CIIEMIS'l'I1Y AND INDUSTRY s I 3 even tliousnnds of Inrvnl forms which pcnctrnte the intcstinnl \.nil and are cnrricd by the I)lootl stream t o tho n~usclcs, wlicrc t h y cncyst tlicinsclvcs cnrising fever nntl scvcrc n~usculnr p i n , nnd in scrious ci1scs may result in tlic dcntlt of tlic victim. Two persons of tho snmc Iiouscliold w r c uffcctcd with trichinosis at Sinctliwick in 19% riftcr eating pork purch:iscd lociilly. 1)ingnosis of tlic illncss ivns niritlc from thc physicnl signs nlone.
In OJIC cnsc, tlic first syrnptonis, tlc~clopcd 1 1 tlnys nftcr cat ing t 110 pork, w r c swclling of tlic fncc nntl mdcnin rouncl thc eyes, follo\vctl two clays lntcr by rctcliing und feeling of sickncss, and priins in thc leg mosclcs a i d in tlic back of tlic ncck. I n tlic otlicr cnsc, tlic s y n ~p t o n ~s of s\*clling of tlic fncc occnrrctl 5 d:iys after cnting tlic pork, followed thc nest dny by p i n s in tltc neck and vomiting. 15mbryos were isolritcd from the blood. Altliougl~ tlic \diolc pig wns sold in the toivn, no otlfer cnsc occurrcd. ~inothcr ontbrcnk riffccting S yoiing adults occiirred tit Tro\-britlgc iu 1030.
It is not prncticnblc to dctcct trichinosis in pigs (luring life und tlic hcst nictliod of i)rcvcntioii is to cut pork,