Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1907-12-21

ployment Of boric acld and other chem.
icals for the preparation and preserva.
tion Of food. He points out that the
death rate from enterltis, appendicitis
and perityphlitis increased in Great
Britain during the twenty. .year period
Of 1SS5-1OO4 from 133 to 3O5 per 1,OOO,.
600.
According to DR.. Harrison's theory,
the process by which the boric acid
produces appendicitis is mechanical
and Indirect, the first step being the
development Of fatulent dyspepsia
now recognized as being an almost in.
evitable effect Of the presence Of such
preservatives In the food--and the sec.
ond step being the entrance Of gas into
the appendix. DR.. Harrison says:
""The initial lesion which probably
renders appendicitis possible Is the
opening or blowing out of the appen.
dical canal to such degree as to ren.
der It accessible to the contents Of the
intcstincs. When this condi-
tiOn has thus been fairly well estab.
lished, the ease and life Of the appcn-
dix, not to say anything Of the indi.
vldual, are liable to become preca.
riOus'
"ln support Of his contentious, DR..
Harrison quotes DR.. Deaver, Of Phlla.
delphin. and recent address by DR..
Richard Jones to the North Wales
branch Of the British Medical Asso.
citation, In which also occurred this
passage:
""There can be no doubt that the
continuous introduction Of these cheml.
cal substances into the system inter.
fcres with digestion. dcpresses the
heart action, and injurlously affects
the Kidneys
'"rhat no crcdence 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 reporter by
man just returned from n vacation
spent In one Of the less accessible parts
Of the Berkshircs. 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 a New
York firm. But one day. while making
meal on frlxxled bacon from such q
jar, both the informant and his wife
noticed peculiar burning sensation
In the throat and the 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 best.known
and most widely advertised meat firms
In Chicago. It was concluded-and
properly, according to consulted author.
itles--that the observed sensation was
Aaused by the presence In the bacon
either Of some such preservatlve as
boric acid or some coloring substance
or both"
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Always remember that In order ia
please the packers, there Is no longer
city inspection at the Union Stock
Yards.
The withdrawal Of the city inspect.
Ors from the big packing houses at the
stock yards was an awful thing. We
take the following from page % Of the
annual report Of the Chicago Health
Department for 1905, issued In 1905
AT the Union Stock Yards during
the last five months Of tho year, the
seven inspectors (five of whom were
appointed In November) have con
demned and destroyed 2.7O4,O3s
pounds of meat, as being unfit fol
food; all Of which would have beer
sold In the City Of Chicago and 70,
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 hygienit
standpoint.
'"rhe following will show how neces
sary city inspection Is ut the Union
Stock Yards:
"The city meat Inspectors have con
demned In the coolers ana OH the cut
ting floors, AFrER PASSING GOV
ERNMENT INSPECTION:
"125 cattle, cause, actinomyeosls.
'D7 cattle, cause, emaciation.
"24 cattle, cause, uberculosis-evi
dence OF the disease having beer
trimmed out.
'16 sheep, cause, 'd0wners.'
"@7 sheep, cause, pneumonia.
'4 hogs, pyaemia and tuberculosis
47,72O pounds Of cut meats ship
ped from st. Louis, Omaha, etc., fol
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 tho
matter of pure food:
The following from the Chicago
Health Department Bulletin of Octo.
Der %, 1905, speaks for Itself:
The city inspectors at the Union