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

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allmentary or respiratory tract and
had a great disposition to inslnuate
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 as fur as the
c,ecum. From the number OF reported
cases, actln0inycosls Of the vermiform
would appear to be not very uncom.
mon form Of disease of that organ"
In the discussion which ensued aud
which was participated In by the emil.
nent president Of the society, Sir
Lauder Brunton, the conclusions Of the
essayist were fully sustained; aud It
was, moreover, shown that actinomy.
COSTS IL not infreQuently mistaken for
other disease Of the abnominal aud
pelvic organs-notably for tuberculo.
sis OF the intestines, Of the liver, the
pancreas, ovarles, etc. BY the depart.
ment pathologists 1t has been demon.
strated post mortem Us the cause Of
death In cases diagnosed during life
as tuberculosis or cancer of other or.
gans.
The extreme difficulty Of determln.
Ing the true nature OF intlammatOry az.
fections Of these organs Is an addi.
ti0nal reason why the flesh Of "lumpy
jaw" animals should be sweepIngly
prOkiblted for food,
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lnsanitary conditions In the stock
yards were severely censured by DR.
Arnold G. Klebs In 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
sions out at the stock yards will cause
= great upheaval In Chicago" he said
They are directly responsible for q
great deal OF the tuberculosis now
prevalent In Chicago. and l firmly
believe that one Of the greatest strides
that can he made towards stamping
out this terrible disease Ia to bring
about proper conditions ut the stock
yards"
The Beef Trust will find It hard
TO get resting place when the peo.
ple Of this country rise against 1t,
as they surely will. The people of the
whole world are crying for Its exter.
minatlOn.
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Sn 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 "lnside the Union
loop"
IL 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
ana other stores "lnside the loop"
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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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 1t Is
greatly mistaken.
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II 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 downed.