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These outbreaks occur when people eat raw meat. Cook- 

 ing in the usual manner destroys the vitality of these 

 animals. Hence, never eat sausage, pork, or ham until 

 it has been thoroughly cooked. This whole subject has 

 come to light through the use of the microscope since 

 1860 when Virchow and others demonstrated the dan- 

 gers. The trichina was first seen by Hilton in 1835 but 

 its real character remained a mystery until 1860. 



On a Plate of Brass for Mounting Microscopic 

 Objects. 



By ARTHUR M. EDWARDS, M. D. 



NEWARK, N. J. 



An observer of nature who does not have the facility of 

 writing down what he thinks he has ascertained is to be 

 pitied. But no two men are constituted the same. What 

 you call facility perhaps another will not call facility 

 and he writes better than you. But I say try to write 

 what you think you see, and we will take it for granted 

 you say what you think. But one who does not possess 

 some knowledge of drawing is of course the man to be 

 most pitied. But knowledge of drawing is rare and 

 comes with inheritance as writing does but more rarely. 

 We can cultivate the knowledge of writing to a certain 

 extent but we cannot cultivate the knowledge of draw- 

 ing. I remember one man who could write very well 

 but he could not see any perspective and of course could 

 not draw at all. My talent for drawing, of course I can 

 call it with reason so ; for talent is inherited. It can be 

 traced to some father or mother, some uncle or aunt eas- 

 ily, and my children will inherit it somewhat. I believe 

 in reversion of talent for it is undoubted, and it can be 

 demonstrated. The facility of putting down on paper 

 by means of writing is also plainly proved. What we 

 are to-day, is an outcome of the piling up of what is 



