Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1908-01-11

ployment of boric acid and other chem.
icals for the preparation and preserva.
ton Of food. lie points out that the
J death rate from enteritis, appendicitis
and perityphitis increased In Great
Britain during the twenty.year period
of 1SS5-10O4 from 1873 to 3O5 per 1,OOO,.
! 600.
According to DR.. Ilarrlson's theory.
the process by which the boric acid
produces appendicitis Is mechanical
J and Indirect, the first step being the
development of fatulent Dyspepsia
now recognized as being an almost in
cvitable effect of the presence of such
personalities In the food-and the sec.
ond step being the entrance of gus into
the appendix. DIR. Harrison says:
1.-The initial lesion which probably
renders appendicitis possible Is the
opening or blowing out of the appen-
deal canal to such degree as to rem.
der 1t accessible to the contents of the
intestines. When this condl.
ton has thus been fairly well estab-
lished. the ease and life Of the appen.
dix. not to say anything of the indl.
vidual, are liable to become preca.
rlOus'
'ln support of his contentious, Dr.
Harrison quotes DR.. Beaver, Of phila.
delphin. and a recent address by Dr.
Richard Jones to the North Wales
branch of the British Medical Asso.
citation. In which also occurred this
passage:
""rherc can be no doubt that the
continuous introduction Of these chemi.
cal substances into the system inter.
fcres with digestion, depresscs the
heart action. and injurlously affects
the Kidneys
THAT no credence 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 a reporter by
n man just returned from vacation
spent In one Of the less accessible parts
Of the Berkshires. Practically the only
meat that could be obtained was bacon
In glass Jars, bought ut q little village
grocery miles away. As a rule the
Jars sent for were put up by n New
York firm. But one day. while making
a meal on frizxled bacon from such a
Jar, both the informant and his wife
noticed peculiar burning sensation
In the throat ana the canal connecting
1t 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 bcst.known
ana most widely advertised meat firms
In Chicago. 1t was northumberland
properly, according to consulted author.
ltlcs--that the observed sensation was
caused by the presence In the bacon
either OF some such preventative us
borlc acid or some cOlorIng substance,
or BOTH"
Always remember that In order to
please the packers, there II no longer
city Inspection at the Union Stock
Yards.
The withdrawal Of the city inspect.
ors from the big packing houses ut the
stock yards was an awful thing. We
/ take the following from page 90 OF the
annual report Of the Chicago Health
Department for 1905, Issued In 1906
AT the Union Stock Yards during
the last five months Of the year, the
seven inspectors Give of whom were
appointed In NOvember) have con.
demncd and destroyed 2,704.O3S
pounds OF meat, as being unfit for
food; all of which would Eave been
sold In the City Of Chicago and for
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 financial,
but also from a sanitary and hygienlc
standpoint.
"The following will show how neces.
sary city inspection Is at the Union
Stock Yards:
Inc city meat inspectors have con-
demned In the coolers and Oh the cut
ting floors, AFTER PASSING GOV
ERNMENT INSPECTION:
"l2o cattle, cause, actinoinycOsis.
''3I cattle, cause, emaclatlOn.
"24 cattle, cause. tuberclilosis-evl- |
dcnce of the disease having been
trimmed out
ZIG sheep, cause 'dOwners.'
"2' sheep, cause, pneumonia.
"9i hogs, pyaemia and tuberculosis. |
"lI,T20 pounds OF cut meats ship |
ped from st. Louis, Omaha, etc. for |
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 the
matter Of pure food:
The following from the Chicago
Health Department Bulletin OF Octo-
Der %, 1909, speaks for Itself:
The city inspectors at the Union