El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-09-22
BUBONIC PLAGUE
CONTINUED from 1st psge)

miles out at sea. Here experiments
were conducted with the virus take q
from tho suspect. Animals we're in
oculated, and the disease watched.
The disease, said DR.. Villas, even TO an
inexperienced eye, could be recognized
as being identical with the bubopic
plague Of Bombay. He explained the
precautions taken by the government
at the quarap tine station.
When questioned on the matter DR..
Villas stated that in only q small per-
centsge Of the cases of bubonic plag e
In San Francisco was the disease re-
oognized. Many of the cases which
afterward were proved to be the gen.
uine Asiatio plague, were treated at
first IS pueumonia, and typhoid fever.
The president of the local board Of
health stated that the sixteen cases o.
plague in San Francisco represented
only the cases which were discovered.
he replied to a question by DR.. Gallag-
her, remarking that there may have
been as many cases of the plague In
San Francisco as there have been
deatbe.
DR.. Villas then gave a description of
Chinatown, where the disc ase has been
confined. He stated that In that
quarter of San Francisco we're many of
the largest canning factories, manufac.
turing concerns, and other intereste.
Much of the goods shipped to Texas. in
common With the rest of the United
States, came from Chinatown, in the
he art of the infected district.
II was brought out at the meeting
that shipments of merchandise COM
ing from San Francisco, and more par
ticularly Chinatown Of that city, were
consigned to some intermediate point,
and then re-billed to any point in Tex
as. A Chinaman In this city, IL was
stated, had recently received q con-
SHIPMENT of rice which entered In that
manner.
DR.. Villas was positive that there was
no quarantine against San Francisco,
End that IL applied only to that part of
the city known IS Chinatown. He ex-
planned the method Of granting permits
TO enter this state. It was only neces-
AIRY, be stated, to show that you had
not been into Chinatown, and you were
granted permission to inter- the state of
Texas.
DR.. J. n. Austin, who has had con-
siderable experience with the plague
in France and the continent, gave
some valuable Information to the
chamber when points not generally
understood we're raised.
DR.. Villas was asked point blank by
DR.. Gallagher what his opinion of the
quarantine against San Francisco wac.
DR.. Villas did not answer. To another
question he stated that II he we're the
quarantine officer, and a stricter quar-
sntine law was in effect against San
Francisco he would maintain IL, but, on
the other hand, hs would never have
instituted a quarantine under the cir
He admitted that under
the present quarantine there WAS little
precsution against the disease.
He explained that the bubonic pls GU
was a peculiar disease which would
be manifested perhaps by five or elk
cases scattered over q period of two
ears. when all of a sudden, without
1t would spread and depopulate
entire cities and communities as
was the case In London, and other
places which have teen visited by t'e
scourge within comparatively recent
times. This popularity of the plague
be stated had never been explained.
When questioned DR.. Villas said
that she present quarantine limit of
tfteen days was not long enough, eX-
cept peri APPS for the present, now that
e appeared that the disease had been
out, as manifested by the fact