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been two deaths iu Chicago; three outbreaks, resultiug iu three deaths, aud some 

 tweuty-five or thirty cases in 1883, aud oue iu Fultou Couuty iu 1884, details of which 

 have not yet been received. In niue of the fatal cases the disease was ideutilied by 

 microscopic examinatiou of the human subject, aud of the suspected meat in all cases- 



loica. — The Secretary of the State board of health reports as follows: 



Since 1880, in compiling deaths, I have found 3 recorded as from trichiuiasis ; in 

 1880, 2 in Adams County, probably genuine cases ; in 1881, 1 in Butler County, a very 

 doubtful case. None of the cases were identified by microscopic examinations. 



Massaclmsetts. — The health officer for the State board of health for 

 Massachusetts says : 



The number of cases of trichiuiasis that have come to the kuowledge of the board 

 are as follows : 



Cases. 



In Saxonville, Mass. , February, 1870 3 



In Lowell, Mass., March, 1870 6 



In Framingham, Mass., December, 1872 * 3 



In Becket, Mass., May, 1873 4 



In Wakefield, Mass., March, 1880 3 



Total number of cases 19 



Oue death occurred in the outbreak at Saxonville. 



Identification of trichiuse was made iu the fatal case at Saxonville by post mortem. 

 In the Lowell cases trichime were identified in the pork, as also iu the Framingham 

 cases. In the seven remaining cases at Becket aud Wakefield the evidence was symp- 

 tomatic and by exclusion, i. e., members of families who had not partaken of uncooked 

 pork were exempt from infection. The evidence, however, was satisfactory to the 

 board. 



Michigan. — The secretary of the State board of health of Michigan 

 gives the following detailed report of ten outbreaks of trichiuiasis in 

 that State since December, 1866 : 



1. A fatal case of .trichiuiasis occurred in Detroit, Mich., iu December, 1866. Upon 

 post mortem examination large numbers of trichime were fouud iu the abdomen and 

 a lesser number iu the muscles of the leg. (Dr. Herman Kiefer.) 



2. Five cases occurred in Port Huron, Mich., in January, 1874, with 2 deaths. The 

 cases occurred in one family, and were caused by eating salted smoked ham. (Re- 

 ported by Dr. M. Northup, Port Huron, Mich.) 



3. Several cases of trichiuiasis occurred near Flint, Mich., in the fall of the year 

 1875. Cases also occurred there iu June, 1876. In the last outbreak, at least, trichinae 

 were found by microscopic examination iu the meat, aud also in a particle of muscle 

 of the leg of oue of the patients. (The cases were in the practice of Dr. A. B. Chapiu» 

 of Flint, Mich., now of Detroit.) 



4. Five cases occurred in Otsego Township, Allegan County, Michigan, in February, 

 1877. All recovered. All were in one family, the members of which had eaten raw 

 ham. Members of auother family ate a small (juautity of the meat, and were also 

 sick, but recovered without medical attendance. Trichinw were found in the meat 

 by microscopic inspection. 



5. Three cases, with one death, occurred in the city of lona, Mich., in 1878, in the 

 family of Mrs. Struuck. The meat was eaten raw. A microscopic examination of the 

 meat was made, aud, I believe, trichime were also identified in the human subject. 



f/. I am informed that cases, and one or more deaths, occurred in the vicinity of 

 loua, Mich., in the suumier of 1880, in the pi-actice of Dr. H. B. Barnes. Trichiute 

 were fouud iu the pork, aud also, I believe, iu the muscles of those who died. 



7. Five cases aud two deaths occurred in the family of a German named Rum- 

 sock, in Lansing, Mich., in the last of January, 1881, and the first of February, 1881. 



