Trichinosis.
A taper dealing vvii.b an outbreak in a Gortown of that terribla disease known as tiichinosis was recently read before the French Academy of Medicine. It is worthy of attention as going far to piove that this disease, usually contracted by the consumption of unwholesome pork, is avoidable, if the ordinary precaution of thoroughly cooking the food be re -sorted to. In the ca^e in question, more than three huudied persona were attacked with tno disease, and of these nearly onesixih died. It wa<3 proved beyond question that all the victims ate the meat absolutely raw, it boniK the custom to chop id fine and spread it like butter on slice 3 of bread. One aiagle iamily, which con&umed some of the same meat in tho form of cooked sausages, exhibited no trace of the disease. It may be mentioned that a certain dose of alcohol exercised a most favorable effect in diminishiti;* the virulence of the complaint.
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Waikato Times, Volume XXIII, Issue 1902, 13 September 1884, Page 6
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159Trichinosis. Waikato Times, Volume XXIII, Issue 1902, 13 September 1884, Page 6
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