Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1907-01-05

thrix generally entered the body by the
alimentary or respiratory tract and
had great disposition 10 instnuats
itself along the ducts Of glands open.
Ing Into these, It was easy to under.
stand that the vermNorm appendix
ahould fairly frequently b attacked
when the 0rganism had travelled along
the alimentary canal % far % the
cecum. From the number Of reported
casss, actinomycoss Of the vermlform
would appear to be not very uncom.
mon form Of disease Of that organ"
In the discussion which eusued and
which was participated In By the emil.
nsnt president Of the sectsty, Sir
Lauder Brunton, the conclusions Of the
sssayist were fully sustained; and Il
waA moreover, shown that actinomy.
COSTS V not iafrsqusntly mistaken for
other disease Of the abnomlnal and
pelvic orsans-notAbly for tubsrculo-
sis Of the intestinsA Of the Liver. the
pancreaA ovariss. etc. By the depart.
ment patholoSists It has been demon.
strated post mortem % the cause Of
death In cases diagnosed during life
40 tuberculosis or cancer OF 0thee OF.
gans.
The extreme dificulty Of detsrmin.
Ing the true nature Of innammatory af.
fectious Of these organs u an add.
tional reason why the flesh Of "iumpy
jaw" animals should be sweepingly
prohibited for food.
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Insanitary conditions In the stock
yards were severely censured by DIR.
ArnoE 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 insanltary condl.
lions out ut the stock yards will cause
a great upheaval In Chicago" he said.
They are directly responsible for a
great deal Of the tuberculosis now
prevalent In Chicago, and firmly
believe that one Of the greatest strides
chat can be made towards stamping
cut this terrible disease Ia to bring
about proper conditions at the stock
yards"
The Beef Trust will fnd It hard
70 get resting place when the pe0.
ole Of this country rise against 1t,
a. they surely will. The people Of the
whole world are crying for its sxter.
ninatiOn.
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An average Of 10000 pounds of dis.
eased meat 10 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" a 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 loop"
should suffice 10 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 |
lcople will abide by the fake reports of |
Investigations made by wOmen's clubs,
,ollege professors and associations com.
'osed OF so'called business men IL IL
greatly mistaken.
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III the laws regarding the selling Of
diseased meat We're enforced the Beef
trust would now he In jan.
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The Beef Trust must be downed.