Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1908-04-25

icals for the preparation and preserva.
ton Of food. He points out that the
death rate from enterltis, appendicitis
and perityphlitis increased in Great
Britain during the twenty.year period
Of 1SS5-19O4 from 1873 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. DIR. Harrison says:
1.-THE initial lesion which probably
renders appendicitis possible is the
! opening or blowing out Of the appen.
dlcal canal to such degree rs to rem.
der 1t accessible to the contents Of the
intestines. When this condi.
ton has thus been fairly well estab.
llshed, the ease and life Of the appen-
dix, not to say anything Of the indi.
vidual, are liable to become preca.
riOus.'
"ln support Of his contentious, DR..
Harrison quotes DR.. Beaver. Of Phila.
delphia, 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 TINT the
continuous introduction Of these ci1emi.
cal substances into the system inter.
feres with digestion, depresses the
heart action. and inturiously 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 Ii free from many
Of the authorizations that characterize
the exported articles, seems proved BY
an experience related 10 a reporter BY
q man just returned from vacation
spent ip one Of the less accessible parts
Of the Berkshires. Practically the only
meat that could be obtained was bacon
In glass Jars, bought at a little VILLAGE
grocery miles away. Al q rule the
jars sent for were put up by q New
York firm. But one day, while making
a meal on frlxzled bacon from such a
jar, both the informant and his wife
noticed a peculiar burning sensation
In the throat and 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 70 have
been put up by one Of the best.known
and most widely advertised meat firms
In Chicago. It was concluded
properly, according to consulted author.
ities-that the observed sensation was
caused by the presence in the bacon
either Of some such preservative %
boric acid or some coloring substance,
or BOTH"
Always remember that In order to
please the packers. there IL 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 ~ !,
AT the Union Stock Yards wv
the last FIVE months Of tb- uur.nl
seven inspectors (five Se"F, .ns
appointed In Mover " wuoln wer'
nounds NJ ~ destroyed 2.704,O3s
Food; ar ,.eat, as being unit fol
,~ OF which would have beer
'' in the City Of Chicago and fol
which the purchaser would have pait
hrst class prices. From these figures
1t Is very evident that inspection b!
the city Of all food products Is Of un
told value, not only from a financial
but also from sanitary and hygleni,
standpoint.
1.-THE following will show how necea
sary city inspection ts at the Uniol
Stock Yards:
"The city meat inspectors have con
demned In the coolers and on the cut
ting floors, AFTER PASSING GOV
ERNMENT INSPECTION:
1926 cattle, cause, actinomyccstA
"97 cattle, cause, cancellation.
"24 cattle, cause, tubercalosis-Aev
dence Of the disease having bee
trimmed out.
"l6 sheep, cause, N0wners'
"27 sheep cause. pneumOnia.
"94 hogs, pyaemia and tuberculosi'
"47,72O pounds of cut meats shiI
ped from st. Louis, Omaha, ETC.. "a
canning. T,hts meat was sour an
! shiny"
Q The Health Department reports 10
Q years back have been Interesting reat
( Ing for people who give thought to th
Q matter Of pure food:
!. The following from the Chicas
D Hearth Department Bulletin OF OctG
1 Der g. 1906. speaks for itself:
q The city inspectors at the Uni0
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