Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1907-11-09

| pOsHVIit vi UOrIC Hclu O1u Otner Cnem
icals for the preparation und preserva
tion Of food. lie points out that the
death rate from entcritis, appendiciti,
and pcrityphlltls increased In Great
Britain during the twcnty.year period
Of 1SSc10O4 from 1873 to 3O5 per 1000
OOO.
| According to DR.. 1larrison's theory
the process by which the boric acid
produces appendicitis IL mechanical
and Indirect, the first step being the
development Of fiatulcnt dyspepsia,
now recognized az being nm almost In.
cvitablc effect of the presence Of such
prcscrvntives In the fOOtl4-and the sec.
ond step being the entrance Of gns into
!! the appendix. DR.. Harrison says:
1.-The initial lesion which probably
renders appendicitis possible Is the
opening or blowing out Of the appei,.
dicnl canal to such n degree ns to rcn.
der 1t accessible to the contents Of the
ihtestines. When this cOntli.
tion has thus been fairly well cstab.
lishcd. the ease and life Of the appen.
dix. not to say anything Of the indi.
vldual. are liable to become precl.
rlous.'
"ln support Of his contentious. Dr.
Harrison quotes DR.. Dcavcr, Of Phila.
dclphia, and recent address by DR..
Richard Jones to the North Wales
branch Of the British Medical Asso.
ciation, In which also occurred this
passage:
""rhcrc can bc no doubt that the
continuous introduction of these cl,cmi.
cal substances Into the system Inter.
fcres with digestion. dcprcsscs the
heart action. and injuriously affects
the Kidneys
THAT no crcdcncc can bc placed In
the sometimes heard assertion that the
food prepared In this country for do.
nestle consumption IL free from many
Of the authorizations that characterize
the exported articles. seems proved by
an experience related to a reporter by
n man just returned from II 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 a little village
grocery miles away. As a rule the
Jars sent for were put up by u New
York firm. But one day. while making
q nncal Oh frizzled bacon from such
jar. both the informant aud his wife
noticed peculiar burning sensation
In the thrOat nnd tho canal connecting
It with the nosc
"somc experimenting proved quickly
that the bacon was wholly responsible
for the unpleasant effect. The jnr was
then examined and was found to have
been put up by one Of the best.kn0wn
and most widely advertised meat firms
In Chicago. II was concluded
properly. according to consulted author.
ltlcs--thnt the observed sensation was
caused by tho presence In the bacon
either Of some such preservative M
bOrlc acld or some coloring substance,
or both"
The Health Department reports for
years buck 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 Oct0.
ber %, 1905, speaks for itself:
The city inspectors ut the Union
Stock Yards condemned "FIVE CAT.
TIE FOUND IN THE COOLERS,
WITH A PART OF THE EVIDENCE
Of TUBERCUI.OSIs TRIMMED OUT,
AFTER HAVING BEEN PASSED ny
THE GOVERNMENT INSPECTORS"
'"rhey also condemned and destroyed
3,O93 pounds Of cut meats shiIl,ed from
st. Louis and Kansas City, having
passed government Inspection at those
places"
This shows the sort Of government
Inspection we have had.
If few OF the governmental Omis-
,iOns IRE rectified how many thous-
inds are nOtY
How many hosn-s In Europe and |
America are mt this moment harboring
'pts of meat from tuberculosis cattle? |
~.-s e',~e report Of the Health Com
.i.-s.,,.e. -.N.ka OF meat hanging In
IN coolers OF rrSA houses. with tuber- |
'ular tumors trimmed OUT ready to
Ne cut into steaks,
Speaking OF the 3.D35,OcN bounds of
GOD condemned ~ 1905 by Chicago
lealth Department inspectors, DIR. G.
!. Whalen, Health Commissioner, says
n his annual report:
EIGHTY PER CENT OF THE
IEATs WE'RE CONDEMNED ON
ACCOUNT OF TUBERCULOSIS."
Commenting upon this condition
continues Commissioner Whelan),
American Medicine December %,
ays: One stands aghast at the criml-
al cupidity which will induce men to
tempt to sell such dangerous foods to
n unsuspecting community. 1t is now
q order to go step farther and find
ut who is responsible for this moral
bllqulty.
"'It Is well known that combIna.
Ions Of the larger meat dealers have
xisted In the past to the end Of rails.
nc the price Of food stuffs beyond the
Oint to which healthy competition
'ould reduce them. The outcry has
lwava hQQn in nrOtoat oUoinot <I,o L., |