Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 217, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 September 1913 — UNCOOKED PORK CAUSE OF DEATH [ARTICLE]

UNCOOKED PORK CAUSE OF DEATH

Trichinosis in Family of Everett Green at Michigan City May Cause More Fatalities. The Michigan City News gives an account of the death and sickness in the family of Everett Green,raow of that city, but formerly of Rensselaer. Mr. Green and his six children, according to that paper, partook of uncooked pork and in two or three days the youngest child became ill. The others- took sick a little later. Medical aid was at once procured and physicians pronounced the disease trichinosis, due to diseased pork. The youngest child died Tuesday afternoon and there seems'to be no help for the other children, the doctors reporting that medical science has found nothing to cope with trichinosis. It seemea certain that the other children will die. The little girl that died Tuesday afternoon was 3 years old and was named Laura Anna. A telephone message received by the family of Everett’s father, W. A. Green, of Barkley township, stated that Everett showed signs of improvemeht and that was hope of saving his life but not the lives of the children. ' Mrs. Green did not partake of the meat and therefore was not a victim of the terrible disease.

The trichina is a parasitic worm that rapidly multiplies after entering the human stomach in improperly cooked pork and which are carried to the muscles and intestines by the blood. Death frequently results. , The terrible affliction to the Green family is felt by the relatives and friends in this county. Their experience should be a warning to every person to eat only well cooked pork. While the trichina is not in all pork, there is no means of telling when it exists and thorough cooking Is the only means of certain safety.