The aerosolized brain matter might have been inhaled or swallowed, or might have entered through the eyes, the mucous membranes of the nose or mouth, or breaks in the skin.
“It’s something no one would have anticipated or thought about,” said Dr. Michael Osterholm, an epidemiologist who is working as a consultant for Hormel and Quality Pork.
But somebody did think about it:
Deu 14:8 And the swine, because it divideth the hoof, yet cheweth not the cud, it is unclean unto you: ye shall not eat of their flesh, nor touch their dead carcass.
Also see the following links to see how pork may be related to multiple sclerosis, another neurological disease:
Pork, the suggested cause of Multiple Sclerosis
Bizarre medical theories: Eating Pork Causes Multiple Sclerosis
Multiple sclerosis, latitude and dietary fat: is pork the missing link?
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Thanks for the info. Thanks for the ping.
Actually, it might be the nitrates and not the pork.
In ecological [2] and case-control [3] studies, the hypothesis was raised that the ingestion during childhood of smoked and nitrate/nitrite-cured meat products is a risk factor for MS in a multifactorial context. In the culinary literature, the predilection of Jews from Eastern Europe, and later from Western and Central Europe and North America, for smoked meat varieties was emphasized. [4] Dishes like smoked brisket, smoked goose, smoked frankfurters and Vienna sausages, and a variety of smoked fishes give an impression of that attitude. In contrast, diet in North African Jews is similar to the general food pattern in North Africa and the Middle East with a much higher weight on vegetables. Drying in the hot sun prevails for meat preservation [5], whereas smoking is virtually unknown. Christian Arabs in Israel consume pork [6] but the type of preservation has to be shown.
http://www.neurology.org/cgi/eletters/66/7/1061
Acts 10 And he became hungry and wanted something to eat, but while they were preparing it, he fell into a trance 11 and saw the heavens opened and something like a great sheet descending, being let down by its four corners upon the earth. 12 In it were all kinds of animals and reptiles and birds of the air. 13 And there came a voice to him: “Rise, Peter; kill and eat.” 14 But Peter said, “By no means, Lord; for I have never eaten anything that is common or unclean.” 15 And the voice came to him again a second time, “What God has made clean, do not call common.” 16 This happened three times, and the thing was taken up at once to heaven.
Gee, it sounds like pork is now OK.
(The sure sign of a good BBQ joint in the South, where pork is the preferred meat, is an abundance of Religious Tracts on the wall.)
I don't believe that we need to follow the dietary laws of the OT in order to be right with God. It is through our acceptance of Jesus Christ's sacrifice for our sins that we are made right with Him. But I do think it is in our best interests to follow the dietary guidelines of our Creator.
"If thou wilt diligently hearken to the voice of the LORD thy God, and wilt do that which is right in his sight, and wilt give ear to his commandments, and keep all his statutes, I will put none of these diseases upon thee, which I have brought upon the Egyptians: for I am the LORD that healeth thee." (Exodus 15:;26)
I’m not pushing keeping Old Testament law, but I do think there were practical reasons why certain hygienic laws were given to the people. My husband gets bad attacks of gout when he eats much pork, and I think all in all he and I both have more arthritic problems when we eat pork. I don’t eat shrimp or shellfish because the theobromine content of it gives me headaches, ditto for very much chocolate - didn’t eat it for about six years at all. I really like bacon, but don’t eat it very often. Interesting.