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Kreise one-fourth o f the instruments, and in Kreise Weissenfels 
46 out of 125 microscopes, were equally useless because of neg¬ 
lect in cleaning the lenses and slides. 
Some of the microscopists who had been serving resigned 
out of fear of the examination, while five of them were unable to 
recognize the trichina in a preparation containing these para¬ 
sites. (Eulenberg H., Vierteljahrschrift f. gerichtliche Med. u. 
off. Sanitatswesen, XXX, p. 178, 1877-1879.) 
In one case it was proven that the butcher himself had cut 
out the samples, and had made the entry “ trichinenfrei ” in the 
inspection book. The result was an outbreak of trichinosis. 
(XX Jahresb. Sachsen, 1888-1800, p. 99.) 
In Glauchau an inspector took samples, stamped the carcass- 
as passed, and then went home to make the examination. He 
had always been in the habit of examining the specimens after 
passing the carcasses. (XYI. Jahresb. Sachsen, 1889-1891, p. 
99.) In Germany the inspectors are paid a stated sum for each 
carcass inspected, and some of them apparently conclude that 
the manipulation of the specimens is the main consideration, and 
whether they are able to see through their microscopes, or 
whether the carcass has been passed and consumed before the 
specimens are examined are matters of no consequence. 
An interesting case occurred in which eight persons were 
affected with trichinosis. The meat in the house was seized and 
found to contain the parasites. The woman of the house, a 
widow, begged for the meat and it was given back to her. She 
at once sold it to a butcher. (VIII. Jahresb. Sachsen, 1876- 
1878, p. 47.) 
The above references, which could be added to if necessary, 
are sufficient to establish all that I have said about the German 
trichina inspection. For obvious reasons, I shall not give the 
name of the gentleman who was referred to in my remarks at 
Philadelphia as authority for the condition of some of the micro¬ 
scopes at Berlin. From other trustworthy sources of information, 
I learn that many of the microscopists that are unfitted by pre¬ 
vious habits and calling for careful work of this character. 
