Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1907-02-23

thrix generally entered the body by the
alimentary or respiratory tract aud
had great disposition to insinuate
Itself along the ducts Of glands open.
Ing into these, II was easy to under.
stand that the vermiform appendix
should fairly frequently be attacked
when the organism had Travelled along
the alimentary canal 20 far 40 the
cecum. From the number Of reported
case6, actinomyoosis Of the vermiforsn
would appear 10 b q not very uncom.
mon form Of disease Of that organ"
In The discussion which ensued and
which was participated In By the emil.
uent president Of the society, Sir
Lauder Brunton, The conclusions Of the
essayist were fully sustained; and Il
was, moreover, shown that actinomy.
COSTS 10 not infrsquently mistaken for
other disease Of the abnominal and
pelvic orsans-notably for tuberculo.
sis Of the intestines, Of the Liver, the
pancreas, ovaries. etc. BY the depart.
msnt pathologists II has been demon.
strated post mortem 90 the cause OF
death In cases diagnosed during life
as tuberculosis or cancer Of other or.
gans.
The extreme dificulty Of determin.
Ing the true nature Of inhammatory af.
fections Of these organs 10 an addi.
tional reason why the fiesh Of "lumpy
jaw" animals should be sweeplngly
prohibited for food.
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Insanitary conditions In the stock
yards were severely censured by Dr.
Arnold 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 condi.
uons out Mt the stock yards will cause
q great upheaval 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 Ii to bring
about proper conditions at the stock
yards"
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The Beef Trust will find II hard
10 get a resting place when the peo.
pie OF this country rise against It,
a. they surely will. The people Of the
whole world are crying for its exter.
minati0n.
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 "inside the Union
loop"
II this great amount OF tubercular,
cancerous and maggoty material can be
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 is a 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 LOOM"
should suffice to call attention to the
vast amount OF poisonous food that es.
capes inspection at the stockyards and
Is sold outside the loop.
Facts are facts, and figures never lie.
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IL 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 IL ls
greatly mistaken.
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if the laws regarding the selling OF
diseased meat were enforced the Beef
Trust would now be In jail.
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The Beef Trust must be dowued.