Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1906-12-22

tnriN generally entered tnc O0uy Dy tnc
allmentary or respiratory tract aud
had a great disposition to insinuate
itself along the ducts Of glands OPEN
Ing into these. 1t was easy to under.
stand that the vermiform appendix
should fairly frequently be attacked
when the organism had travelled along
the aiimentary canal rs Ear a. the
cecum. From the number Of reported
cases, actlnomycosis Of the vermiform
would appear to be not very uncom.
mon form Of disease Of that organ"
In the dlscussion which ensued and
which was participated In BY the emi.
nent president Of the society, 6ir
Lauder Brunton, the conclusions Of the
essayist were fully sustained; and II
was, moreover, shown that actinomy'
COSTS Ii not infreQuently mistaken for
other disease Of the abn0minal and
pelvic organs-notably for tubercul0'
sis Of the intestines, Of the liver. the
pancreas, Ovaries. etc. BY the depart.
ment pathol0gists 1t has been demon
stratcd post mortem as the cause Of
death In cases diagnosed during life
as tuberculosis or cancer Of other or
gans.
The extreme difficulty Of determin'
Ing the true nature Of iphammatory NJ.
fections Of these organs is an add
tional reason why the iiesh Of "lumpy
Jaw" animals should be swecpingly
prohibited for food.
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Insanitary conditions In the stock
yards were severely censured by DIR
ArnoE G. Klebs In a lecture ON "C0n
sumpti6n and the Home." given In thu
Public Library under the auspices 0i
the Chicago Medical Society.
"SOme day these insanitary c0ndi
tions out at the stock yards will cause
great uplseaval In Chicago" he said
They are directly responsible for q
great deal Of the tuberculosis now
prevalent In Chicago. and firmly
believe that one Of the greatest strides
that can be made towards stamping
out this terrible disease IL to bring
about proper conditions at the stock
YARDS"
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The Beef Trust will find It hard
to get q resting place when the peo
pie Of this country rise against It.
as they surely will. The people OF the
whole world are crying for Its eGter
minatlOn.
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An average Of 10000 pounds Of dis.
eased meat Is condemned every week by
Chicago Health Department inspectors
In butcher shops and grocery and de-
partment stores "insldc the Union
loop"
IL this great amount Of tubercuiar,
cancerous and maggOty material can he
found by the inspectors and 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 IL 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 aud
Is sold outside the loop.
Facts are facts. and figures never lie.
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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-called business men it Is
greatly mistaken.
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lf the laws regarding the selling OF
diseased meat were enforced the Beef
Trust would now he In Jail.
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The Beef Trust must be d0wusd.