Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1907-12-07

| ployment Of boric acid and other chem.
icals for the preparation and preserva.
tiOn Of food. lie points out that the
death rate from enteritis, appendicitis
and pcrityphltls increased In Great
Britain during the twenty.year period
of 1SSJ-10O4 from 1873 to 3Oj per 1000.
COO.
| According to DIR. Harrlson's theory.
the process by which the borlc acid
produces appendicitis Is mechanical
and Indirect, the first step being the
development Of flatulent dyspepsia
now recognized as being an almost In.
evitable effect of the presence Of such
prcservatives In the food--and the sec.
ond step being the entrance of gus into
the appendix. DIR. Harrison says:
""Thc initial lesion which probably
renders appendicitis possible is the
opening or blowing out of the appen.
dical canal to such a degree as to rem.
der 1t accessible to the contents Of the
intestines. 3. When this cOndi-
tlon has thus been fairly well estab.
lished, the ease and life of the appen.
dix, not to say anything of the indi.
vidual, arc liable to become preca.
rious.'
"ln support of his contentious. DR..
Harrison quotes DR.. Dcaver, of Phlla-
delphla. and recent address by DIR.
Richard Jones to the North Wales
branch of the British Medical Asso.
citation, In which also occurred this
passage:
"'rherc can bc no doubt that the
continuous Introduction of these cicmi.
cal substances Into the system inter.
feres with digestion. deprcsscs the
heart action, and injurlously affects
the Kidneys
"That no credcncc can be placed In
the sometimes heard assertion that the
food prepared In this country for do.
nestle consumption Is free from many
Of the authorizations that characterize
the exported articles, seems proved by
an experience related to q reporter by
a man just returned from a vacation
spent In one Of the less accessible parts
Of the Bcrkshires. Practically the only
meat that could be obtained was bacon
In glass Jars. bought ut little village
grocery miles away. As rule the
Jars sent for were put up by New
York firm. But one day. while making
n meal on frixzled bacon from such a
jar, both the informant and his wife
noticed peculiar burning sensation
In the throat and tho canal connecting
II with the nose.
"Some experimenting proved quickly
that the bacon was wholly responsible
for the unpleasant effect. The jar was
then examined and was found to have
been put up by one Of the bcst.knOwn
and most widely advertised meat firms
In Chicago. II was concludcd--and
properly. according to consulted author.
itics--thnt the observed sensation was
caused by the presence In the bacon
either Of some such prcscrvative as
borlc acid or some cOlorlng substance,
or both"
Always remember that In order to
please the packers, there IL no longer
city inspection ut the Union Stock
Yards.
1 The withdrawal of the city inspect
ors from the big packing houses ut tho
stock yards was an awful thing. We
take the following from page o2 of the
| animal ro,,ort ~ tbo rI,t.,.. IIo.,.,
Department for 1905, issued In 1905: 1:
AT the Union Stock Yards during
the Inst five months Of the year, the
seven inspectors (ive of whom were
appointed In N0vcmber) have con.
dcmned ana destroyed 2,70i.O3S
pounds of meat, as being unit for
food; all of which would have been
sold In the City OF Chicago and for
which the purchaser would have paid
first class prices. From these figures
1t Is very evident that inspection by
the city OF all food products Is of un-
told value, not only from a financial,
but also from a sanitary and hygicnic
standpoint.
"The following will show how ncccs-
sary city inspection Is at the Union
Stock Yards:
"The city meat inspectors have con-
demned In the coolers and on the cut
ting floors, AFTER PASSING GOV
ERNMENT INSPECTION:
"l25 cattle, cause, actinomycosls.
'07 cattle, cause, emaciatlon.
"24 cattle, cause, tubcrcul0sls-evl.
dcnce OF the disease having been
trimmed out.
40 sheep, cause, 'dOwners.'
"27 sheep, cause, pneumonia.
"Di hogs, pyaepia ana tuberculosis.
"iI,72O pounds of cut meats ship
ped from 1t. Louis, Omaha, etc, for
canning. This meat was sour and
shiny"
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The Health Department reports for
years back have been interesting read.
ing for people who give thought to thu
matter of pure food:
The following from the Chicago
Health Department Bulletin of OctO-
her %, 1905, speaks for Itself: