Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1910-10-07
THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE HAVE
INTESTINAL PARASITES AND
DON'T KNOW IT.

Dr. Theodore ]. Cummings. an authority
on all forms Of intestinal parasites infect
ing the human body, Is the author of the
above statement. Few people," states
DR.. Cummings. give this subject the seri-
Gus thought that It deserves" The large
sum of Sl.00000O, subscribed by John D.
Rockefeller for the scientific study and
eradication Of the Hook Worm disease. has
been the means Of opening the eyes Of tho
people to the danger to health from this
source. l can safely say. without fear
Of successful contradiction. that 80 l-3 per
cent of the people in the United States
are affected with some form of intestinal
parasites. OF which the beef tape worm
(Taenia Medic Cannellata) and the pork
tape worm (Taenia Solium) round worms
(Nematoda) and thread worms (Ascart-
dae) are the most common. 1.-The source
Of Infection" says DR.. Cummings. lis the
large consumption Of rare raw or INSULT
ciently cooked meat sewer polluted WA
ter raw vegetables and fruit, which have
not been carefully cleansed." One indi-
.vidual suffering from Tape Worm may
infect q whole neighborhOod
7. Spencer Cobbold. NJ. D., the great
English authority. In q treatise on intes-
final parasites states that the recorded
experience Of Kaschin was that five hun
dred hospital patients in the Baikal dis
trict had Tape Worm. although all Of
them were being treated for other dsor
ders. DR.. Cobbold further states that
whether dealing with the external or the
internal forms. the study of parasites OF
man Is practically one Of boundlcss extent
and no person can derive advantage II ON
the study OF intestinal parasites unless
the subject be approached in right frame
OF mind. The trouble Is there are no peo-
pie so difficult to instruct as those who
are ignorant Of their own ignorance.
AS regards the injurious effects OF Tape
Worm upon man. l have remarked that
this parasite may cause disease and death.
When one or more sexually mature Tape
Worms have developed within the human
intestines. they are apt to give rise to 4
variety of unpleasant symptoms. more or
less marked according to the habits Or
irritability the patient.
The principal features are vertigo. noises
In the ear. impairment Of sight, itching Of
the nose and rectum. salvation, dyspepsia
and loss of appetite. collie, pains In diff
1erent parts OF abdomen, pains and lasyi-
tude In the limbs. fainting. the sensation
Of weight In the abdomen and emaciation.
In ordinary cases there Is always more or
less anxiety and nervousness. but In Sc
we're cases the sympathetic symptoms are
very strongly marked showing themselves
in hysterical fits chorea, epilepsy, and
sometimes alarming commissions.
Possibly you, the reader. are one of the
many unfortunate people who have doc
toIeu LOT " rs without Oenent. POSSIBLY
you have been treated by half dozen uif-
ferent physiC .ans and each has pronounced
your disorder something different than the
rest. II you are cropping in the darkness
OF despair. uncertain as to your real tr, IL
bic 1t Is possible that one Of these mon
eters is sapping your vitality. Rememhtr
that no physician can, from Simple
physical examination determine II you
have intestinal parasites.
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