A CASE OF TRICHINOSIS WITH EMBRYO IN THE SPINAL FLUID

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History. —G. F., man, aged 39, Greek, laborer, was admitted, Feb. 27, 1916. Family and previous personal history were negligible. January 22 he, together with five associates in the railroad section gang, ate some undercooked pork. The present illness developed thirty-two days later with pains and soreness in the flexor muscles of the arms and the calves of the legs. No history of initial abdominal pains and diarrhea could be elicited. On admission the muscular pains had increased in severity and had involved the muscles of mastication. Moderate frontal headache was present. Examination. —The patient was well nourished and well-developed. There was no jaundice. Moderate periorbital edema was present. The pupils were normal. The tongue was red, moist and clean. There was slight dulness and roughening of breath sounds at both apexes. The heart and abdomen were normal. The spleen was not enlarged. Pressure over the biceps and leg muscles

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