
whole world are crying for Its eXter
mlnation.
~eEA
An average Of 10000 pounds of dis.
cased meat is condemned every week by
Chicago Health Department inspectors
| In butcher shops and grocery and de-
partment stores "lnside the Union
loop"
II this great amount Of tubercular,
generous and magsOty material can be
| found by the inspectors ana destroyed
inside the loop" small territory
| bounded by the river, Van Buren, street,
| Wabash and Fifth avenues, how many
million pounds are sold to the public
and consumed In the vast territory out.
side the loop?
This Is very pertinent question.
That 10000 pounds of diseased meat
can escape stOckyards inspection every
week and find itself into department
and other stores "inside the loop"
should suffice to call attention to the
vast amount of poisonous food that es.
capes inspection at the stockyards and
Is sold outside the loop.
Facts are facts, and figures never lie.
~cA.
II the Beef Trust thinks that the
people will abide by the fake reports OF
Investigations made by women's clubs,
college professors and associations com.
posed Of so-caled business men 1t IL
greatly mistaken.
~
III the laws regarding the selling OF
diseased meat We're enforced the Reef
Trust would now be In Jail.
~
The Beef Trust must be downed.