Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1908-03-07

icals for the preparation and preserva.
ton Of food. lie points out that the
death rate from enteritis. appendicitis
and perityphlitis increased in Great
Britain during the twenty-year period
Of 1SSJ-10O4 from 1873 to 3O5 per 1000.
600.
According to Or. Harrlson'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 us being an almost in.
evitable effect of the presence Of such
personalities in the fo0d-and the sec.
ond step being the entrance Of gus into
the appendix. DIR. Harrison says:
"'The initial lesion which probably
renders appendicitis possible Is the
opening or blowing out of the appen.
deal canal to such degree 40 to rem.
der 1t accessible to the cOntents Of the
intestlnes. When this condi.
ton has thus been fairly well estab.
llshed. the ease and life Of the llppen.
dix, not to say anything Of the indi.
vIdual, are liable to become areca.
riOus.'
''ln support Of his contentionS DR..
Harrison quotes DR.. Beaver, Of hila.
delphia. and recent address By DR..
Richard Jones to the North Mles
branch OF the British Medical Aso.
citation. In which also occurred his
passage:
""There can be no doubt that he
continuous introduction Of these chesi.
cal substances Into the system int.
feres with digestion. depresses te
heart action, and injuriously affec
the Kidneys
"That no credence can be placed .
the sometimes heard assertion that thu
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 to q reporter by
a man just returned from q vacation
spent in one of the less accessible parts
Of the Berkshires. Practically the only
meat that could be obtained WINS bacon
in glass jars. bought at little village
grocery niles away. As rule the
Jars sent for were put up by a New
York firm. Hut one day. while making
a meal on frizxled bacon from such q
jar, both the informant and his wife
noticed n peculiar burning sensation
In the thrOat and the canal connecting
It with the nose.
''Some experimenting proved quickly
that the bacon was wholly responsible
for the unpleasant effect. The jar wal
then examined and was found to have
been put up by one of the best.knowr
ana most widely advertised meat frms
In Chicago. 1t was concluded-and
properly. according to consulted author
ltles--that the observed sensation wa,
caused by the presence In the bacOr
either OF some such preservatlve "a
bOrlc acid or some col0rlng substance
or both"
Always remember that In order Il
please the packers. there Ii no longel
city inspection ut the Union Stool
Yards.
The withdrawal of the city inspect
Ors from the big packing houses ut thu
stock yards was I'm awful thing. w,
take the following from page 2? Of thu
annual report Of the Chicago Healtl
Department for 1905, Issued In 1900
AT the Union Stock Yards durlnl
the last five months Of the year, TIN
seven inspectors (five of whom wer
appointed In November) have con
demned and destroyed 2,704.O3
pounds OF meat, as being unit 70
food; all of which would have BEEF
sold In the City Of Chicago and TO
which the purchaser would have pal
first class prices. From these figure
1t Is very evident that inspection b.
the city Of all food products Is Of III
told value. not only from tinancia
but also from sanitary and hygienl
standpoint.
"rhe following will show how necei
sary city inspection Is ut the UnlO
Stock Yards:
1.-THE city meat Inspectors have col
demned In the coolers ana on tile Gu
ting floors, AFTER PASSING COY
ERNMENT INSPECTION:
"125 cattle, cause, actinomycosis.
"97 cattle cause, emaciatlOn.
"24 cattle. cause, tuberculOsis-ev
dence of the disease having bee
trimmed out.
40 sheep. cause, 'downera'
"?I sheep, cause, pneumonia.
"04 hogs, pyaemia and tuberculOsl
"41,120 pounds of cut meats shll
ped from st. Louis, Omaha, ETC., Il
canning. This meat was sour an
SHINY"
The Health Department reports Il
years back have been interesting rea'
ing for people who give thought to Il
matter of pure food:
The following from the ChicaN
Health Department Bulletin Of Oct
Der %, 1905, speaks Tor Itself:
The city inspectors at the Unio
Stock Yards condemned "FIvE CAT
TIE FOUND IN THE COOLERi