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most manifest of any, together with oedema of various parts and 
paralytic phenomena. Her brother, with whom she resided, was 
attacked in a similar but not in so severe a manner at the same 
time. 
The woman died at the hospital in question in 1864, and the 
examination of her muscles revealed the presence of great num¬ 
bers of encapsulated trichinae. A cat fed with pieces of these 
muscles died after the lapse of sixteen days, its muscles being 
repletely infected with these parasites.— Boston Medical and 
Surgical Journal , 1866, Yol. LXXIV., p. 186. 
(b.) Virchow relates a case, where after the lapse of thirteen 
and one-half years , the parasites moved in their capsules on pro¬ 
longed exposure to the heat of the sun. 
(c .) Dr. Klopsch reports a case of trichiniosis and complete 
recovery, which took place in 1842. Discovery of the encapsu¬ 
lated parasites in the muscles 24 years after invasion. The dis¬ 
covery of the parasites in this case was also made at the time of 
excision of a mammary cancer, which took place May 6, 1863. 
At the same time that the woman in question was ill, in 1842, 
two persons in the same house became sick, presenting similar 
phenomena; both died.— Archives fur Pathology and Physiology, 
B’d 35, p. 609. 
*Professor Damman, formerly of the Eldena Agricultural 
Academy, Germany, reports a very interesting case illustrating 
the longevity of embryonal trichinae in the muscles of a hog. 
This hog was fed with trichinous meat in November, 1864, 
and in February, 1865, presented to the experiment station at 
Eldena. Since that time the animal had been kept isolated in a 
pen by itself, unless taken out for examination. On the third of 
February, 1875, and the twelfth of February, 1876, Damman 
removed a small piece of muscle from the shoulder. At both 
times the microscope demonstrated the presence of living trichinae. 
A considerable piece of flesh was removed and fed to two rabbits, 
and eighteen days subsequently their muscles were found to be 
plentifully infected with the parasites. This case demonstrates 
•Zeitschrift fur prac. Thierheilkunde, 1876, Vol. III., p. 92. 
