The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-10-29
mMBATING PLAGUE
WITH PASTEUR SERUM
.raoyIC NALADA HAS REACHED
pouTrGIAL AND NOW 1T
THREATENS ROPE.
.. MeaaurrA Taken to Prevent
shs Disease spr~adtnG-Dr.
Yensin's suceessfnI Ex-
periments.
ISIS known. the plague has reached


pl Por,ugual and Il has even sarTepu-
III uogsIy crept into other portions Of
ru-oss On the seacaasf. IN losing. 20 70
- the ola continent WIKI threatening
r,sls. The French government il taking
,..,ye measures - protect France from The
.esss,sie. In all the eommuues on the A.
s,,- coat from Brest 10 Hendaye special
syssarss have been taken and the pre-
s.s.s ars ordered 10 call for Increased &C
sgst7 On the part Of tne departments Of
sygege The fishermen are absolutely for
ssgsn 70 have any communication. even
ssa.ectiy. with the coasts 0. Iortusual and
| q he aorth Of Spain.
A. OtsertJ All >1e experiments Win the
p.xssr serum haze been completely sue
..nfG. and not one death IS reported
gang the plague-strickcn treated by this
rs.a0i. T,fe entire French colony Of the
sxa snd the personnel ~ the consulate
ssys been yaccinated by DR.. Calmette In
rs plague hospita. " Bonllm the patients
sas 10 be doing very well.
L srctas timely just now 10 recall how
sssaaee xoa .ts nrst yictory over the dis
as In the East In 1891 the plague APP
yxrei In Hongkong and Canton. In the
as.sr tewn in f." months there were
:, ID. iaan oe.eJo victims. \ doctor az the
aaegr Institute obtained a commission
o.. accompanied by II Japanese colleague
10 had studied Ia Paris. he went into The
M plague center Of the stricken city.
gAsn they returned Drs Yersin and XII
isS reported the invaluable discovery or
D. bacillus II the plague. They continued
hi studies. and then one day Yersin set
%. or the East. Full OF confidence IN the
EEt 70 NJ sah h..
Ne 70 realize his ideas. he set out carry
q sith him few Walls OF the serum
% reaching AMMAN. he went TO Nhatrang
= i9aaa |. laboratory where the serum was
% y mafe In great quantities But the
gAsae DID not wait for him. Before the
srsn was ready, i, revealed Itself with
sasaea force In Hongkong I'm January,
- Nothing remained for Yersin to Do
w 10 walt IL was about 10 leave the
aae .heD h. received Unexpectedly from
hsisur institute eighty walls OF serum
y feTsln then seq out. hoping 20 save
.. but ais difficulties were only com
ssseiag
Rssn ne arrived At Honskong on June
: tie epidemic vas Subsialns and the
sss ihat remained we're confined 10 the
siyes among whom he had little chance
9'aciciog lie went 10 Canton expect
| = q be more fortunate. TIE consul gen
"a q France Ia this town notified by Ma
tteaEue IN Hongkong Of the arrival II
d French doctor ana of his project. made
i4ia the difficulties that he would encoln-
T The hostility - the Can on population
> aer}ihius European wa@ dangerous. ard
. matter ~ fact there weTe only fcw
aiaese safFfring fsum the plague b. the
,s@ M doctor cached the place. They
Masd 80 h. transferred "a the hospitals
u Sled e. taeir OWN houses
Hostility 80 every Thing European. IN
2i'ns vs'u else medicine that might
s'e s.e !s sat- .1nauef to China; fl OK
% also to- 3rtla In bombay II was
a"sSafy - tagm committees to visit
e haes-s th, patients and send them
2 NE hospital Nh~r- for RELIGIOUS rra~
sss they refused - *" willingly one
+ TIE c#um'ttces uu entering a hpus..
sarfe Their" were thirty tilnaoos made
@'A Az sfAHi $50 against thu walls 60
s~sffsa sn examination E}art-g th!&
ANIMATION thrt found 'hAt the i.uioos
as 'akFn fwa dead bottles AMI held them
akalHsi ih" VAL hoping go make them
.aS f"r ii'e meU This. of course. did
- vork
ieFSin W. almost df~cs,~ax e.i The
'safh conSal advised htni e. g. -
= y where thn .'aafle ~as rarsny and
.eis m population MS animated hv
80 seHrrrrfs taaa:1 StrRneerq
.-AF tfr c"nSti sna Jho doctor r.-
'"i e *" thlt tr~t asv - th., catholic
18Th - r-' soma rtatfe*f.s in regard
~ sif#eftar tfr atrtotng at th,, ,,ttt.
!, 'Hrt T"u.' }t~'-sf ,-ffts~se, r. q state
i. .i'' Iotht .. tees-t ~ iAe condition