ANALYSIS OF CONTINENTAL JOURNALS. 
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In the winter a case occurred in the district of Pill- 
kallen, in a pig which had been during the summer in 
the meadows, and afterwards fattened on peas and the 
refuse of the kitchen ; but the sty was infested with rats. 
Werner, government veterinary surgeon in Stalluponen, 
examined microscopically, in the same year, the flesh of 
eighty-five pigs and twenty-four horses. In two pigs, one of 
which had diseased lungs, he discovered trichinae. Compara- 
tively few trichinae were found, and these principally in the 
diaphragm, which contained besides, a great number of psoro- 
spores (Rainey's corpuscles). These corpuscles have been 
found in vast quantities in pigs submitted to inspection. 
Werner has remarked that in young pigs they are thinner 
and longer in the body, and more transparent than in old 
animals. In the government of Dantzic some people were 
attacked with trichinosis from eating raw ham from a trichin- 
ous pig, but they all recovered. In the government of Pots- 
dam two pigs were found affected with trichinae, also two in 
the government of Frankfort. In the government of Stettin 
the malady seems to have been stationary this year, the 
same as in the preceding; trichinae were found in five pigs 
slaughtered. In these cases their existence could not be 
attributed to rats, as none were found in the rats which were 
caught for the purpose of examination. Some twenty years 
ago, in the same district, after the pig-killing season, more 
than twenty persons became ill with symptoms 'which are at 
the present time considered to be those of trichinosis, but 
which, at that time, were thought to be those of rheumatism 
and treated accordingly. They all recovered. Some of these 
persons are still alive ; one woman in particular, who was ill 
at the time more than three months. In the district of 
Pyritz twelve pigs were killed on a farm, eleven of which 
were infected with trichinae. In an old pig, which had been 
bought of a dealer, a great number were found. This pig 
had not, while fattening, shown any symptoms of illness, 
but, according to the information of the attendant, had eaten 
some of the rats, which were in great numbers in the sty. 
The meat of the pig in question was roasted for the sake of 
the fat, and the rest condemned ; but one of the workmen 
secretly appropriated some of it, and, having well cooked 
it, had eaten it without any bad effect. 
The district of Magdeburgh had been again distinguished 
by the frequent appearance of trichinae amongst the pigs. 
In the district of Aschersleben, cases of trichinosis appeared 
among the inhabitants from eating pork, either raw or badly 
cooked. In the town of that name more than thirty persons 
