The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-11-20
NJ NEW CASE OF PLAGUE.
THE TWO oUAR<NTINED PATIENTS
LIKELY TO RECOVER.

Ifhf!I ~ hhtoFHh.
BacterioIogists Have Not Yet Discovered
Any Live Baciili-Precautions That Are
to he Taken with Ship, Cargo and Crew
Fire Said to he tho Only Sure Purifier
While meteorological and medical experts dc
| not doubt that the steamship ]. W. Taylor
I brought two cases OF bubonic plague to this
! port iiom santos. Brazil. on Saturday. they
may have difficulty in backing up their opinion
by scientific proof Pus taken from the two
patients on Swinburne Island are being ana
lyzed by DIR. William H. PARK. one OF the
bacterIologists TO the Board OF Health, and by
DR.. Fitzpatrick. bactcriologist at Quarantine.
| DIR. Park is doing his work in the laboratory
OF the Willard Parker Hospital ht the foot OF
East Sixteenth street. Dr. Park made a re-
port yesterday afternoon to DIR. Herman NJ.
Biggs. Chairman OF the Board Of Consultation of
the Quarantine Station. and DR.. Biggs made
the following statement. based on that report
and his own examination OF the specimens
The archaeological examination thus far
made by DIR. Park shows apparently that the
contents Of tho broken down buboes do not
! contain any living germs It is possible that
SOME may develop atcr In the cultures which
have been taken. The.results Of the micro
scopical Samnations were also rather mega
tive. These negative results arc such might
be expected in the plague Mt the stage of the
disease presented in the men. and would DO
very unusual in any other condition. They
therefore afford some confrmatory evidence
a. to the existence Of the plague"
DIR. Biggs added that every possible precau-
ton had now been taken to prevent the disease
! from spreading and from gaining an entrance
into the city. He said he had no idea that n
single case OF the plague would develop here
and. from the reports he had received. ho
thought that both the captain and cook OF the
steamer. the patients now supposed 20 be SUI
icring from plague on Swnburnc Island.
would recover. As for the the rest of those
who came upon the steamer. Dr. BigGs said
they would be detained on Hoffman Island ten
trnctci the disease.
DR.. Biggs further said that the history OF the
transmitted through clothing. through food.
through inspiration and Icy vcrmin and rats.
bearing these facts IN mind, he said Il was
most important that he disposition OF the in
fsctcd vessel should be carefully considered.
| The steamer would be. Of course. he said. thor
nughly and carefully, disiniectod IA would
| the cargo and everything aboard. as well a.
| the personal effects of the officers and
crew, 1t II known. however. that germs
nil manner OF disinfection and that destruc-
il2n by fire was about the only sure means of
ever. the power Of the Quarantine officials
under the law. TO burn the steamer and its
to prevent tho steamer from getting any
nearer the city than she ir now. Whether
this VIII be done or not, Dr. Bggs said would
carried on all day yesterday. rne cabins. fore
ceanscd and disin'ected. The crew were
! bathed and their clothes and effects were sub
! lcctsd to steam DEPUTY Health Officer SAN
| born spent several hours at tn" hospital on
the crew would be kept aboard the steamship
] hAn h.a
supply a new crew. The crew will then b.
removed TO Hoffman Island and detained for
further development OF the disease thus far
among the crew. After they are removed. the
| lighters. The coffee will BE- emptied into other
lection, on board Of the James ". walsworth.
J steamship will l." disinfected
| What disposition shall be made 81 the cargo
Will depend somewhat on the result OF the rX-
, animation now being made nv the bac,eriolog-
lcal eTrerts. Dr btgss said Yesterday after
noon, however. TINT 4 was practically, certain
I themselves to tho Golfer beans And even IL
th.y did. they would be DESTROYED when the
supposed at )nc time in lnda that the disease
germs were carried with grain Hanktn's
said, that even when grain was artifclally in-
I ocula,ed for IN" express purpose Of developing
~" germs. the bacillus lived no longer than
| nr Birgs caliei attention 10 the analysis OF
| the evidence given before the Plague Commits
! sion ip lInd!n. printed in recent numbers OF the
I Br,'tSh N,'tcdi Journal These reports suggest
| methods OF handling the disease ia other
! countries and the precautions to be taken
! larg" cit"-. one OF these reports states that
! witnesses before the com mission testified that
| IL was probable that the plague was carried
| 70 Calcutta by rats thai came from ships
! lying Mt the lettics. AMI the tirst case OF the
! Andthis I'm spite ~ port Instructions" Another
| report states that one observer found plague
baciIIi IN clothes which had been subjected
Il is, then. quite possible that r 'stHSi.
d.scence OF the disease mar be brought
in clothes for a considerable period. That the
| germs may live for some weeks. at least. out
| side the pody IL certain. for instances are re-
| corded in which persons who have returned to.
oreyen only visited, previously infected houses
states that It has been found in India that the
best disinfectnnts are mercury perchlortdc and
nSWSt 1sTrsa PT5ShN Nov 1a-sursoon- General
! Wvman said tonight that from the rcports he
nS TSSsd m be Ns 9s York
| Station. he believed they. w.r" genuine cases
Of n" plague He ,apprehended no danger OF
na" enable SSiH Ras cs s"!y ' take
il under the State AUTHORITIES DR. Wyman will
take no action n present, being -asured that the
Keep toaeS With the F stna,os and
| will issue special bulletin on the plague in a
! few days. Santos. Brazil, WAS not known
! to be infected with the plague. although
| Il was suspected that cases existed there,
It has broken out at Asuncion; Paraguay. and
! America Conditions in the United States. Dir.
Wyman said. were not 80 favorable to tho
| spread Of the plague n? they, were in the East
| ern countries. whore II had hcen raging for
| some years. hut II Il should Obtain foOhold
here II would he driven out with great DIM
! Guilty. pr Wymun issued n bulletin some
| weeks ago, on receipt Of Information from
Brazil. warning all Health Officers to be careful
| IN examining ships from Santos. ms the eNis-
| tence OF the plague there was suspected