What are the symptoms of infection with trichinae?

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Symptoms of Trichinae Infection

Q. What are the symptoms of infection with trichinae?

A. At first the symptoms resemble those of cholera morbus, dysentery, or some other serious bowel disturbance. When the young worms be­gin to penetrate the system, the symptoms be­come more general, and simulate rheumatism, cerebro-spinal meningitis, typhoid fever, and other diseases. This is the reason why the malady is often overlooked. Indeed, there is reason for believing that the largest share of the cases of this disease are not detected. Whether or not death results, depends upon the number of parasites received into the system and the vitality of the patient. Death usually occurs from exhaustion, but may be caused paralysis of some of the muscles involved in respiration.
The United States government has several times warned the public that pork should not be eaten without being thoroughly cooked on ac­count of the great frequency with which the hog is infected with this disease.

The incurable character of the malady and the extreme liability of contracting it, seem to us to be ample grounds for discarding the use of pork altogether. The hog is well qualified to act the part of a scavenger, for which he was evi­dently by nature designed; but there is plenty of food for human beings far superior in quality to swine's flesh.

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