Report on trichinae and trichinosis / United States Marine Hospital Service ; prepared, under direction of the supervising Surgeon-General, by W.C.W. Glazier.

  • Marine Hospital Service
Date:
1881
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Credit: Report on trichinae and trichinosis / United States Marine Hospital Service ; prepared, under direction of the supervising Surgeon-General, by W.C.W. Glazier. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    cannot control tlio sale and transfer of tricliiuosed meat and animals. The public authorities should therefore, first of all, make registers of all places xcliere trichince occur or have been found, and publish them at proper times. By this means special care could be given to animals from such places; but public preservation should not be limited to this alone. In small places (and this should be especially observed in breeders and breeding places) all pigs living during the occurrence of an epidemic among the people should be marked, and should not be allowed to be sold, and when killed should be thoroughly inspected. Finally, asso- ciations should be formed to insure against individual losses, with a par- ticipation by the district or even of the government—such as already exists iu Brunswick. [In some places, Nordhausen, Miihlhausen, etc., in Prussia, premiums are paid for the discovery of trichinosed hogs. Eulenberg, Vierteljahreschrift f. gerichtt Med., etc., 1878, p. 149.] This is more especially necessary in the interest of many poor people who raise hogs. * * * The sooner such measures are undertaken the sooner will the propagation of trichinae and the occurrence of trichinosis be brought within narrow limits. This subject is of sufficient importance for especial legislation, without ichich such regulations cannot be enforced. “As there are no certain signs by which trichi nous infection can be discovered, and as the capsules cannot be seen with the unassisted eye uuless calcified, a microscopic examination of the meat becomes essen- tial. * * * In every place where such exaraiuations have been prac- ticed for even a short time, the results have been eminently practical. Iu Altenburg, where it was ordained December 22, 1865, a trichinosed hog was found on the 2d day of January, 1866, showing that it is only necessary to introduce it in order to test its efficacy.” Thus it will be seen that the only way to insure success in the eradi- cation of trichinae is to establish complete methods, and then make them thorough in their execution. This, according to Gerlach, can only be accomplished by the establishment of public abattoirs. I have taken the liberty to quote complete (from Die Flieschkost, p. 134, et scq.) his remarks on the subject, and although they are so worded in some parts as to apply particularly to Germany, they may be equally applied to any other country. Exceptions might be taken in regard to the large estab- lishments already in running order in several American cities, where many other precautions are no doubt observed, and which may only need the addition ot the trichinae inspector. The object of his remarks, it will be apparent, is to bring the smaller dealers under control. PUBLIC SLAUGHTER-HOUSES, AND OBLIGATORY USE OF THEW UN- DER CONTROL OF VETERINARY SURGEONS. HISTORICAL. “ The ancient Romans built slaughter-houses—Lanienm—and market- places—Macell i which in size and luxury were not surpassed by other pu) ic mildings, baths, arenas, etc. There were also in the larger cities
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