The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-04-09
SAYS BUBON|C
DR.. Carter Sticks to
His Diagnosis.
Government Physician Wood Sent
to Investigate Reports No
Plague in Makao.

There still exists doube as 10 wheth-
er the two cases of suspicious sickness
reported in Koolau by DIR. "A. b. Carter,
are the plague. DIR. Carter himself in
sists that they are genuine cases of
bubonic disease and is much exercised
over the fact that the Board of Health
physicians failed 10 pronounce them
such. Although DR.. Carter has never
had any experience with the plague he
is an expert microscopic and bacteria
| logist and a physician whose opinion
counts for good deal.
Dr.. Carter telephoned the Board of
Health first concerning the suspicious
cases, from his residence at Makao on
the other side of the island, last Thurs
day afternoon. That evening a special
train carried DR.. Hoffman, and DR..
Garvin, the latter the executive officer
of the Board, to the scene. The pa
tients, an old native and his son. were
examined, declared by the Board doc
/ tors TO be tree from amy suspicious
symphonic and the physicians returned
10 honolulu early FRIDAY MOI ming.
making their report as ABOVE.
! Shortly before noon Oh saturday DR..
| CalIer again telephoned the Board OF
healJn, insisting mat the sick native
and has son mad the plague and report
ing mat he mad again placed the old
mans residence in quarantine.
President Wood was nolntd OF this
message and he arranged Tor DIR. Hub
EFT wood, government physician Tor
the district OF WaiAlua, ABOUT twenty
nve miles from Dr.. Carriers place, To
| go over to Makao and investigate the
matter and to report on any possible
! developments since the Board physi-
| clans visit.
| Dr. hu.ert Wood secured a locomo-
| i've from the plantation at Walaiua
md went to kahuku Saturday after
aeon, continuing his journey 10 Makao
= distance of ABOUT seven miles, by
carriage.
1ne government physician examin-
| ed both suspects and reported the fol-
owing to the Board OF Health by tele'
phone:
a .Ound no indications of plague al
| IL: Ine Old native man had a temper
AZURE of 100 degrees and his pulse was
al IlghL. Inc boy, about II years o.
| ige, the Old mans son, had tonsilitisi
ais temperature was 1904 degrees, anC
4e showed no signs OF pneumonia, bon
| lungs being GEAR. lac right SUD
44aAIilary glands were swollen. / saw
Or. Carter. l am satisfied that Their,
< 10 p.a5ue here"
1t was repor. ed on good authorit!
| rom Makao yesterday that DR.. Huber
| Wood had declared the Two cases o
sickness as necessiLaung a clos'
SAJcn. A representative of DR.. Car
-er te.ephoneu i friend Interested II
nedicaI matters in thIs ciIy, yesterda,
afternoon, asking If anything was go
.ng TO be done in the matter. Tne in
luITer was acting on the understand
.Hg that the cases in Makao wer'
plague.
III. hubert Wood was called Vi OF
he telephone last evening by thu AID
vertiser and asked to give his decision
IN the matter. The doctor said tina
al information could be procured
from the Board of Health. He stated
however that he had visited Makao anC
examined the, patients and found moth
.ng suspicious. He had reported Thu
20 the Board of Health. Asked con
.erning the report that he had declar
ed The cases such as necessitated clos,
Watching. the doctor replied that h,
lad made some such remark before HI
had seen the patients. DIR. Wood sale
hat he was going to see the old ma
i've and his son again today.
People in Makao do not I1el sat sfieC
in regard to the action of the Board il
this matter. They say that the pa
Lients were examined before DIR. Cart
was seen or consulted and that DIR
Carter is not at all at ease concerning
the cases.
A native woman died unattended IL
Waialua on Saturday evening. a post
norton examination was held ard I've
"OmDlaint found 20 be the cause o
death.
No plague was reported In Honolul,
Yesterday; two Sundays have now gOn'
by without a plague case. IL is OF in
terest to note the fact that not befort
NTH history of the plague in Homo
lulu have two consecutive Sunday
7aosed free OF the bubOnic disease
Eight clean days are now credited &
the present series of immense days.
Saturday afternoon there was l
meeting of the Board of Health. but M
business was transacted other than tn
finishing of the reading over OF tn
minutes of meetings he'd during tn
epidemic.
The following cases were investigate
on Saturday:
S. Matsum6to. japanese. aged 90. OF
Punchbowl street opposite ALDER
Trask's place of business, reported b,
F.. II. Sharpe. inspector. Temperature
10i. pulse 40. patient extremely ner
, vous-Dr. Davis: r. Oda. Jananese
aged 40. on Printers lane. DR.. Mort az
tending case. temperature los. pulls
log, typhoid fever. DIR. Davis.