Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1908-08-22

icals for the preparation and preserva-
tion of food. He points out that the
death rate from enteritis, appendicitis
and perityphlitls increased In Great
Britain during the twenty.year period
Of 1SS5.10O4 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. DR.. Harrison says:
"'The initial lesion which probably
renders appendicitis possible Ii the
opening or blowing out Of the appen.
dical canal to such degree us to rem.
der It accessible to the contents Of the
lntestines. When this condi.
tion has thus been fairly we'll estab-
lished, the ease and life Of the appen.
dix. not to say anything Of the indi.
vidual, are liable to become preca.
riOus.'
"In support of his contentious, DR..
Harrison quotes DR.. Deaver, Of Phila.
delphla, and recent address by DIR.
Richard Jones to the North Wales
branch Of the British Medical Asso-
citation, In which also occurred this
passage:
".There can be no doubt that the
continuous introduction of these chemi.
cal substances into the system inter-
feres with digestion, depresses 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 adulteratlons that characterize
the exported articles. seems proved by
an experience related to a 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 was bacon
In glass Jars, bought ut little village
grocery miles away. As q rule the
tars sent for were put up by q New
York firm. But one day, while making
q meal on frizxled bacon from such q
jar, both the informant and bis wife
noticed 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 to have
been put up by one Of the best.known
and most widely advertised meat firms
In Chicago. 1t was c0ncluded-and
properly. according to consulted author.
ities-that the observed sensation was
caused by the presence In the bacon
either of some such preservative "a
boric acid or some cOloring substance
or both"
That the government Is not YET
through with the Beef Trust was init.
mated by Commissioner Garfield Of the
Bureau of Corporations In his testi.
mony before the House committee on
appropriations In the hearing on the
legislative appropriation bill.
When asked by member Of the com.
mittee II the Beef Trust did not con.
troll the by-products Of beef, including
skins and hides, as much today as II
ever did, Mr.. Garfield replied that !,
did, "and those special parts Of that
Industry may be taken up with the
government again, and with the law al
1t now stands We have no fear of run
ming into the difficulties we met before
\GA
Meat from lumpy jaw cattle il solo
right along In Chicago. The Health De
partmenr approves of its sale as long as
the infected portions have been cut out
The ordinance passed by the city cOun
Gil requiring health inspectors to "pass'
on all meat In butcher shops, does not
apply to this at all. They will put
their o. X. on all meat offered for sale
that is not rotten or visibly decayed
That's all. Meat from infected animals
that looks good can be sold as usual
providing the lumpy jaw cancers are
cut out at the slaughter houses.
Does the Meat Inspection law pro-
tect the foreigner?
1t certainly does not protect the Chi
cagoan.
Chicago Is reveling In a feast OF
lumpy jaw beef. tuberculosis cattle and
the like.
! The new Federal meat inspection law