The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-12-26

lief in the temperance OF the plague
as shown in the last three deaths, and
said his official report would contain
the statement that Honolulu Is TO De
considered an infected port. and con-
sequently no ship leaving here for a
Mainland or other port could carry "A
clean bill of health. Under these cir
cumstances the Australia. which In
billed TO leave for San Francisco this
afternoon. will undoubtedly be COM
PEELED 10 undergo a period OF quaran-
tine in san Francisco harbor of per-
haps seven days.
Special Board Me citing.
As soon as possible after the results
of the postmortems were known I'm the
two Chinese cases OF yesterday. Presi-
dent Cooper called special meeting of
the Board of Health for Z o'clock last
evening. One or two members delayed
| by the Christmas turkey AT home did
not arrive until nearly half an hour
later. Besides President Cooper there
were present Drs. Wood. Day. Emer-
son, Mr. George w. Smith and Agent
Reynolds. In attendance were Drs.
Hoffman,, Garvin and Deputy Marshal
Chillingworth.
Before the meeting came TO order
President Cooper stated that one cf the
principal things to be considered was
the inter-Island commerce relations az
affected by the quarantine. It was
suggested that vessels from other ISL
ands must not be allowed 20 come up
to the wharves i'm Honolulu or any 9TH
er Island port. as infected rats could
pass from the vessel To the shore with
ease.
Dr. Hoffman, stated to President
Cooper that in the two Chinese deaths
reported yesterday he found the bu-
boes were femoral in both cases.
The question OF inter-Island rela-
tions, it was stated. was becoming
very important matter. and as they
had a mysterious foe TO deal with,
the rigiGty OF the quarantine as far
as it affected the shipping must not he
lessened
In opening the meeting President
Cooper said II wish 10 report To you
that there have been three deaths un-
der suspicious circumstances-that of
Ethel Johnson at Iwilei. which oc-
Cured on Saturday afternoon at
Io'clock. The postmortem was held at
4 o'clock the same day. | will ask DIR.
Hoffman, to report upon her case"
| DR. Hoffmann: "The body showed
the same symptoms as those bodies on
which performer Tutopsics. and !
found plague bacilli In the spleen. so
that would consider this death n case
of plague. The victim did not differ
in appearance at all from those 9TH
ers, and the bacilli were all through
her system: otherwise | would not
have found it SO easily in the spleen"
President Cooper: Il have consid-
| lit ..,.I l.,aI. lat I
not merely. upon my authority as pres
dent of this board, state publicly that
these are cases of plague. without final
action of the Board"
DR.. Hoffman,: 'Drs. Day, Wood
and Carmichael were pretent at the
autopsy. and so far as ! have under
| stood, they do not have any doubt
about these cases." .
DR.. Wood: II saw the patient alive
and also witnessed the postmortem
| examination, and positively consider
| it a case of plague, both from examin-
ations before death, and in the post
morten examination afterwards",s,
President Cooper: IF the Board
will direct me to notify the foreign
consuls as officials will take that nc
tion, in view OF the reports made by
Johnson died OF the plague"
DIR. Day: II move that the Board
accept the report of DIR. Hoffmann and
bonic plague"
The motion was seconded by DIR.
Wood and carried unanimously.
In regard TO the cases of the Two
Cinnamon, All Fong, from Kaneohe,
Il Of Do
stated that burial permit was applied
for, the applicant, a Chinese friend
saying the certificate was signed by n
Chinese physician, and cause OF death,
fever" The certificate had been
made out imperfectly. A health on
GER was sent out to investigate the
doctor himself. The officer asked the
doctor to take him out to the resi-
dence Of the dead man, and the doctor
refused, saying he did not know where
the man lived, or even know the mans
name. DIR. Scaparone then went out TO
the shack at Pawaa and saw that there
was enough reason to have the
body brought in for an autopsy.
Dr. Wood: IL think the Chinese
medicine man should be investigated
thoroughly by the Board"
DIR. Hoffmann: 81 performed the
autopsy in presence OF Drs. Garvin
and Carmichael, and the body showed
the same symptoms as in those pre-
vious postmortems. The glands were
surrounded by the same bloody serum
as in the other cases, extending from
the femoral glands to the mesenteil
gland. The spleen was not SO swolleA
as in the other cases"
Pres. Cooper: II want 20 be sure
and not make a mistake in reporting
cases as plague which are not plague
cases."
DR.. Hoffman,: "The anatomical ex-
animation brings out no differenQ
from those other cases"
DR.. Day: "There Is no other disease
that would produce these conditions
Pres. Cooper: "Is the Board prepar-