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in four years. In 34 instances in which the origin of the trichinae were 
traced, 29 were from hogs killed in butchers’ establishments ; the other 
five from animals killed for use in private families ; and in these latter, 
fewer persons were infected, owing, probably, to the more thorough 
curing of the meat. The number of cases in single epidemics was, in 
the majority of instances, small; although the number of people par¬ 
taking of the same animal must be reckoned at frorA 200 to 300. In 
some of the epidemics, the number affected reached between 100 and 
200, the largest being 209, but in about half, the number was not more 
than 12. It appears probable that the flesh of trichinosed hogs was fre¬ 
quently eaten without producing the disease. 
Of nearly 7,000,000 hogs slaughtered in Saxony during the 16 years, 
only 39 (1 : 180,000) induced trichinosis in man, though it is estimated 
that during this period, in addition to these, 944 affected hogs were con¬ 
sumed as food without producing the disease. Thus, of 100 trichinosed 
animals in Saxony, at the most, only 4 induced trichinosis in man—a 
somewhat remarkable result.— Ibid. 
INFLUENCE OF HUNGER ON THE WEIGHT OF CATTLE. 
Cattle from Galicia and Bukonina, for the Paris market, are tran¬ 
sported by rail to Linz, without food or water ; here they are put into 
stalls, fed and inspected. After two days they are reshipped, and four 
days later arrive in Paris, during which time they are neither taken from 
the cars nor receive food or water. On leaving Linz, they possess an 
average weight of 700 kilogr., and on their arrival in Paris, only 560 
kilogr., thus losing, on the railway journey, 20 per cent, of their weight. 
Sheep from Russia, for the Paris market, journey four days without 
food or drink, to Vienna, where they are stalled and fed. They are 
then re-shipped for Paris, being six days on the road, and fed and 
watered only once, either at Strassburg or Metz. On leaving Vienna, 
they have an average weight of 55 kilogr.; on arriving in Paris, only 45 
kilogr., thus losing more than 20 per cent, of weight by the way.— Ibid. 
