Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1906-04-28


only the part involved, believe 1t is
safest and most practicable to con-
denim tho entire carcass wherever the
actinomycotic abscess opens into the
mouth, pharynx. larynx or any part Of
the digestive or respiratory tract; or
when the lymphatic glands are invOlv.
ed; or where there are actinomycotic
tumOrs In the lungs; or when the le.
sions have become generallzed, since
generalization in actinomycOsis ap.
pears to run Il very atypic course,
making the detection of all focl inside
the muscle very difficult; therefore,
the entire carcass is to be condemned.
"1n cases where the actinOmycotic
LESSONS are positively localized, the In.
fected part may be cut away and the
remains of the carcass used.
""Thcse instructions apply only to
"lumpy Jaw" There may be other
reasons why you should want to con.
demn carcass, and It il then a mat.
ter Of Judgment for you and your men.
But YOU should never hesitate to con.
demn II you believe the animal to be
not fit for human food"
The most amazing stupidity conceiv.
able Of any people with foreheads Is
that they should allow their supply
Of food to pass into the hands Of one
speculative interest, says Charles Ed.
ward Russell In, powerful article
written by him in the Appeal to Rea.
son. You can understand how a care.
less community might tolerate mo.
nopoly Of some things, how 1t might
endure to have its transportation, for
instance, or Its electric light, control.
led by ono ownership, for men can
live without sleeping cars or arc
lamps; but that 1t should tolerate a
monopoly Of the primal necessity Of
food is beyond comprehension and
without precedent. Even naked saw.
ages have uniformly been too wise
for that, and the only nation that has
ever submitted to such monstr0us
condition Is our own.
From thousand illustrations Of the
injuries we all suffer from this idiotic
arrangement let us cite one.
There IL no way Of communicating
disease to the human body surer than
through infected meat tissue. Some
Of the worst and most destructive ba.
GILL that prey upon mankind are com.
mon among the animals hc eats for
food. Cows have tuberculosis and
spread vast quantities Of 1t through
the human population. 1t Is so com.
mon among cows that the wise and
the forcwarned will use mono but ster.
ilized milk. What Is hog cholera"
among swine Is merely typhoid fever
in men. Trichlnca in hogs poisons
human beings. Both these diseases
arc common among swine.
Worse than all these, ana moro
deadly, is another fact that Is seldom
commented upon because 1t is too up.
palllng to dwell much upon. What Is
called "lumpy jaw" in cattle Is simply
cancer. The germs Of cancer are
communicable. Many cattle have
"lumpy Jaw" Any animal with
"lumpy Jaw" Is unit for human
food.
This opens field that demands the
immediate attention Of tho govern.
ment. Cancer is the most terrible of
oil diseases. After 1t has reached q
certain stage Of development 1t Is ab.
solutely incurable. Its progress to
that stage may be without the pa.
tents knowledge or suspicion. Its
advance beyond that stage cannot
even be checked. 1t slays Its victims
with the most horrible torture.
In this country the recent increase
Of this most terrible of human nj.
fiictiOns has been something to alarm
us all. 1t was once rare; 1t now
threatens to become common. In tho
Cincinnati hospital, In the year 1870.
n, the number of cancer0us patients
was one in 5S7. In 1904 the number
was one In 273. In 1870, when the
total population of the city was 218,.
230. the number Of cancer cases re-
ported Mt all the institutions was AZ.
In 1900, with total population of
325,0O2, the number Of cancer caseh
reported Mt all the institutions was
1913. and In 1908, with about the same
population, the number was 2O7. I
append the table that shows this rs.
tonishlng increase.
Here is similar report from two
well-knOwn hospitals elsewhere:
ROOSEVELT HOSPITAL, NEW
YORK.
Total No.
Year. of patients, Cancer.
1878. 7S.................1, 1853 %
1879. .1,017 40
1880. 0................1, .1,474 20
1881. 1855 %
1882. .2,108 20
1888. 3................2, .2,132 35
1854. .2,24S 81
1885. .2,372 90
1886. 6.................2,5 1854 0
1887. .2,72S u
1883. SS.................2, .2,4S7 55
1880. .2,754 20