Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1906-12-29

thrlx generally entered the body by the
allmentary or respiratory tract aud
had a great disposition to insinuate
itself along the ducts Of glands open.
ing into these, 1t wns easy to under.
stand that the vcrmifOrm appendix
should fairly frequently be attacked
when the organism had Travelled along
the alimentary canal % fur 40 the
cecum. From the number Of reported
cases. actinolnyc0sis Of the vermiform
would appear 70 bo not very uncom.
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, the conclusions Of the
essayIst were fully sustained; and Il
was, moreover. shown that actiromy.
cosis Is not infreQuently mistaken for
other disease Of the abno,ninal and
pelvic oryans-notably for tuberculo.
sis OF the intestines, Of the liver. the
pancreas, 0varies. etc. by the depart.
ment pathol0gists 1t has been demon.
strated post mortem as the cause Of
death In cases diagnosed during life
rs tuberculosis or cancer OF other Or
gans.
The extreme difficulty OF detcrmin.
Ing the true nature Of infammat0ry af.
fections Of these organs Is an addl.
tional reason why the flesh Of "lumpy
jaw" animals should be sweeplngly
prohibited for food.
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Insanitary conditions In the stool;
Sards were severely censured by DIR.
ArnoE g. Klebs In a lecture on "Con'
sumption and the Home" given In the
Public Library under the auspices Of
the Chicago Medical Society.
"SOme day these insanitary c0ndi'
tons out at the stock yards will cause
great upheaval In Chicago" he said,
They are directly responsible for a
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 Is to bring
about proper conditions at the stock
yards"
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The Beef Trust will find 1t hard
20 get q resting place when the peo.
pie Of this country rise against 1t,
~ they surely will. The people OF the
whole world are crying for Its exter.
ninatlon.
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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 "!nsidc the Union
loop"
II this great amount of tubcrc,ilar,
cancerous and maggoty material can be
found by the inspectors and destroyed
inside the loop" a small territory
founded 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 n very pertinent question
That 10000 pounds Of diseased meat
can escape stockyards inspection every
week and find itself into department
and other stores "inslde the loop"
should suffice TO call attention to the
vast amount Of poisonous food that es.
capes inspection Mt the stockyards and
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 womcn's clubs,
college professors and associations com.
posed OF sO-called business men 1t IL
greatly mistaken.
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lr 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 he d0wned.