Beef Trust Warning Exposes Lumpy Jaw Beef Poisoning Link
Chicago Health Department warns the public after The Chicago Eagle's yearlong contention that lumpy raw beef from local packers causes appendicitis. The bulletin cites actinomycosis findings, condemning entire carcasses when lesions extend into the digestive tract, and stresses inspections at stockyards and broader public health concerns.
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Chicago Health Department
Health Department
Chicago
Chicago Eagle
Commissioner of Health
Charles J. Whalen
The
Chicago Medical Society
Medical Society of London
Wng
Lancet
T. H. Kelloch
Wellers
Tuberculosis Beef Sparks Chicago Health Justice Campaign
An editorial blasts the Beef Trust for allowing tuberculosis in meat, urging drastic public health action. It cites Health Department bulletins on condemned meat from Union Stock Yards and calls for accountability of packing-house barons, promising continued scrutiny until disease is halted.
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Arnold ©. Kleba
Chicago Medical Society
Chicago
Beef Trust
Board of Education
Cooley
B. D. Dudley
Health Department
Visiting Nurse Association
Arthur Aldis
Sachs
Board of Health
Trust
Chicago Eagle
Europe
America
City of Chicago
Chicago Health Department
J. Whalen
Commissioner Whelan
Ixtra
Offenaea
Union Stock Yards
Chicago City
Stock Yarda
Beef Trust Horrors and the Cancer Risk Threat
The article denounces the Beef Trust and links meat with cancer and other diseases. It cites tuberculosis in cows, lumpy jaw, and trichina, arguing slaughterhouses are hidden from public view and disease risks flow into the food supply. It calls for state controlled slaughterhouses and public sanitation to prevent contamination.
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Gil Lauder Brunton
Charlies Oinard Russell
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Roosevelt Hospital
New
Pennsylvania Hospital
Asenee Et
Ss Cereeeenee Do
Sree Eseeeres
Trust
London Lancet
Europe
Chicago
Jamestown
N. Y
Beef Trust
United States
England
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