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the stomach, or of the bowels, and buries itself in the flesh, 

 where it lies hidden until it is eaten and introduced into another 

 stomach. 



Man obtains this disease through eating of the flesh of swine. 

 The trichinae are not always destroyed by the ordinary methods 

 of roasting, cooking, pickling, and smoking. Pork should al- 

 ways be thoroughly cooked, as in this way the parasites will be 

 destroyed; but there is always danger in eating partially cooked 

 or raw pork and sausage. The use of the microscope is the surest 

 and most reliable preventive against all danger. It appears 

 that the heart, liver, kidneys, brain and fat of the pig are sel- 

 dom, if ever, affected with trichinae. As a general thing, swine 

 obtain trichina from rats, to which latter man, as the natural 

 bearer, conveys them. 



Symptoms. In man there is swelling and soreness of the 

 muscles affected; great pain, emaciation and exhaustion; it is 

 often mistaken for rheumatism. In the lower animals the 

 symptoms are the same, but not so well marked; there is loss of 

 appetite, the muscles are sore, stiffness in the hind quarters, and 

 the animal is not inclined to move. If those affected live through 

 the six weeks (the time it takes the little worm to become 

 lodged in the muscle, after being set free from the egg in the 

 stomach) they will recover. 



Treatment. Not much can be done. During the six weeks, 

 stimulants, such as alcohol, in tablespoonful doses, may be given 

 three times a day in gruel, and a teaspoonful of sulphur in the 

 food morning and night. In the first stages oi the disease, give 

 our Worm Eemedy in the feed night and morning, to rid the 

 bowels of the worms before they find their way into the mus- 

 cular system. 



