The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-03-14
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leave Honolulu for any place need not
go into quarantine, but would be al
lowed to depart IL they would submit
to an injection of the prophylactic and
remain in town seven days. DR.. Wood
thought that it was only fair that he
should be the first man to undergo the
treatment and in this manner demon
strate to the public that the serum was
harmless and unObjectionable, and at
the same time ascertain in the interest
Of science and an inquiring populace
Just what the effect of taking the
prophylactic would be. On Monday
evening, therefore. he went into the
meteorological laboratory at health
headquarters in company with DR.. Day,
who made up his mind that, as wor-
shipper of science, he was not going
to be left behind by his fellow-pracri-
tioner. Professionally the two doctors
were not in the least afraid of any
i'll effects from what they were about
to do, but under their physicians non
chalance there was just the smallest
amount of trepdation.
The serum was ready, the hypoder-
mic syringe was loaded, and then just
moment passed in indecisiOn as to
who should receive the prophylactic
first. 1t ended by DR.. Day inoculating
DR.. Wood. after which the latter used
the hypo on DR.. Day.
AS a result of this treatment DR..
Wood passed n most miserable twenty
four hours yesterday. Realizing that
a vast amount Of business awaited his
attention at the Board Of Health Of
flee, the indisposed medico struggled
out of bed in the morning, though he
felt as If he had swallowed all the ba-
cilli in the dictionary, and made his
way to headquarters while his knees
were shaking together beneath him
and his head was hot with fever. At
the Office DR.. Wood sat at his desk for
a short time, reading his spOnd-
enCe and doing his best 10 handle the
various important matters brought to
his attention. To look at the MAJ cas-
ually one would not have imagined
that anything was wrong with him: his
natural grit and never-give-upative-
ness made him 10th even to ackuOwl-
edge to himself that he was feeling
anything but well. People came into
the Board Office and besieged him with
lhe usual questions and applications
relative 20 passports, permits 10 open
buildings. travel. freight, quarantine
and an endless number of routine mat
ters. The Doctors able assistant, +.
r. Hendry. bore the brunt of this on
slaught as far as possible and rendered
his usual efficient services. Every body
wanted to ask the Doctor how he felt
after taking the serum, and he was
pestered with such interrogatiOns as
How do you feel, Doctor" Does II
hurt?" Aren't you afraid?" and Tell
me all about It."
Then a crowd OF wouId-be travellers
swoOped down on the oyerworked Doc
tor and wanted him TO I'LL them up
with prophylactic right away, so that
they could book their hunks for the
other Islands. Here Hendry came 10
the rescue and told the serum-seekers
to come again. DR.. Wood managed to
get through a pile of work by noon,
when he felt that his experiment was
getting in its fine work a little more
thoroughly than before and il was
about time that he went home.
BY this time the prOphylaCtic pioneer
was hot around the eyes and felt very
drowsy. So leaving things in charge
OF Mr.. Hendry, the Doctor took a hack
and went home. saying that he had a
headache" That is al he would say
about himself. declaring that he was
all right and refusing TO acknowledge
any unusual indispus.tiOn. though 1t
could be easily seen that he was SUI
fering.
Just before the usual time Of the
Board meeting yesterday afternoon, DR..
Wood was again on deck at headquar-
tiers. Several members Of the Board
were present ready for the meeting.
DR.. Wood talked with them and asked