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were affected, who, however, all recovered. On premises 
where, in January, 1867, five pigs were killed, two were found 
affected with trichinae, and on inspection, 12th of December 
in the same year, the parasites were also found in two pigs, 
while in two others, killed at the same time, none existed. 
In six killed on the 1 3th of January, 1868, three were affected, 
while, on the other hand, five killed on the 17th of February 
were free from trichinae. The rats, which as usual infested 
the sty, were examined, and found to be infected with tri- 
chinae; in consequence the styes, as in the other cases, were 
thoroughly repaired and rendered safe by destroying the rats. 
Heinrich, government-veterinary surgeon, shows that the 
district from Magdeburgh to Brunswick, and from the town 
of Stendal to Halle, is the principal seat of trichinae; at the 
same time it is a district in which microscopic inspection of 
butcher's meat is enforced. Inspection, however, is still 
more strictly carried out in the duchy of Brunswick, where it 
is enforced on the spot the pigs are slaughtered. Butchers 
and owners are liable to a fine of five to ten dollars if timely 
notice is not given to the inspector, and the latter to a fine 
of twenty-five dollars for any neglect on his part in carrying 
out the inspection in accordance with his instructions. 
From a report of an insurance company against losses 
from trichinae twenty-one cases have been ascertained in 
thirteen different localities, and nineteen are reported by 
another insurance company, for the same purpose, in the 
duchy of Brunswick. 
In the province of Westphalia, district Dortmund, in the 
town of that name, trichinae were discovered in a pig, and 
five persons who had eaten of the pork were affected with 
them, but all recovered. In the district of Meschede three 
maid-servants were affected with trichinosis, after having 
eaten infected pork. 
As in former years, trichinae have been more frequently 
found in the government districts of Gumbinnen, Stettin, 
New Pommerania, and in the province of Saxony; but, on the 
contrary, in the government district of Stralsund, Breslau, 
and Liegnitz, where in former years cases were not rare, none 
have been found in the last year . — Magazin fur die gezammte 
ThierhielTcunde , fyc. 
[This report, though much abbreviated, shows that trichinae 
might be easily imported into this country, either by live 
pigs or Westphalian hams, of which large quantities are 
consumed ; it also points to the importance of the use of the 
microscope for the discovery of these dangerous parasites. — 
Translator .] 
