Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1910-10-28
THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE HAVE
INTESTINAL PARASITES AND
DON'T KNOW 1T,

DR.. Theodore J. 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 $lOOO.0O0 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 the
people to the danger to health from this
source. l can safely say. without rear
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 (Ascari-
dae.) are the most common. 1.-The source
Of Infection" says DR.. Cummings. "is the
large consumption OF rare, raw or insufh-
ciently cooked meat. sewer polluted wa
ter. raw vegetables and fruit. which have
not been carefully cleansed." One indl-
vidual suffering from Tape Worm may
infect a whole neighborhood.
T. Spencer Cobbold. M. D., the great
English authority, in a treatise on intes-
final parasites states that the recorded
experience Of Kaschin was that five hum
dred hospital patients in the Baikal dis
trict had Tape Worm. although all "
them wero being treated for other diSol-
ders. DR.. Cobbold further states th4t
whether dealing with the external or tn.
internal forms, the study Of parasites NJ
man Is practically one of boundlcss g: 'Ht
and no person can derive advan.a2'
the study Of intestinal parasites ~
the subject be approached In right fl
Of mind The trouble Is there are no l.,
pie so difficult to instruct as those w..
are ignorant Of their own ignorance.
AS regards the Injurious effects OF Tape
Worm upon man. have remarked tn;t
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
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
ferent parts of abdomen. pains and lassi-
tude in the limbs. fainting. the sensation
OF weight In the abdomen and emaclatfoIh
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 historical fits. chorea.. epilepsy. and
sometimes alarming convulsions.
Possibly. you, the reader. are one Of the
many unfortunate people who have doc
tored for W 'rs without benefit. Possibly
you nave UceN tEedlSO ny HAIL Oo6CAA eiA
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,u-
BE it Is possible that one Of these nor:
that no physiSian, can from snp."
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