Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1906-06-09

and while some inspectors condemn
only the part involved. believe 1t 10
safest and most practicable to con.
demn the 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 generaized, since
generalization In actinomycosis ap.
pears to run very atypic course.
making the detection Of all foci inside
the muscle very difficult; therefore,
the entire carcass Is to be condemned.
"'1n cases where the actinOmycOtic
LESSONS are positively localized. the In.
fectetl part may be cut away and the
remains Of the carcass used.
"'These instructions apply only to
"lumpy jaw" There may be other
reasons why You should want to con.
demn carcass. and 1t Is then 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 ID
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 care
less community might tolerate mo-
nopoly OF some things, how 1t might
endure to have its transportation, fol
instance, or Its electric light, control
led by one ownership, for men car
live without sleeping cars or art
lamps: but that 1t should tolerate q
monopoly Of the primal necessity o.
food Is beyond comprehension ant
without precedent. Even naked saw
ages have uniformly been too wis'
for that, and the only nation that hal
ever submitted to such q monstroui
condition is our own.
From q thousand illustrations Of tn,
injuries we all suffer from this idioti'
arrangement let 10 cite one.
There IL no way Of communicatinI
disease to the human body surer thai
through infected meat tissue. Som
OF the worst and most destructive ba
GILL that prey upon mankind are com
mon among the animals he eats TO
food. Cows have tuberculosis an
spread vast quantities Of It throug
the human population. Il 10 30 com
mon among cows that the wise an
the forewarned will use none but steI
ilized milk. What 10 hog cholera
among swine II merely typhoid feve
In men. Trlchinca In hogs poison
human beings. Both these disease
are common among swine.
Worse than all these. and NOR
deadly, IL another fact that IL seldoI
commented upon because It IL too al
pallins to dwell much upon. What
called "lumpy Jaw" In cattle 10 simpi
cancer. The germs of cancer NJ
communicable. Many cattle hay
"lumpy jaw" Any animal wit
"lumpy jaw" IL unAt for huma
food.
This opens a field that demands ii
immediate attention OF the govern
ment. Cancer IL the most terrible {
all diseases. After It has reached
certain stage Of development 1t 10 al
solutely incurable. Its progress
that stage may be without the n
tents knowledge or suspicion. L
! advance beyond that stage cann'
; even be checked. II slays its victim
with the most horrible torture.
: In this country the recent increai
. Of this most terrible OF human a
, fi!ctiOns has been something to alar
us all. 1t was once rare; 1t no
threatens to become common. In Il
Cincinnati hospital, In the year lS7
u. the number Of cancerOus patien
was one in 5S7. In 1904 the numb,
was one In ?73. In 1870. when Il
J total population Of the city was 2lt
o39. the number of cancer cases 7
ported Mt all the institutions was
t in 1900, with total population
3o5,9O2. the number of cancer cas-
reported at all the institutions WI
10S. and In 1908, with about the san
population, the number was 2G7.
: append the table that shows this q
tonishing increase.
Here Is similar report from tv
well-known hospitals elsewhere:
, ROOSEVELT HOSPITAL, Me-
YORK.
Total No.
Year. OF patients. Canoe
1878. ............,..,. .l,GJJ
1879, 1917