Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1907-01-12
BEEF TRUST WARNING,
The Chicago Health Department Tells the
Public that Lumpy Jaw Beet Causes
Appendicitis.
The Chicago Eagle Has Made this
Contention for q Year and
Is Upheld.

thrix generally entered the body by the
allmentary or respiratory tract and
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 alimentary canal % far % the
cpcum. From the number Of reported
cases. actinomycosis Of the vermiform
would appear to be not very uncon.
mon form Of disease Of that organ"
In the discussion which snsusd and
which was participated In BY The emil.
nent president Of the society, Sir
Lauder Brunt0n. the conclusions Of the
essayist wero fully sustained; and Il
was, moreover, shown that actiuomy.
cosls ID not infrequenty mistaken for
other disease Of the abnominal and
pelvic notably for tuberculo.
sis Of the intestines, Of the liver, the
pancreas. ovaries, etc. BY the depart.
ment pathologists It has been demon.
strated post mortem 40 the cause Of
death In cases diagnosed during life
rs tuberculosis or cancer OF other or.
guns.
The extreme difficulty Of determin.
Ing the true nature Of inhammat0ry af.
fectiOns Of these organs 10 an add.
tional reason why the flesh Of "lumpy
jaw" animals should be swecpingly
prohibited for food.
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lnsanltary conditions In the stock
yards were severely censured by DR..
ArnoE Q. 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 condi.
tions out at the stock yards will cause
great upheaval In Chicago" he said.
They are directly responsible for a
4reat 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 Ii to bring
about proper conditions at the stock
yards"
The Beef Trust will hnd It hard
to get a 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 exter.
minatiOn.
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An average OF 10000 pounds of dis.
eased meat ls condemned every week by
Chicago Health Department inspectors
In butcher shops and grocery and de.
partment stores 'inside the Union
loop"
II this great amount Of tubercular,
'anccrous and maggoty material can be
Found by the inspectors and destroyed
inside the loop small territory
bounded by the river, Van Buren, street,
and Fifth avenues. how many
million pounds arc sold to the public
md consumed In the vast territory out.
'ide the loop?
THIS Is very pertinent question.
That $4,000 pounds Of diseased meat
AN escape stockyards inspection every
week and find itself into department
md other stores "lnslde the loop,"
hould suffice to call attention 10 the
asst amount Of poisonous food that es,
apes Inspection at the stockyards and
sold outside the loop.
Facts are facts. and figures never lie,
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IL the Reef Trust thinks that the |
eop!e VIII abide by the fake reDorts OF |
'vcstI.n'lons made by women's clubs,
'l!ege professors ana associations com.
Dsed OF so'called business men it is
realty mistaken.
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" the laws regarding the selling OF
Seascd meat were enforced the Beef
rust would now h In jail.
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The Beef Trust must be downed