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Show DANGER IN RAW PORK At this season -there is especial danger of illness following the eating eat-ing of pork that is raw or only par-1 tially cooked. Of course, most A-mericans A-mericans do not knowingly consume uncooked pork, although it is eaten not infrequently either as raw ham or in sausages that have been insufficiently insuffi-ciently cooked. At hog-killing time particularly there are many homemade home-made meat products prepared on the farm, and consequently special care should be taken to make sure that pork, before it is eaten, is sufficiently cooked. The disease known as trichinosis which may result from eating raw or imperfectly cooked pork, is caused caus-ed by microscopic worms known as trichinae. These parasites in years past have been found to be present in 1 out of 71 hogs, and if the presence pre-sence of dead trichinae and trichinalike trichina-like bodies is included in the count, an average of 1 out of every 39 hogs has been found affected. Unlike Un-like many i other infectious diseases, the severity of the attack of trichinosis trich-inosis depends upon the number of parasites swallowed. Large quantities quan-tities of slightly infected pork must be eaten in order to produce bad effects; ef-fects; but, on the other hand, severe illness may be caused by eating small amounts of pork that is heavily infected. |