The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-03-27
E-Itu--e. o. Possible Plague IA
t-sut Many aea.-cs Meet ln
Tle l-o.Eue.


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Ii has been definitely decided by the
health authorities that the two Sunday
suspect cases are buJOnic plague. The
post-mo-.,m limitations proved this
beyond the shadow Of a dou5.
John Hurley. uaturalizeI American
aged so, Who died at a house in Vine
yard street which had been under
guard for nearly a week, was not a:
first considered to be a plague patient
either by DR.. Cooper. the attending
physician. CT by the Board of Health
doctor. The decision rendered as above
was not arrived at until many hour
after death.
Yamasaka, Japanese, age %. Who
was removed from a Kakaako Loo o,ino
house on Sunday. died at the pes, bonse
yesterday morning.
Many physicians witnessed Tho poz+-
mortem examination, in the Yam5saLrs
case, IN the morgue yesterd,iv forenoon
through the courteous inv .tariou of Dr
WOOD Tor the Board of FieaIth. Gepre-
seIltdtl'es OF lhe medt cal profession
present were Drs. WOOD nav ,SIe,,So,,
Raymond, Alvarez, Cooper. sIo - soI
Waterhouse. Gimp, HofSm - S'T 6s'.te
Peterson, Katstfki, 1Iori ar,d NjitaD,,'ra
DR.. Hoffman, CONDUCTED iba noSt No.
tem WILLIS Or. wood WIS busiIv engag-
ed taking1NhaU stive rfotes ON The 80
All the t'Aetory. manifested great inter
est IN the pr Jceedings. many OF them
never haNlp z had the opportunity of
this occa' sion. piioi "
III tH'5 pariance OF the profession II
"ao q beautiful case" The indicaJ
Ioas OF plague were markedly manifest
Al tue portions OF the body usually
az ected, The maxillary glands were
treaty. swollen; in fact. the swelling
IN the neck was the first suspicious
! symptom noticed by DR.. Mort. who was
attending the man in Kakaako before
MS case was pronounced suspicious
dwellings were clearly evident IN the
laxillaryi glands also and the inauinal
ana femoral regions were badly Affect
In speaking of the case. DR.. Wood
sdld: me lungs were very much af-
| fected. They seemed TO be the norton
Of the body mott severely ATTACHED. H.
Is very probable that Yamasaka took
his infection through Inhalation , The
glands OF the neck were badly swollen.
there were swellings under the arms
and also in the groin. The upper nor
ton OF the body showed the signs of
the disease to greater extent than did
the lower portion. This is one of the
Giearest cases OF plague that we have
| had IN Honolulu since the epidemic
nTst startfd. There was no possibility
OF mistaking the indications. The man
| was taken i'll suddenly with the plague
| N the most yirulent form. died within
a very short time afterwards and his
| 0ody Is as Inc a specimen OF the char
aeteristics of the bubonic plague as
could possibly be expected"
Inc 1amasaka plague case even eX-
| ceeded IN the virulence Of its tyne the
lamasota case, on South street some
| Jlme ago. The lamasOta case was AZ
mat time held 10 be typical The SINH
| Iarlty OF the names Of the two. perhaps.
most decided cases Of plague in Homo
| lulu is remarked as somewhat of "A CO.
/ ACCOMPLISHMENTS and YamasOta.
| The physicians who witnessed the
| post morton at the mOrgue were IMAM
imous in their opinions as to the va
masaka case being a most definite OK
ample OF the plague. Slides are being
prepared from the body for further Az
animation.
As was reported in yesterdays Ad-
vertiser, the japanese was first discov-
cred by Pang ING Yet, one of the paid
inspectors. On Sunday night three full
| doses OF plague serum were given. but
II was too late TO do any good.
Manuel Silva Pavao. a Portuguese
| visiting in KakaakO. who came into
| town from the Honolulu sugar pIanta-
| ton on Saturday last. is being closely
watched. He has not been IaDOriad We.
as suspicious case. His temperature IS
! lO4. pulse 100. and he has a very slight
! swelling in the right femoral gland. DR.
! IOri is in attendance: DR.. Wdysor has
| also seen The patient.
/ Yesterday morning a CLinaman was
/ .gI1d de1fiu Palama 4 pOst-mortem
rEamiDaJiCu revealed typhoid fever as
I -1a cause.