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The cases were in the practice of Dr. Dolan, of Lansing, who has siuce died. Great 

 numbers of non-capsuled trichin;e were seen by Dr. George E. Ranney, myself, and 

 others in the muscles of a boy who died. (I still have slides showing the trichinae 

 as taken from the muscles of a person in the family who died. ) Part of the meat was 

 eaten raw. It was not examined for trichinjv ; but the hog was sick and was killed 

 to avoid loss of the animal. 



8. Five cases of trichiuiasis occurred in Vickeryville, Montcalm County, Michigan, 

 in December, 1883. All resulted from eating the flesh of one hog. One death occurred. 

 The boy who died had at different times eaten small pieces of pork only partially 

 cooked by holding them on a fork before the tiro. He had also eaten raw, on several 

 occasions, little bits of sausage made from the flesh of the hog. Two others had eaten 

 the meat cooked, but probably rare-done. The other person had eaten raw a little 

 bit of sausage, perhaps half an ounce, but the rest of what he ate was well cooked. 

 Trichinte in abundance were found in the pork, specimens of which are now in this 

 office. (Reported by Dr. J. Tennaut, Carson City, Mich.) 



9. Four cases occurred in January, 1884, in the city of Niles, Mich. One death has 

 occurred and three persons are now seriously sick. The pork contains great numbers 

 of trichiuie, as determiued by observations made at Niles, Ann Arbor, aud in this 

 office. 



Further details as to the five cases occurring at Port Huron, and also of the case 

 at Detroit, are given in the published report of this board for the^year 1875; and of 

 those occurring in Otsego, in the report of this board for the year 1877. 



Such answers as I am able to give to the four questions asked by your Commis- 

 sion have been summarized from the foregoing particulars, and are given with each 

 question, as follows : 



" Question 1. How many cases of trichiuiasis have come to the knowledge of your 

 board ? Please give dates as far as practicable. 



"Answer 1. I am able, at this time, to send you facts concerning ten outbreaks of 

 trichiuiasis occurring in Michigan. In three of these the number of cases was not 

 stated. In seven outbreaks there was a total of twenty-eight cases. The dates are 

 given in most instances in the report accompanying this. 



" Question 2. In how many cases was there a microscopic identification of the tri- 

 chiuie in the human subject and in the suspected meat ? 



"Answer 2. In two outbi-eaks the observer did not state whether any mici'oscopio 

 examination was made. It is believed that the human muscles were examined in five 

 of the outbreaks, and in each of them trichin;e were found ; in three of these it is pos- 

 itively known that trichina? were found present. In seven outbreaks the pork was 

 examined, aud in each of the seven trichinse were found in the pork. In the other 

 outbreak, microscojiic examination was made only of the muscles of the human sub- 

 ject, in which trichina} were found. 



"Question 3. How many of the cases were fatal? 



"Answer 3. In one outbreak it was stated that there were no fatal cases ; in one out- 

 break, where fatal cases occurred, the number was not stated ; in one outbreak it was 

 not stated whether any fatal cases occurred; in another outbreak, now in progress, 

 one death has already occurred ; and in six other outbreaks seven deaths were re- 

 ported ; making in all, in which the number was reported, eight deaths." 



New Jersey. — Tiie records of the State board of New Jersey extend 

 from January 1, 1875, to date, a period of about nine years. During 

 this period but one death from trichiuiasis has been reported. This 

 was in May, 1881, and was a female. The method by which the diag- 

 nosis was determined is not known. 



Xew York: — The following report is furnished by the secretary of the 

 board of health of Xew York City : 



A few cases of alleged trichiniasis have come to the knowledge of the board, but 

 there is no record of the number or dates. 



