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A New Pork Parasite

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Seventh-day Adventist Missionary Society · Oakland, California · Jun 16, 1881

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 7, No. 23.

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A New Pork Parasite

A NEW PORK PARASITE.—A Berlin microscopist has recently discovered a new parasite in pork, which is described as “a small leech-like worm,” which has not been heretofore known. The worms are found crawling about among the muscular fibers, sometimes moving very actively. A German microscopical journal of recent date contains a full description of the worms, with illustrations. Notwithstanding, pork and beans still holds its place as a standard article of diet among the masses, and ham and sausage are in as great demand as ever. It is evident that the pork-loving world has become reconciled to a “diet of worms.” We prefer to eschew the scavenger; let those who will, chew him.