The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-02-07

EOnC nlLAOCll " l1O SnlACSO uOoplJcl.
He was sick all of Monday and Tues
day-from January 10Th to Feb
ruary 1st-when he died. He did not
present any definite symptoms of
plague.
Evidence of Infection.
he died of plague. But there seemed
to be no sufficient cause of death. He
died suddenly; that was the main sus-
picious circumstance. A postmortem
was held; the symptoms were not pro-
nounced. The postmortem appearance
was not pronounced enough to make
the diagnosis positive. No bacilli
could be found in blood slides made,
and it was only several days later that
we got positive diagnosis of plague,
through finding bacilli in cultures made
from his blood. The cultures demon
strated positively and plainly any
quantity of bacilli. This man died of
plague and he came from the Pantheon
stables. These two cases are good evil
dence that the place itself was injected
and that the men had become infected
there. This is not positive evidence
they may not have contracted the dis
ease somewhere else. 1t is strong cir
cumstantial evidence. however, con-
sidering that there were only Few
Chinese or Japanese on these premises
and that two of them had within few
days of each other, died of plague. II
there was evidence lacking, certainly
three cases ought to prove conclusively
that the place is infected.
"On Saturday, when l closed up the
saloon and stables, Immediately took
| a census of all the people employed
on the place Among these names
was that of J. H. Hartman, night
Waterman, who was reported as not
| to have been at work the night be-
fore, because he was not feeling well
closed the place up that same even
ling. Then DR.. Wayson came to me
and said he had been treating Hart
man. I saw Hartman with DR.. Way
son. He had some fever, but he pre-
Isented no distinct symptoms of plague
He had. some hard glands in his in
guinal-femoral region, but they fell
like old glands. They seemed to bt
simply hardened glands, and he him
self stated that he had had them {
long time. I saw him again on Sun
day. On Monday l got a report from
DR.. Wayson. Yesterday morning DR.
Wayson reported that he was mucf
better. He had not very high feve
and his symptoms in general did no
resemble the constitutional symptoms
lof plague, although he was considered
suspicious enough to be CAREFUL.
watched. Last evening there was
change, the bubo began to develop
rapidly, and the patient was promptl
Iremoved to the pest hospital and
now under treatment.
These three cases of plague fror
these premises seems to me to prov
J positively that the premises are infect
ed. As well as these three cases, Their
is another man, a Japanese, VIII
worked on these premises up to fiv
days ago. He has fever and some kin
of hardened glands, although no def
mite bubo at all, his condition bein
something like the condition of Hart
man a few days ago. This Japanes
is in a house on Queen and Sout
street and the whole place has bee
! I quarantined. His case can be classe
: as a suspicious case.
: "That is direct evidence. There
9 other evidence in the fact that sic
\ rats have been found on the premise
|, ever since early in January. I thin
t we have sufficient evidence to declal
;. the premises infected by plague"
F. NJ. Hatch: 81 move that the Pal
theon Stables and Saloon be declare
e infected by plague, and that the pu1
e lie safety requires their destruction /
8 fire. Carried.
: President Wood: 81 think it is in
= portant that we should destroy a
premises infected by plague, and tn
such places should be dealt with rig
away"
Attorney J. M. Davidson applied f
n permission to remove the stock al
ID fixtures of the Pantheon Saloon b
: fore the buildings were set ON fire I
"a Wood stated that permission had {
!, ready been granted and that Prof. /
- gals is now disinfecting them.
"a "a 81 might here say" said Preside
- Wood, that the stock of goods
~ both places are such as we have co
- esdorod CON hn diu;pfnofad Do++I