Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1907-03-16
BEEF TRUST WARNING.
The Chicago Health Department Tells the
Public that Lumpy Jaw Beef Causes
Appendicitis.
The Chicago Eagle Has Made this
Contention for a Year and
Is Upheld.

thrlx generally entered the body by the
alimentary or respiratory tract aud
had a great disposition to inslnuate
itself along the ducts Of glands open.
Ing Into these, 1t was easy to under.
stand that the vermlfOrm appendix
should fairly frequently be attacked
when the organism had travelled along
the alimentary canal as fur Us the
csecrm. From the number Of reported
cases, actin0inycosis Of the vermiform
would appear to be not very uncom.
mon form Of disease Of that organ"
In the discussion which ensued and
which was participated In by the eml.
nent president OF the society, Sir
Lauder Brunton, tho conclusions Of the
essayist were fully sustained; and It
was, moreover, shown that actinOmy.
COSTS Is not infreQucntly mistaken for
other disease Of the abnominal and
pelvic organs-notably for tuberculo.
SIS OF the intestnes, Of the liver, tho
pancreas, ovaries, etc. BY the depart.
ment pathol0gists 1t has been demon.
strated post mortem as the cause Of
death In cases diagnosed during life
as tuberculosis or cancer OF other or.
gans.
The extreme difficulty of determin.
Ing the true nature Of infammatory NJ.
fections OF these organs ls an add.
t!oiAal reason why the flesh OF "lumpy
jaw" animals should be sweepingly
prohibited for food.
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lnsanitary conditions In the stock
Sards were severely censured by DIR.
Arnold Q. Klebs In a lecture on "Con.
sumption and the Home" given In tho
Public Library under the auspices OF
the Chicago Medical Society.
"sOme day these insanitary condi.
lions 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 firmly
believe that one Of the greatest strides
that can be made towards stamping
out this terrible disease Ia to bring
about proper conditions at the stock
yards"
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The Beef Trust will find Il hard
to get a resting place when the peo.
pie OF this country rise against It.,
az they surely will. The people of the
whole world are crying for Its exter.
minatlOn.
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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 very pertinent question,
That 10000 pounds of diseased meat
can escape stOckyards inspection every
week and find itself into department
and other stores "lnside 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
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 he In jail.
The Beef Trust must b dswusd.