The San Francisco call., 1896-07-06
Roast Pig and Other Delicacies
Enjoyed in Honor of the
Fourth of July.
STRANGE BLOOD TRANSMISSION
All the Afflicted at the Pesthouse Are
Living in Hopes That Their Curse
May Be Removed.

enheit and kept at that point as nearly as
possible The bath is taken at least once
day.
The bath was taken the first time on the
Fourth of July and repeated yesterday.
Now where 1.-THE heather Chinee is pecu-
liar' at the Pesthouse is that several of
the Cinnamon. after taking the bath and
coming from it covered with perspiration,
go out on the porch and sit in the cool
wind without q shirt or a coat on. The
result is that they will surely catch cold.
While a cold will not be any hindrance to
the effect OF the medicine, it is likely to
have the effect of making the Chinese stop
the medicine, as he will think it gave him
cold.
Without exception all the lepers have
shown an entire willingness to take the
treatment, and in most instances they are
eager to do it. So far it has had no unde-
sirable effect on them. a few felt little
nausea from the pills yesterday, but this
will make no difference except possibly
with some of the Chinese. Pedro Penada,
the Mexican, takes the baths with profess
sional correctness. He envelopes himself
in heavy overcoat, keeps it buttoned up
to his chin and takes things easy till he
cools off.
Superintendent Keating said yesterday
that the course of treatment is running
along smoothly. When asked why he did
not make the Cinnamon observe proper
rules after coming out of the bath he said:
1--WE cannot force them into their shirts
and coats. If we did there would be
row. Our plan is to give the treatment to
ali who want it and hope to be benefited.
but we shall not force any one of them to
take it. They can take it or let it alone,
just as they choose"
The roast pig, which did not arrive at
the Pesthouse in time'for dinner on the
dow oil uTif
other edibles that com posed a very good
dinner for the lepers. There are only
lepers in the Pesthouse. There has not
been a ease of smallpox there for five
years. By the bill of fare it will be seen
that the lepers fare well. There are many
others in the world who have not the mis-
fortune to be epers who probably did not
have the good fortune TO sit down before
as good dinner yesterday as
the lepers did, or as they eat every
day in the week. The Pesthouse
menu yesterday, eaten, as is the
common but erroneous supposition, with
choking throat. a fearful eye and a feel
ing of hopelessness-for the lepers now
hope anew-was as follows:
HOTEL PEsrHoUsE
July 5, 1896.
MENU.
Roast Pig and Apple Sauce.
Gravy and Dressing.
Green Peas.
Mince Pie. Beer.
or Coffee and Cream.
This was a special dinner, but several of
the lepers had more than appears on the
bill of fare There is not even a China
man in the institution so poor that he
cannot dig up enough money to buy some
thing when he wants that something
badly. So, in addition, some had Chi
nese deiieacies on the side, and some
strawberries or raspberries and cream on
the side yesterday.
1t was discovered the first time yester-
day that the leper Annie" has husband
This was not known to any of the China
men even. Annie wanted some money,
and she concluded to write to him for
some. That is the way the secret got out.
His name is Wah Wah Hun, and he is a
cook in a mining camp near Salt Lake
City. Annie wrote the letter in Chinese
and directed the envelope in Chinese, and
superintendent Keating also put the ad-
dress in English on the envelope. There
is no leper in the Pesthouse-a Lazarus-to
beg crumbs from the ia bic of Dives
Pedro Penada, the Mexican, is compare
lively wealthy. He flashes one or two
twenty ollar gold pieces on the boys once
IN a while, just to gladden. their eyes,
Senior Penada came from Oregon, where
he worked in a salmon-canning factory
before he was discovered to have the lep-
rosy. II seems that he belonged to a
mutual benefit society up there, and he
receives regular remittance every month.
Nobody knows how much it is, but it is
not less than $40. The county pays for all
he eats and wears. When Pedro wants
anything, why he just sends out and buys
it and the messenger don't haggle about
the price.
When any one of several Cinnamon
want money they write on piece of paper
and tell Superintendent Keating where to
take it. He goes down on Dupont or Sac
ranento streets to a certain number and
brings back So or $40.
The Bindt boys, the two whites, raise
chickens and canary birds and sell them.
They now have a cage of fourteen young
canaries in their room. They had bad
luck this time, for most of them are je-
males, and female oanaries do not sing
They made large cage out of an old pair
OF woven wire springs and some uprights.
a peculiar fact came to light at the pest
house yesterday. 1t was that the veins of
one OF the Chinese lepers was tapped not
long ago and the blood from the arteries of
living dog put in to replace it. The dog
is still there. He is woolly, drowsy-
looking canine. He belongs 10 the Mexi-
can. who has given him an almost unpro-
nounceable pet name. The blood that
was taken from the Chinaman was trans
ferred into the veins of the brute.
Strange to relate the Chinaman got bet
ter and the dog declined. The expert
uieul was Iepeale0 SeNSIdl times ana the
health OF the Chinaman improved. But
be finally stopped taking the dog treat
ment and before long was back at that
stage OF leprosy he was at when he trst
absorbed the canine blood.
1t was also striking fact that the dog
did not take the leprosy and that it is i'm
possible TO inoculate him with it. A Dr.
Fitch then took some virus from one of
the worst cases of leprosy in the pest
hou5e and tried TO inoculate the dog. 1t
hardly phased him. Senor Penaia has
his beloved companion to-day, and his
flesh IS plump and his eye is bright.
Frank Bindt, who has been in the pest
house ten years and is now acting as nurs.
for the other lepers, had part in these
experiments. He said Yesterday after
noon that, considering the effect of the
dogs blood on the Chjnaman, he thought